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Volume of post-mortem reports on cases at various coroners' courts in London, with correspondence, depositions, photographs and cuttings enclosed. Indexed by cause of death.
Date: 3 Nov 1908-31 Mar 1909Reference: GC/140/2
Part of: Freyburger, Ludwig
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The causes of death / tabulated by A.H. Smee.
Smee, A. Hutchison (Alfred Hutchison), 1841-1901.Date: 1868
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The causes of death / tabulated by A.H. Smee.
Smee, A. Hutchison (Alfred Hutchison), 1841-1901.Date: 1871
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Changes in mortality trends: England and Wales, 1931-1961 : a study of trends in the death rates in England and Wales analyzed by sex, age, and cause of death as part of a survey of trends in the United States and other countries.
National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)Date: 1965
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On the proximate cause of death after the spontaneous introduction of air into the veins. With some remarks on the treatment of that accident / [John Eric Erichsen].
Erichsen, John Eric, 1818-1896Date: [1844]
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A letter to Mr. Dale Ingram. In which the arguments he has advanced in his Enquiry into the cause of Mr. Clark's death are confuted.
Date: 1769
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On the proximate cause of death after the spontaneous introduction of air into the veins : with some remarks on the treatment of that accident / by John E. Erichsen.
Erichsen, John Eric, 1818-1896.Date: [1844]
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Registration of the causes of death : circulars to medical practioners, and to registrars, a statistical nosology, for the use of those who return the causes of death under 6 and 7 Will. IV., c. 86, circular to coroners, and a classification of the causes of violent deaths / General Register Office.
Date: 1845
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Counterfoils of medical certificates of causes of death, 1950-1957.
Ticehurst House HospitalDate: 1950-1957Reference: MS.6323
Part of: Ticehurst House Hospital
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Infant and perinatal mortality in Scotland : analysis of infant mortality trends in Scotland by age at death, sex of child, cause of death, social class, and geographic region; maternal mortality trends ; stillbirth and perinatal mortality trends; effect of illegitimacy on infant mortality; historical and geographical background of Scotland ; and discussion of Scotland's maternal and child welfare policies.
National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)Date: 1966
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The mystery of the Black Death.
Date: 2004
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On lithotomy considered as a cause of death : with remarks on the present state of the operation, usually called the rectangular operation for stone ... / by A. Buchanan.
Date: [1860]
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Registration of the causes of death : regulations, and a statistical nosology, comprising the causes of death, classified and alphabetically arranged, with notes and observations, for the use of those who return the causes of death under 6 & 7 Will. IV., c. 86.
Great Britain. General Register Office.Date: 1843
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The death rate of St. Louis : an inquiry into the cause of its being less than that of any other large city of the United States / by Charles A. Todd.
Todd, Charles A.Date: 1879
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The life and reign of that excellent princess Queen Elizabeth, from her birth to her death: with the whole proceedings of the divorce of King Henry Viii. from Queen Catherine; his marriage with the Lady Anne Bullen, and the cause of her unfortunate death on the scaffold: as also, the trial, sufferings, and death of Mary Queen of Scots.
Date: MDCCXXXVIII. [1738]
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A skull and bones on a grave next to a small picture top left of a couple holding hands, a reminder that AIDS can cause death by the AIDS Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Uganda. Lithograph, ca. 1990's.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 678822i
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Causes of death : a philosophical essay / by Lennart Nordenfelt.
Nordenfelt, Lennart, 1945-Date: 1983
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Registration of the causes of death : circulars to medical practioners, and to registrars, a statistical nosology, for the use of those who return the causes of death under 6 and 7 Will. IV., c. 86, circular to coroners, and a classification of the causes of violent deaths.
Great Britain. General Register Office.Date: 1845
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The history of the life and reign of that excellent princess Queen Elizabeth, from her birth to her death: as also the trial, sufferings, and death of Mary Queen of Scots. With the whole proceedings of the divorce of King Henry Viii. from Queen Catherine; his marriage with the Lady Anne Bullen, and the cause of her unfortunate death on the scaffold.
Date: MDCCXXXIX. [1739]
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The recent decline in the English death-rate considered in connection with the causes of death / by G.B. Longstaff.
Longstaff, George Blundell, 1849-1921.Date: 1884
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On the registration of causes of death in public institutions and in private practice / by W.T. Gairdner.
Date: [1852]
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A rosary, a medallion of St Benedict, a charm said to cause loss of eyesight, and hands showing lines and features to be interpreted by palmistry (including lines forecasting violent death); all illustrating 'superstition'. Engraving.
Reference: 33482i
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Registers of Death
Date: 1870-1979Reference: DGH1/5/9
Part of: Records of Crichton Royal Hospital
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On the registration of causes of death in public institutions and in private practice / by W.T. Gairdner.
Gairdner, W. T. (William Tennant), Sir, 1824-1907.Date: [1852?]
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Essays on the bilious fever: Containing the different opinions of those eminent physicians John Williams and Parker Bennet, of Jamaica: which was the cause of a duel, and terminated in the death of both.
Date: MDCCLII. [1752]

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Volume of post-mortem reports on cases at various coroners' courts in London, with correspondence, depositions, photographs and cuttings enclosed. Indexed by cause of death.

The causes of death / tabulated by A.H. Smee.

The causes of death / tabulated by A.H. Smee.

Changes in mortality trends: England and Wales, 1931-1961 : a study of trends in the death rates in England and Wales analyzed by sex, age, and cause of death as part of a survey of trends in the United States and other countries.

On the proximate cause of death after the spontaneous introduction of air into the veins. With some remarks on the treatment of that accident / [John Eric Erichsen].

A letter to Mr. Dale Ingram. In which the arguments he has advanced in his Enquiry into the cause of Mr. Clark's death are confuted.

On the proximate cause of death after the spontaneous introduction of air into the veins : with some remarks on the treatment of that accident / by John E. Erichsen.

Counterfoils of medical certificates of causes of death, 1950-1957.

The mystery of the Black Death.

On lithotomy considered as a cause of death : with remarks on the present state of the operation, usually called the rectangular operation for stone ... / by A. Buchanan.

Registration of the causes of death : regulations, and a statistical nosology, comprising the causes of death, classified and alphabetically arranged, with notes and observations, for the use of those who return the causes of death under 6 & 7 Will. IV., c. 86.

The death rate of St. Louis : an inquiry into the cause of its being less than that of any other large city of the United States / by Charles A. Todd.

A skull and bones on a grave next to a small picture top left of a couple holding hands, a reminder that AIDS can cause death by the AIDS Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Uganda. Lithograph, ca. 1990's.

Causes of death : a philosophical essay / by Lennart Nordenfelt.

Registration of the causes of death : circulars to medical practioners, and to registrars, a statistical nosology, for the use of those who return the causes of death under 6 and 7 Will. IV., c. 86, circular to coroners, and a classification of the causes of violent deaths.

The recent decline in the English death-rate considered in connection with the causes of death / by G.B. Longstaff.

On the registration of causes of death in public institutions and in private practice / by W.T. Gairdner.

A rosary, a medallion of St Benedict, a charm said to cause loss of eyesight, and hands showing lines and features to be interpreted by palmistry (including lines forecasting violent death); all illustrating 'superstition'. Engraving.

Registers of Death

On the registration of causes of death in public institutions and in private practice / by W.T. Gairdner.

Essays on the bilious fever: Containing the different opinions of those eminent physicians John Williams and Parker Bennet, of Jamaica: which was the cause of a duel, and terminated in the death of both.