MYSTERY PATIENT
IDENTITY DISCOVERED
OPERATION ON BRAIN
(Boceivcd November 30, 11 a.m.)
BRISBANE, This Day.
After Toeing in hospital ftor three months a mystery patient has been idenr tificd as John O'Sullivan, formerly of New Zealand, He was found lying in the Street at New Farm last August. He has since lain in hospital unablo to tell his identity, his memory "being a blank. A few days ago a letter was received from a young ■woman, in New Zealand giving full details of the man, and stating that for some jears.he had been subject to mysterious : farnfting attacks. , . .' '
The man's condition became worse and the doctors operated. A portion of tho skull was removed, revealing ' a jellyliko substance growing ever a part of; the brain. This was apparently pressing on the brain. ; The surgeons removed it, and it is hoped that, when the effects of the operation have .worn off, the man will completely recover his health and memory. . ■ ■ '.-
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 131, 30 November 1933, Page 13
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