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HONGKONG.
54 February
1872.
CERTIFICATE of Leave of Absence for 6 Months granted to Edmund Sharp, Esquire, Crown Solicitor
Enclosure in Governor Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell's Despatch No. 940 of 6th February, 1872.
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- Army Medical School.
Royal Victoria Hospital.
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I hereby certify that I have carefully Examined Mr Edmund Sharp, Crown Solicitor, Hongkong - I find that this gentleman suffered for a period of eighteen Months from dysentery passing into
tropical Dysentery, which deliged him leave the Colony on Medical Certificate.
Mr. Sharp had Lung disease ... in an early stage on his way home. He is much improved, but in my long experience Dealing with Military Invalids from all parts of the world, enables me to state today, that if Mr Sharp returns to the Colony now, he will certainly relapse En route, and on arrival be unfit for duty, to say nothing of the great risk to his life.
I recommend that Mr. Sharp should have an extension of leave on Medical Certificate.
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