Duties

November

the Month of

last.

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diseases I have indicated was

exposure to the sun

while

the deceased

was

in the

Surgeon.

Victoria, Hongking | 95th January, 1848.

In conjunction

with Dr Young I attended

the late Mr Pope

in No.

vember last, I found him

suffering from subacute inflammation of the

membranes

of the brain, upon this supervened symptoms of fever of which he died.

There

can

be

no

doubt whatever that the

immediate

Cause

of the

disease

exercise of his office, and I

know the

the attack of which he

died was the third he suf-

fered from induced by the

...

It is thus

apparent that Mr Pope has fallen

a victim to his zeal

in the performance

of his Official duties,

his Medical advisers

were

constrained to repress in his last illness, and which stopped the pro-

gress of natural efforts at

convalescence

William Afene

Colonial Surgeon.

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