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The wheel of fortune (left); a medieval lead coffin (right). Line engraving by J. Swaine after T. Hollis.

Extraordinary Peruvian relic : just arrived and now exhibiting at the late Mr. Youngs office High St. Rochester : the entire body of a Peruvian woman, perfect as when in life ; supposed to have been buried alive at the remote period of 500 years ago.

Excavations at Rochester Cathedral / Alan Ward and Trevor Anderson.

The French Hospital : a short history / by Jane Brown.

A medieval example of meningiomatous hyperostosis / T. Anderson.

Watt's Charity, Rochester / Philip MacDougall.

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Excavations at Rochester Cathedral / Alan Ward and Trevor Anderson.

The French Hospital : a short history / by Jane Brown.

A medieval example of meningiomatous hyperostosis / T. Anderson.

Watt's Charity, Rochester / Philip MacDougall.

The wheel of fortune (left); a medieval lead coffin (right). Line engraving by J. Swaine after T. Hollis.