Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1867 – No. 15

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RETURN OF PERSONS WHO DIED IN PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL.—continued.

No. Sex Patients' Name Age Diseases Date of Admission Date of Decease Morbid Appearances and Remarks
53 M Robert Gillies 45 Delirium tremens 1866 Aug. 18 1866 Aug. 22 Had been treated for some time prior to admission, and sank in spite of stimulants and cordials. After death the middle lobe of the right lung was found to have been the seat of a gangrenous abscess, and the right pleura filled with putrid effusion.
54 M William Hamilton 30 Morbus Brightii July 5 „ 25 This was a case of Bright’s disease of the kidneys, inducing general dropsy and apnoea. The kidneys were large, granulated and friable. There was a remarkable transposition of the liver, which had its largest lobe to the left and the smallest to the right. Died in convulsions.
55 F Catherine Wilson 45 Apoplexy „ 31 Sept. 6 Died in an apoplectic fit which came on while she was supposed to be convalescent.
56 F Catherine Cavanagh 27 Apoplexy Sept. 9 „ 11 This patient was brought to hospital in a state of insensibility, caused by injuries on the head. Extensive extravasation of blood was found in and upon the brain. An inquest was held.
57 M Alfred McShea 41 Heart disease Aug. 16 „ 19 This was a case of hypertrophy of the heart; the left ventricle was 1¼ inch in thickness. The liver large with the nutmeg character. The right kidney was converted into a number of pouches, filled with slate-colored pus; the left was large.
58 M John Kelly 45 Carcinoma of kidneys June 23 „ 20 Anemic on admission; racked with pains in his loins; became dropsical. Both kidneys were found studded with cancerous tumours.
59 M William Drummond 36 Hepatitis Sept. 12 „ 24 Admitted with liver disease and an encysted tumour on the back, near the left hip-bone. This was removed, when erysipelas set in and caused death. The liver weighed 7½ lbs.; spleen, 20 ozs., full of white tubercles.
60 M Thomas Gray 21 Phthisis pulmonalis „ 22 „ 22 Moribund on admission.
61 F Mary Jordan 58 Abscess Oct. 31 Nov. 12 Admitted with an enormous abscess in the right hip, which after death was found to pass into the pelvis, through the great sciatic notch, and to have depended on a carious state of the os sacrum.
62 F Sarah Wriggs 41 Morbus Addisonii Nov. 12 „ 13 This was an example of the remarkable disease called the “Morbus Addisonii.” The complexion was very dark, and there was constant sickness. The thymus gland and supra renal capsules were found enlarged. The liver also was very large.


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🏥 Annual Medical Report for 1866 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
14 March 1867
Medical Report, Hospital Patients, Deaths, Diseases, Morbid Appearances
10 names identified
  • Robert Gillies, Died from delirium tremens
  • William Hamilton, Died from Morbus Brightii
  • Catherine Wilson, Died from apoplexy
  • Catherine Cavanagh, Died from apoplexy
  • Alfred McShea, Died from heart disease
  • John Kelly, Died from carcinoma of kidneys
  • William Drummond, Died from hepatitis
  • Thomas Gray, Died from phthisis pulmonalis
  • Mary Jordan, Died from abscess
  • Sarah Wriggs, Died from Morbus Addisonii