SUDDEN. DEATH IN THIS HOSPITAL.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VIII, Issue 2088, 6 July 1875, Page 2

SUDDEN. DEATH IN THIS HOSPITAL.

; in QUEST, Ah inquest was held at Iho emulation Hold yesterday, beforo J, E. Macdonald, Coroner, and a jury, of whom Mr J, H, Jefferson was chosen foreman, touching tho death of Hill Qilmoro, who died in the hospital suddenly on Sunday morning, under circumstances rojwrted in yesterday's issue. Tho jury, having viewed tho body of deceased, which was at tho boa* pital, tho following ovidence was token :—

Dr Fox deposed: * I'am'a duly qualified medical practitioner, carrying on my profes-ion at Shortland,,' lam also surgeon to tlio Thames Hospital, A messenger came for mo from Smalo'a Building abut 8 o'clock onSatuiday night, tho 3rd instant, saying that thoro was a man thoro iu Convulsions. On my way thither I met men carrying decoded to Iho hospital,/who:informed mo that,he was tho man, I repaired te tho hospital'and examined 'him.' 'He wbb sensible, and ablo lo'.relum auswers to questions, - Ho had given his name, age, &C, to Air Aitken, the house steward, Thero weio no convulsions, Lut the right arm was paralyscJ, I naked him whether ho had over had fits before, when ho replied 12 or 13 tiniest ' Ifonp* [•eared iuclincd to doze, I orderod somo medicine,''and gave instructions that ho was to bo kept quiet. I thought it was an ordinary cm of epilepsy, and expected that ho would havo a long sleep atid awake well. I was called up at 4.30 o'clock next morning by tho night wardsman."''l found; deceased iu fuuoribuud state. Ho' died about 6 o'clock, the nightwrii'tlaman aud myself being present, I yesterday mado a post-mortem.examination, I found tho basilar artery of tho brain diseased and obstructed by co»gulum, This was tho cause of tho epilepsy and tho cause of death. : : " •■: ■...'

By the Jury: A gentleman came for mo to my surgery, and I said I could not then go, and nd«iscd lriin to go for Dr Lctbbridgo, Ho returned, for raO' and I went. Tho vein'; was obstructed. Tho.provlous fits wcro probably caused by disease of the artery,,aud tho last fit by.tho OQagaliiui.,'..TLp first. mtßsogo'oanio to '.mo at.niy surgcryl J Thero wcro Bovcral patients there, and I went as soon as I could after I was sent for,'and left 'other' patients waiting at my surgery. 1 ; ;;.' ; .. , • ;.;' : .,.,.f llebecca Wilson deposed: lam wifo of John Wilson, tho, licensee of tho Saracen's Head Hotel. I know "deceased. for tho last tiratrt: months,, Hokaa been boarding at our houso for tho last throo weeks Binco ho came from Ohinemuri.. Ho slept at Smale's buildingß, A mau camo and asked my girl to bring him a cupoftca,..fchooamo back and to'd me Gilmore had a' fit. Ho had been .complaining of ahcadMho'nliday.' 1 went across and found that'ho'bad' i fit. ' Ho' ; asked whero was my girlLizzio, Tho dootorwaS'Bent for. I was thero when ho was taken; ■to tho hospitali Dr Loth bridge was first to come. Wo had sent for Dr Fnxj but ho could not' como. Dr Lothbridgo recommended that ho ehbuld bo taken to tlio hospital, aud. this wa3 dono. I saw him taken on a stretcher,' ; • <. :< James H. Baxter, ono of tho jurors, deposed: I.knew deceased,. Dill Gihuore, I,think ho was about M years of ago,' I hadno acquaint* anco with him in tlio old country. I know him for tho last-twelve years, I know tho placo ho .came-from: Nowtownards, county Down, Ireland, ' ' William' Mumford waß called,, and. after stating tho nature of his cvidonoc, tho jurors decided to receive it. lie deposed: t know tho deceased. Miss Wilson camo for mo about a quarter to'B oh : Saturday night, I went with her, and saw. .deceased insensible. I thought ho had then lost tho usd of his tide, for ho could not tuio it,' Ho wto'ilnnblo to speak. Ho motioned towards his lomplo, I got some water ; and '• bathed -' it. Ho did not lecin to get any better, so I went for Dr Fox. He said ho csuldnot oomc,,ho,waßtoo busy, and told mo to go' for Dr lothbridgo. Dr Lethbridgo camo with' mo instantly, Ho cxamiuod him, and' said ho had had a stroke, lie theu walked out' ol tho building, I trout with him, and nßkcd whether it would not bo better to have him sent to tho hospital. When Dr Lothbridgo said deceased had a stroko ho asked,, "Am Ito prescribe for him here?" I said I did not know, ;Ho said, "If I liavo to, I will give yon somo medicino for him," Ho then said that he thought it advisable to havo him removed to tlio hospital under tho cir« oumstanoes. Dr Lothbridgo then Baid, : i" You had betlcr go .and seo Dr Fox again," This was to too whether,ho would' coino;ncross and look at the deceased. Dr Fox (aid ho could not como theu, but that ho, would como as Boon' as' ho could, When' I ro turned I said' ho was-no better, bo I got a sliotchcrnnd assistance, and he was carried to tho hospital. On ih'o way to tho hospital wo met Dr Fox coming out'of 'his hoifse. I told In 11 there was no use in his going then, as we were carrjing him .to tho hospital. I think Dr Fox returned to his own houso, I remained with deceased for somo timo in tho hospital, and the. duclor had not appeared then. I taw him stripped, and what ho had in h'ia pockets,' and then I left. That is all I know. '■.'■''.

