On the cooling of the human body after death : Inferences respecting the time of death. Observations of temperature made in 100 cases / by Dr. Alfred S. Taylor and Dr. Wilks.

  • Alfred Swaine Taylor
Date:
1863
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Credit: On the cooling of the human body after death : Inferences respecting the time of death. Observations of temperature made in 100 cases / by Dr. Alfred S. Taylor and Dr. Wilks. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    No. Date. Name and Age. Cause of Death. Time of Death. Temperature of Ward. 91 1863 May 10 Emma Burrows, 22 Phthisis 8 a.m. 58° 92 — James Riley, 21 Phthisis 1P30 a.m. 62° 93 tf 11 William Jones, 50 Diseased kidney 7*30 a.m. 64° 94 „ 17 John Godwin, 65 Fractured ribs; lacerated 5‘20 p.m. 58° 95 „ 22 Joseph Peart, 32 spleen ; internal haemor- rhage Inflammatory softening of 7 a.m. 0 o 96 „ 26 William Ross, 29 spine Pyaemia, following operation 8 a.m. 58° 97 „ 29 Eliza Freeman, 50 Bright’s disease 6 a.m. o O O 98 June 1 John Cooper, 35 (negro) — 12 noon 59° 99 „ 3 William Mansell, 30 Tetanus 7 p.m. 59° 100 „ 7 Kate Arrowsmith, 50 Erysipelas and bronchitis 4 p.m. 59° £ c ] i 'I '' ' -