Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1866 – No. 17

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✨ Hospital Fatal Cases



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RETURN OF FATAL CASES, &c.—continued.

Sex No. Names of Patients Age Diseases Admitted Died Time in Hospital Morbid Appearances
F. 79 Mary Gledding ... 40 Morbus bright 1865 Sept. 23 1865 Nov. 21 59 Days Admitted for general dropsy. Post-mortem. Granular degeneration and atrophy of kidneys. Chest & abdomen full of serum. Heart enlarged. Ventricle walls thickened. Pericardium vascular pinkish.
M. 80 John Shiels ... 56 Delirium tremens Nov. 23 Nov. 27 4 Days Admitted in last stage of delirium tremens. Coma soon set in. Vessels and membrane of brain congested. Substance of brain softened.
F. 81 Julia Buckley (Wesleyan's wife) 23 Delirium tremens Nov. 26 Nov. 27 1 Day Similar to above. Five months' fetus in utero.
M. 82 Patrick O'Brien ... 23 Scrofula, abscess Sept. 11 Nov. 27 77 Days Admitted with abscess in upper and anterior part of thigh, which was opened and discharged vast quantity of pus. Post-mortem. Dorsal and lumbar vertebrae diseased & denuded. Left pleura opened, and contained purulent matter. Fell into the hold of a ship two years ago, and hurt his back. Matter burst through below right crural arch. Profuse sweatings and extreme emaciation.
M. 83 Herman Johnson 18 Liver disease Aug. 18 Nov. 27 101 Days Admitted for abscess of liver, pointing externally. Opened and discharged vast quantity of pus—between 10 and 11 lbs. Right lobe of liver excavated into compartments and filled with pus. He had hectic fever and sweats.
M. 84 John Newbigging 57 Paralysis Mar. 14 Nov. 29 260 Days Hemiplegia of left side. Vast quantity of serum in and upon brain. Med. spin. atrophied. Heart fatty. Osseous dep. in aortic valves. Coronary arteries ossified. Much adipose substance in abdomen.
M. 85 William Tinfield 57 Dysentery 1863 May 29 Nov. 29 914 Days Amaurosis. Chronic dysentery.
M. 86 William Sanderson (Stone cutter) 22 Phthisis Oct. 4 Dec. 14 71 Days Phthisis pulmonalis.


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🏥 Auckland Provincial Hospital Fatal Cases for 1865 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Hospital, Fatalities, Patient Deaths, Medical Conditions, Auckland
8 names identified
  • Mary Gledding, Patient death, Morbus bright
  • John Shiels, Patient death, Delirium tremens
  • Julia Buckley, Patient death, Delirium tremens
  • Patrick O'Brien, Patient death, Scrofula, abscess
  • Herman Johnson, Patient death, Liver disease
  • John Newbigging, Patient death, Paralysis
  • William Tinfield, Patient death, Dysentery
  • William Sanderson, Patient death, Phthisis