'By the Jury: Ho had a knifo, pipo, tobacco, pocket-book (containing receipts, and au order for £40i There was ahalfponny in the lefthand trousers pocket, and tho purso containing ■tho order was in tho other pookot,, It ,was in .a little ptuso by itself. I was' in tho hospital, I 'should''lhlnk,'a''quarter of an hour. Tho doctor did not come while I was there. I had told Dr Fox wo wero taking him hospital. Decoued was not - ecneiblo whillyl was there. On my way back from tho hospital I called again at Dr Fox's,,anl.saw hi-n, I told him Gilnioro was at tho kospitsl, and that I-had left word with Aitkcn; that ho was coming immediately. I had not told Aitkcn so, but I told Dr Fox. and had an order to hurry him up. DrFox said ho would go,round as .sooaaa ho could, and I thou left, and know nothing mire until t heard next morning ho was dead. •,..,. ~-., Tho jury consulted ' for eomo time, and decided on taking the evidencoof tho dispenser, and recalling Dr Fox. ■ Thomas Aitken dop6scdi lam dispenser at tho hospital, I' did not know deceased. Ho was brought to tho hospital on' Saturday night botween B.and 9 o'clock. Ho was then inEonsiblc. Dr Fox arrived about ton minutej after, and prescribed, and I gave deceased tbo medicine. I asked deceased oomc questions, but he talked in an irrotcrant manner, x Somo timo after ho told-mo his ago was 37. I did not seo him alivo_ after that.—liy the jury: Wo changed his clothes, and searched,them, and placed him on a bed, and in," tho 'meantime a messenger had, gono for tho doctor. It did not take moro than, about ten minutes IJ; don't think, it was. moro , than a quarter of an hour before the doolor, arrived. I am, BU'e it was not half an hour. I undtr«' stood from tho nun who came with the patient that ho.hadboen seen by Dr FoxandDrLcth« bridge. The doctor could mrtbo much sooner * from tho timo ho waß sent for/ Dr Fox was ro examined, and dcppscdi Nothing DrLethbridgo. could havodonoa't tho time ho saw deceased could havo saved Gilmoro's Jife, I havo read Mumford'a cvidcuco, and hire mado a post-mortem examination of tbo body.'■ 'Dr Fox further slated tho circumstances under which. ho was called,, He said, when the man came for him, ho was very busy, aud ho (cut him to Dr Lothbridgc. Tho man camo back again shortly after. Ho (Dr Fox) understood that Dr Lethbiidge had not been to see the deceased, It certainly was not<moro than ten hiinutoi after Gilmoro was brought to tho hospital before he (Dr Fox) was in attendance, and ho thought it was much,under ten 1 The jury then considered tho evidence, and returned a verdict of "Death from natural causes," :■. (, ;