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SUDDEN DEATH OF A MEDICAL MAN AT TUAPISKA. INQUEST ON THE BODY.

An inquest was held before Major Croker, on Tuesday, at the Washington Hotel,- on the body of. Dr. Louis M. Quinlan. Prom the evidence of Dr. Anderson, who had mado the post mortem examination, it appeared that the deceased must have been suffering for a lengthened period from disease of tho heart. Tho lifer was-also greatly enlarged, and the rest of the organs in such a diseased state that death-might have taken place without any, previous .warning. The deceased was found dead in ~bcd, after having. been left alone for a few minuteß. His arm was resting across hia forehead, and- he appeared to have died without a struggle. The jury returned a,verdict in accordance with the medical testimony. The deceased, who was a medical man, had not been long in the Province, having arrived since tho gold discoveries. Ho was well known in Victoria, having for a .long time held the position of Coroner at Dunolly and Inglewood, in that colony •

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Otago Daily Times, Issue 137, 24 April 1862, Page 4

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SUDDEN DEATH OF A MEDICAL MAN AT TUAPISKA. INQUEST ON THE BODY. Otago Daily Times, Issue 137, 24 April 1862, Page 4

SUDDEN DEATH OF A MEDICAL MAN AT TUAPISKA. INQUEST ON THE BODY. Otago Daily Times, Issue 137, 24 April 1862, Page 4