✨ Hospital Patient Deaths
NOMINAL LIST OF PATIENTS WHO HAVE DIED DURING 1873—Continued.
| No. | Sex.* | Patients' Names. | Ages. | Disease. | Date of Admission. | Date of Death. | No. of days in Hospital. | Remarks and Post Mortem Appearances. |
|-----|-------|------------------|-------|----------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------------------------|
| 11 | M | Joseph Shaw | 70 | Fracture of spine | 1873 March 1 | 1873 March 2 | 1 | Admitted with paralysis of upper and lower extremities and trunk, below the fourth cervical vertebra, the spinous process of which was fractured by a blow from the fore legs of a horse. |
| 12 | M | William Fraser | 72 | Heart disease | March 4 | March 5 | 1 | Last stage of heart disease and dropsy. Heart hypertrophied, weighed 19 ozs., mitral orifice dilated and mitral valve partially calcified, aortic valves thick and rugose. Liver nutmegged, lungs adherent to side, and emphysematous at places. |
| 13 | M | George Purchase | 17 | Fungoid cancer | 1872 Aug. 22 | March 18 | 203 | On admittance complained of pain in left side, where a swelling was perceptible, which gradually enlarged until it filled the whole abdomen. Ultimately he became dropsical and sank exhausted. On examination the tumor was found to be of the Medullary character, and to have its origin in the lumbar glands. |
| 14 | M | Henry Fowler | 31 | Fever, typhoid | 1873 Feb. 26 | March 24 | 26 | Admitted after a week's illness of typhoid fever. Had very bad bed sores, putrid urine and diarrhoea, gradually sunk. Lower end of ilium studded with ulcers, several of them on the point of perforation. Small intestines very dark. Left kidney large, with granular degeneration; right hyperemic. |
| 15 | M | James McKenzie | 34 | Phthisis pulmonalis | Feb. 5 | March 31 | 54 | A case of phthisis pulmonalis with diarrhoea. Both lungs stuffed with crude tubercles of all sizes, no vomicae. Liver, nutmeg. |
| 16 | M | Thomas Evenden | 50 | Epilepsy | Feb. 25 | March 31 | 34 | Admitted for epilepsy fits and general paralysis. Brain of firm consistence, much subarachnoid effusion. Lateral ventricles full of serum, corpora striata nearly absorbed. A large apoplectic cyst in centre of right anterior lobe. Complained for many years of headache, attributed to a blow. |
| 17 | M | Samuel Brooking | 27 | Heart disease | Feb. 15 | April 8 | 52 | Admitted for advanced heart disease, with obstinate bleeding from the gums. He was carried off at last by extensive pneumonia. After death heart was found hypertrophied, weight 28 ozs. Numerous warty vegetations on mitral valves, aortic valves thickened and shrivelled. Right lung hepatized in state of purulent infiltration, left lung affected in a less degree. Liver nutmegged, weight 74 lbs. Kidneys very large, granular. Spleen of great size, also a supernumerary spleen of the size of a small egg, urine albuminous. |
| 18 | M | George Jarman | 50 | Dysentery | April 9 | April 16 | 7 | Transferred from Lunatic Asylum to be treated for dysentery. On examination the greater part of the ilium was found inflamed, and of a deep pink color. There was copious subarachnoid effusion on the brain. |
| 19 | M | Thomas Hollingsworth | 74 | Paralysis | April 15 | April 20 | 5 | Admitted with serous effusion on the brain, gradually became comatose, and died a very lingering death. |
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Nominal List of Deceased Patients
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9 names identified
- Joseph Shaw, Deceased patient, fracture of spine
- William Fraser, Deceased patient, heart disease
- George Purchase, Deceased patient, fungoid cancer
- Henry Fowler, Deceased patient, typhoid fever
- James McKenzie, Deceased patient, phthisis pulmonalis
- Thomas Evenden, Deceased patient, epilepsy
- Samuel Brooking, Deceased patient, heart disease
- George Jarman, Deceased patient, dysentery
- Thomas Hollingsworth, Deceased patient, paralysis
Auckland Provincial Gazette 1874, No 11