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Znterna~ Examination continued
F,~b .=~ce ; ~ncac:.
~’~,’-~1 cavities: ."’~=- a.~.d d---J
Trachea ~hd air passages: .~e_-?~!v cor.£esze6 and conzaLned a !it=!e v~r.,at’os.
Lungs: "were black wi:h concesz:on. .
"-"- w~-~cr~d ~.,~, -~ c and zhe rich~ weig~hed 830 n. T.-ere
were _~everal subDleural _ ce.~ec’~.iae . ~nd .c~_ymoies, ~ -~ ,mainly over the _~cs~erior
se_c~n=s of tb~- lower ~_o~,te_. ?dL.~cna_--z e--r~erial tree waS clear,
DiapL~n: shewed ,Detecb~iae! . hae.,-c_~r_b_ages and mostly ecch%,’noses on ~_ "~-~ sun)e-r--or _ surface
Pericard’~u-n.: no.~:r..a!.
Hear~.: weighed 360 g ~_n,~ was of nor~.,a! size and conzour
Valves : no,~rasl, no endocardir’is.
Coronaz-! ~-teries: showed a little at.neroma, aln~sz al! concentric. No serious
de~ree, of occi,~sion was ~een.
..Myocardiu-n: appeared healt.~.¢..~here was, prestrrably, haz,-Dly~ic staining of the.
endocarciz~ of the anterior ~ .e~,es -; ~ of the valve, which extended up into the
aor=ic in, tLTe.
Aorta: shewed patchy ~ha~Toi~ic stain~g,only Ln t~ thoracic ~ortion.
AB~
Per,ltone~n: normal. The abdominal wall showed no bruising.
Stomach: was heal~hy and conzaiend abouz 500 m!s of a slightly greenish fluid, smelling
~, of drink. Part.ic!es of food were seen.
in~estlne: normal. Colon - normal.
Liver: weigk~d 1980 g and appeared, nozTr, a!.
BiLia.~y system: nu~::~l, D-~cxe=~_=.¯ ..~.o_.~-_~_J.
Spleen: weighed 160 g. I~ was so,-ewha~ soft but otherwEse normal.
Adrenals : normal.
Ki~neys: together weighed 240 c. The capsule s~rip_Ded readily, leaving a smooth surface.
Co~ico .~ed~ilary definE:ion was cood.
Ureters: no...~rel. Bladder. healthy, con[ained a small &~o,unt of urine.
........ : a npeared normal
S?-----~LETON: zo-~r.ei,
C ONCLUS i CINS
’.Vnis ~ waS involved in a mass .Tovem~_nt of t~he cro~.;d at the se.~Li fina! football match
ac Hillsborough cn Sazurday 15th April, 1989.
~"q~is man appe=__red =o be normally developed and ~ealthy and I ,have found no na~uraio.se_ "~ =
which could have caused or contributed [o his death. In my view he had a normal
e-.-~eczazzon of life for ,his age. He bed clearly, at some :ime, been pressed agains~ seine
solid objecz, such as a rail, w~nich ~.~d r, arked across the front of the lower pelvis.
Ultlma~e!y he. was unable to .~o:;e ~.is c.~mst in respiration, and thus perished fro~
~,,,,,__.^~’~ = Trere is p.ow no medical reason why the body ~Tav. not b
I ~eve :eta~_-~ed a sample of bicod£cr analysis should you deem zhis necessa~_v-.
In m7 og~nion :he ¢~.use of ~.e~th was ;-- "
I, Oise.~se or condition ~irec~!y leading, :o death ...
Morbid ¢or~ditions, {f ~y, giving rise to the adore !
cause statin~ the unoerlym~ ~ondi:ion ;as: ...p
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2. OfFer sii[ni6¢ant ¢on4iUons (:ontr, buting 1o :he’]
death bu." no~ related to the disease o¢ condit,o,~ ~.
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is any. or any fur’,her. Hist~l¢~[ic.~l or ,~acto.riolo~,cai ex~menaUon to be don~ .}
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