Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1868 – No. 12

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✨ Medical Cases Report



RETURN OF DEATHS, &c.—continued.

No. Sex Patient's Name Age Diseases Date of Admission Date of Decease Time in Hspl. Post-mortem Appearances, &c.
24 M George Nethersole 40 Strangulated hernia May 14 May 14 Days 1 Admitted with strangulated inguinal hernia (left side), of three days duration. Chloroform was resorted to in aid of the taxis; convulsions ensued, and in a few minutes death. A sharp bony spiculum was found in contact with the brain.
25 M Patrick Smith 50 Phthisis pulmonalis Feb. 16 „ 23 96 In addition to the tubercular disease, had stricture of the urethra and recto-vesical fistula.
26 M Archibald Stewart 35 Phthisis pulmonalis Nov. 20 „ 23 184 Left lung found excavated into a vast cavern. Admitted with hemoptysis; cough; right side bulged greatly from effused serum; lungs full of tubercles in all stages; survived only five days.
27 M Joseph Rodgers 42 Phthisis pulmonalis 1867 May 30 June 5 7
28 M John Wilson 28 Stricture of urethra Feb. 24 „ 20 116 Died from urinary infiltration, the result of prostatic abscess of great size and long duration.
29 M John Pickersgill 35 Phthisis pulmonalis Dec. 11 July 15 217 This case was complicated with colliquative diarrhoea.
30 M George Anderson 26 Scrofula 1866 Dec. 11 „ 16 218 This was a case of caries of the lumbar vertebrae, with psoas abscess; destruction of the left hip joint. The left pleura was found filled with serum.
31 F Esther Comerford 40 Phthisis pulmonalis July 13 „ 19 6 Admitted in a dying state.
32 M Thomas Colclough 60 Senile gangrene „ 2 „ 29 27 The disease commenced in the upper of the right foot about a month before admission, and the whole of the foot perished before death, which took place by coma. The arteries of the leg were found in a state of calcification.
33 F Martha Anne Betts 18 Acute rheumatism „ 1 Aug. 15 46 Soon after admission cardiac inflammation supervened, ending in general dropsy. The pericardium contained a pint of serum. Heart weighed 18½oz., and was overspread with fibrinous deposit, which lined the pericardium. Vegetations were found fringing the aortic and mitral valves. This patient had previously suffered from heart disease.
34 M Thomas Jenkins 28 Phthisis pulmonalis Aug. 13 „ 24 11 Had long been ill, and at length died suddenly from hemoptysis.
35 M Kerei Nga Mota 40 Scrofula „ 13 „ 25 12 This man presented on admission an immense gluteal abscess, which was found after death to have proceeded from caries of the lumbar vertebra.


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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
  • George Nethersole, Death from strangulated hernia
  • Patrick Smith, Death from phthisis pulmonalis
  • Archibald Stewart, Death from phthisis pulmonalis
  • Joseph Rodgers, Death from phthisis pulmonalis
  • John Wilson, Death from stricture of urethra
  • John Pickersgill, Death from phthisis pulmonalis
  • George Anderson, Death from scrofula
  • Esther Comerford, Death from phthisis pulmonalis
  • Thomas Colclough, Death from senile gangrene
  • Martha Anne Betts, Death from acute rheumatism
  • Thomas Jenkins, Death from phthisis pulmonalis
  • Kerei Nga Mota, Death from scrofula