Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1876 – No. 7

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✨ Hospital Death Records



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
97 F Mary Brown 8 Typhoid fever 1875 Nov. 20 1875 Dec. 21 31 97. A lingering case of typhoid fever with diarrhoea, became greatly emaciated.
98 F Ann Hudson 38 Pycemia Dec. 24 Dec. 25 11 hours 98. Admitted in a dying state from pycemia and consequent exhaustion. Only survived 11 hours. Abscesses were found in the lungs and uterus.
99 F Mary Nixon 31 Phthisis pulmonalis Dec. 13 Dec. 26 13 99. An ordinary case of phthisis.
100 M John Bussell 30 Peritonitis Dec. 23 Dec. 26 3 100. On admission complained of tenderness over the right iliac fossa, suffered from constipation. Gave enemas and brought away lumpy faeces, seemed somewhat relieved, but about noon of the day of his death his pulse became weak and quick, respirations hurried, great change in the expression of his face denoting great anxiety; rapidly got worse and died. A large abscess was found between omentum and caecum, spreading among the abdominal viscera; the matter had a faecal odour. Peritonitis was present.
101 M Thomas C. Harwood 67 Paralysis Dec. 24 Dec. 26 56 hours 101. Admitted in a state of profound coma, pupils very slightly contracted, upon applying a lighted match near them; breathing stertorous; applied mustard, gave enemas and croton oil internally, next day partially conscious, but relapsed again, and died 56 hours after admission. Found a large mass of coagulated blood, under dura mater and overspreading left anterior lobe, large quantity of subarachnoid effusion. No fracture of skull.
102 M Joseph Dampier 45 Hemiplegia Oct. 24 Dec. 29 66 102. Admitted with hemiplegia left side. Found upon cutting into corpus striatum of right hemisphere, the middle cerebral artery lacerated, and an abscess present, brain otherwise firm. Subarachnoid effusion in great quantity.
103 M William Gordon 34 Heart disease Dec. 30 Dec. 26 17 hours 103. Admitted in a dying state from the effects of alcohol and heart disease. Died 17 hours after admission. Large quantity of subarachnoid effusion. Mitral valves of heart thickened. Liver weighed 5 lbs.

T. M. PHILSON, M.D.,
Provincial Surgeon.



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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
  • Mary Brown, Patient, died of typhoid fever
  • Ann Hudson, Patient, died of pycemia
  • Mary Nixon, Patient, died of phthisis pulmonalis
  • John Bussell, Patient, died of peritonitis
  • Thomas C. Harwood, Patient, died of paralysis
  • Joseph Dampier, Patient, died of hemiplegia
  • William Gordon, Patient, died of heart disease

  • T. M. Philson, M.D., Provincial Surgeon