Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1868 – No. 12

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✨ Hospital Death Records



RETURN OF DEATHS, &c.—continued.

No. Sex Patient's Name Age Disease Date of Admission Date of Decease Time in Hspl. Post-mortem Appearances, &c.
13 M Edward Markland 34 Phthisis pulmonalis 1867 April 5 1887 April 12 8 Days Not examined.
14 F Elizabeth Thomas 15 Burn Mar. 15 „ 13 27 Admitted with lower limbs severely burned, from clothes accidentally catching fire; an enormous abscess formed in gluteal region; the knee joint became exposed; diarrhoea came on, and collapse and coma closed the scene.
15 M James McGuey 53 Pneumonia April 8 „ 20 12 Had been ill some time before admission. Illness produced by exposure to cold. The left lung was the principal seat of the disease,—an enormous abscess occupied its lower lobe. The substance of the lung was gangrenous. Bloody serum in left pleura and pericardium. Death took place in the way of coma.
16 F Mary Anne McKelvey 31 Phthisis pulmonalis „ 4 „ 22 18 Hemiplegic before death. Left cornea became disorganized. Prominent symptoms were hemorrhage before admission. Had long suffered before admission from intractable vomiting. Besides the usual ravages of this disease, there were found after death evidences of extensive peritoneal inflammation.
17 F Bridget White 29 Cancer of womb „ 3 „ 23 21
18 F Eliza Biggs 31 Pulmonary phthisis Mar. 11 „ 23 12 Admitted in a sinking state, with enormous sloughing sores over both lips.
19 M Roderick McKay 23 Caries of spine „ 18 „ 25 40 Admitted from shipboard with the bodies of several of the vertebrae in the back and loins. After death the bodies were found to be in a state of caries.
20 M Edward Gilshman 28 Scirrhus of colon April 4 May 1 28 Long laboured under pain in the left side of the loins, hiccough, and vomiting. After death a cancerous mass was found involving the descending colon, and obstructing the intestinal contents,—the caecum had given way, causing fatal peritonitis. Numerous ulcers were formed in the ileum, some of them were on the point of perforation. Death took place by asthenia.
21 M Walter Beard 25 Typhoid fever Mar. 28 April 2 35 Diarrhoea was a prominent symptom. Heart weighed 14 lbs. Admitted with general dropsy, urgent dyspnoea, etc.
22 M Alfred James 55 Heart disease 1866 Dec. 27 1867 „ 5 129 Admitted with dropsy, urgent dyspnoea, aorta dilated; pericardium full of serum; liver large, involuntary evacuations, and extreme debility.
23 M Henry George Wilton 36 Scirrhus of rectum Mar. 28 April 6 40 Admitted with dysentery. The liver extended quite across the abdomen. The rectum was found in a state of extensive ulceration.


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🏥 Medical Cases Report (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Medical Cases, Hospital Admissions, Disease Reports, Patient Statistics
11 names identified
  • Edward Markland, Died from Phthisis pulmonalis
  • Elizabeth Thomas, Died from Burn
  • James McGuey, Died from Pneumonia
  • Mary Anne McKelvey, Died from Phthisis pulmonalis
  • Bridget White, Died from Cancer of womb
  • Eliza Biggs, Died from Pulmonary phthisis
  • Roderick McKay, Died from Caries of spine
  • Edward Gilshman, Died from Scirrhus of colon
  • Walter Beard, Died from Typhoid fever
  • Alfred James, Died from Heart disease
  • Henry George Wilton, Died from Scirrhus of rectum