Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1868 – No. 12

Page 128

✨ Death Records



RETURN OF DEATHS, &c.—continued.

Sex. Patient's Names. Age. Diseases. Date of Admission. Date of Decease. Time in Hsp. Post-mortem Appearances, &c.
48 M William Morley 27 Heart disease 1867. Oct. 21 1867. Nov. 15 25 Days Heart dilated, weight 11lb; mitral and aortic valves ossified and contracted, especially the former; left lower lobe of lung hepatized; the remainder was emphysematous.
49 M Frederick Shrub 27 Typhoid fever Nov. 11 ,, 21 10 Admitted in the second week of typhoid fever. Had much dyspnoea, cough, diarrhoea, and low muttering delirium. Death took place ten days after admission, by asphyxia. Right lung was found extensively hepatized ileum studded with ulcers.
50 M Edward Smith 33 Phthisis pulmonatis Sept. 6 ,, 26 18 Besides the tubercular state of the lungs, aryteno-epiglottidean folds were tumefied and ulcerated; a stricture was discovered in the oesophagus.
51 M John Smith 48 Phthisis pulmonatis July 12 Dec. 4 145 This case presented nothing remarkable.
52 M John Taylor 35 Phthisis pulmonatis Oct. 22 ,, 7 46 An ordinary case.
53 M Thomas Rose 18 Medullary sarcoma Dec. 2 ,, 19 17 Admitted with general enlargement of the lymphatic glands, and gradually sank with symptoms of obstructed circulation. The mesenteric glands were found converted into masses of encephaloid matter of great size and globular shape. Heart greatly dilated, and filled with white fibrinous coagulum.
54 F Isabella Turnbull 58 Ovarian dropsy Oct. 8 ,, 19 72 Admitted with ovarian dropsy and tumor. Both ovaria were the seat of multilocular cysts, containing serous fluid. The left had burst into the abdomen, and excited general peritonitis. Great oedema of lower limbs.
55 M George Savage 15 Scrofula 1866. Nov. 12 ,, 26 409 Admitted for scrofula in left hip joint, which was found carious, with pus in the pelvis, between the os pubis and bladder of urine.


Next Page →



Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa — PDF Auckland Provincial Gazette 1868, No 12




✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏥 Medical Cases Report (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Death Records, Hospital Patients, Disease Reports, Post-mortem Findings
8 names identified
  • William Morley, Patient with heart disease
  • Frederick Shrub, Patient with typhoid fever
  • Edward Smith, Patient with phthisis pulmonatis
  • John Smith, Patient with phthisis pulmonatis
  • John Taylor, Patient with phthisis pulmonatis
  • Thomas Rose, Patient with medullary sarcoma
  • Isabella Turnbull, Patient with ovarian dropsy
  • George Savage, Patient with scrofula