Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1868 – No. 12

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✨ Hospital Patient Death Records



AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL.

RETURN OF PATIENTS WHO DIED DURING THE YEAR 1867.

No. Sex Patients' Names Age Diseases Date of Admission Date of Decease Time in Hapl. Post-mortem Appearances, &c.
1 M Joseph Ford 27 Pneumonia (congestive) 1866 Nov. 14 1867 Jan. 5 46 Days Both pleuræ filled with bloody serum; lungs deep red, semi-hepatised, and gangrenous. The prominent symptoms were cough, hæmoptysis, and dyspnoea.
2 F Jane Taylor 30 Phthisis pulmonalis Dec. 24 „ 14 21 Days Not examined.
3 F Mary Adamson 59 Bright's disease Dec. 17 „ 16 30 Days Kidneys granular and hyperæmic; liver enlarged; heart flaccid. Prominent symptoms were debility and hæmaturia.
4 M James Stanford 66 Heart disease 1868 Jan. 12 „ 16 5 Days Heart large, fatty; aorta dilated; valves patulous; lungs, liver, and kidneys congested. Prominent symptoms, dyspnoea, palpitation, faintness, oedema of lower extremities.
5 M Reuben Shipley 69 Senile gangrene Jan. 4 „ 31 27 Days The gangrene began in first joint of left great toe, on the site of an old bunion. The posterior tibial artery behind the ankle was found obliterated by calcareous deposit.
6 F Agnes Rice 68 General debility Dec. 4 Feb. 28 73 Days Heart enlarged, fatty; pericardium and pleuræ filled with bloody serum. Death was sudden, and the prominent symptoms were pains in the region of the heart and great prostration.
7 F Anne Cleut 50 Cmpnd. fracture of leg Feb. 16 Mar. 7 19 Days The cause was a fall from a height; no opportunity of amputation was presented.
8 M Henry McGowan 40 Delirium tremens Mar. 14 „ 15 1 Day Not examined.
9 M John Sykes 37 Hepatic abscess, peritonitis Mar. 24 „ 24 1 Day Admitted with abdominal pain and urgent vomiting, and survived only six hours. After death a large abscess was found in the liver, which had burst into the abdomen. The cause of the abscess is supposed to have been a kick from a horse, received two years previously.
10 M John Campbell 48 Heart disease 1866 Dec. 27 1867 „ 26 39 Days Heart weighed 2 lbs.; aorta dilated; liver enlarged; abdomen full of fluid; lungs pushed up to the top of the chest; death caused by apnoea.
11 M Dominik Murray 43 Phthisis pulmonalis Dec. 3 April 5 123 Days Not examined.
12 M Thomas D. Harris 21 Typhoid fever April 1 „ 11 11 Days Admitted in the advanced stage with diarrhoea. Two days before death symptoms of peritonitis appeared; and on examination a perforating ulcer of the ilium was found, and most extensive inflammation in the abdomen.


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🏥 Medical Cases Report (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Medical Cases, Hospital Admissions, Disease Reports, Patient Statistics
12 names identified
  • Joseph Ford, Patient who died of pneumonia
  • Jane Taylor, Patient who died of phthisis pulmonalis
  • Mary Adamson, Patient who died of Bright's disease
  • James Stanford, Patient who died of heart disease
  • Reuben Shipley, Patient who died of senile gangrene
  • Agnes Rice, Patient who died of general debility
  • Anne Cleut, Patient who died of compound fracture of leg
  • Henry McGowan, Patient who died of delirium tremens
  • John Sykes, Patient who died of hepatic abscess and peritonitis
  • John Campbell, Patient who died of heart disease
  • Dominik Murray, Patient who died of phthisis pulmonalis
  • Thomas D. Harris, Patient who died of typhoid fever