Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1876 – No. 7

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✨ Hospital Patient Deaths



NOMINAL LIST OF PATIENTS WHO HAVE DIED DURING 1875—Continued.

No. Sex. Patients' Names. Ages. Diseases. Date of Admission. Date of Death. No. of days in Hospital. Remarks and Post Mortem Appearances.
90 F Ann Morgan 43 Bright's disease of kidneys 1875 Nov. 8 1875 Nov. 22 14 90. Admitted suffering from albuminuria. Gradually got weaker, and sank into a profound comatose condition on Nov. 18, and died so; never rallied even for a short time.
91 M Joseph Dickinson 22 Typhoid fever Nov. 20 Nov. 23 3 91. Admitted with typhoid fever and pneumonia of right lung, and sank rapidly. There were ulcerated patches in ilium, and the right lung much congested.
92 M John Black 38 Heart disease Aug. 2 Nov. 23 113 92. Admitted for heart disease and asthma, had been ailing for a long time; having been in hospital several times before, and obtained more or less relief, but upon his last admission no hopes were entertained of giving much relief, and pneumonia setting in, he sank very fast. The heart was hypertrophied. Aortic valves ossified in a marked degree. Right lung solidified. Liver large and waxy. Kidneys large.
93 M Frederick Lyell 30 Phthisis pulmonalis Nov. 17 Dec. 1 14 93. An ordinary case of phthisis. Had been previously under hospital treatment.
94 F Elizabeth Jennings 20 Pericarditis Nov. 27 Dec. 12 15 94. Admitted for acute rheumatism. 3rd day from admission pericarditis set in, the to and fro sound becoming distinct, effusion followed, and in a few days afterwards the friction sound reappeared. The patient became weaker with cough and suffocating paroxysms and delirium. The pericardium was found adherent to the walls of the heart. The aortic valves had warty vegetations, and were highly inflamed. Heart weighed 12ozs. Lungs congested, and liver weighed 5¼lbs.
95 M Patrick Mara 39 Aneurism Thoracic Oct. 19 Dec. 15 57 95. Admitted with heart disease and thoracic aneurism. Lingered on without suffering much pain until a few days before he died, when the deceased was attacked with fainting fits, vomiting and distension of abdomen. Found heart enlarged, and a large thoracic aneurism pressing upon the 4th and 5th dorsal vertebrae, the bodies of which were eroded, the sac oval in shape, and consisted of layers of fibrin of considerable thickness in front, in the centre was a quantity of recently converted fibrin. Stomach inflamed. Liver large and nutmeg.
96 M James Forman 45 Chronic dysentery 1874 Aug. 27 Dec. 15 475 96. Admitted from Lunatic Asylum for chronic dysentery, got better and worse for more than a year, but succumbed to the last attack. Refused to eat food, and always of a very listless disposition.


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🏥 Nominal List of Patients Who Died in Auckland Provincial Hospital in 1875 (continued from previous page)

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Hospital Deaths, Patient Records, Auckland Provincial Hospital, 1875
7 names identified
  • Ann Morgan, Died of Bright's disease of kidneys
  • Joseph Dickinson, Died of Typhoid fever
  • John Black, Died of Heart disease
  • Frederick Lyell, Died of Phthisis pulmonalis
  • Elizabeth Jennings, Died of Pericarditis
  • Patrick Mara, Died of Aneurism Thoracic
  • James Forman, Died of Chronic dysentery