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Ref NoDEP/LAT/1/60/9
TitlePress cutting on an escaped lunatic with an unusual appetite
Date26 [Jul] 1876
Description Of ItemPress cutting on an escaped lunatic from Prestwich Asylum with an eating disorder. This cutting is from the collection of Thomas Laycock. Details how items were discovered inside the individual upon the post-mortem including nails, brass buttons, buckles, pebbles, string, leather, lead, and an American pegging awl. Handwritten note on the bottom of the article, marking the date and newspaper - Standard 26 [July] 1876.
Extent1 item
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