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Report on the death of Mr. E. V. Dawson.
Mr. E. W. Dawson, aged 38, of the Revenue Department (Imports and Exports Offics) was admitted into the Government Civil Hospital on April 16th. 1917, suffering from well marked symptoms of apendicitis. He gave a history of having had five attacks previously at intervals. On admission there was well marked tenderness over the region of the appendix and pain around the umbilicus. The temperature was 100.2 F. md pulse 84. He was also suffering from constipation. On the 17th and 18th. the condition shewed no amelioration the temperature remained high, and as he was anxious to have the organ removed, an operation was performed on the morning of the 19th. The appendix was found to be intensely inflamed and closely adherent to the surrounding structures, and the coecum was thickened and inflamed, and every- -thing in that region was mitted together with recent inflamatory adhesion. The appendix was duly removed.
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Patient took the anaesthetic badly becoming cyanosed during part of the operation.
The next morning (April 20) the temperature went up to 102.6, but there was no tenderness about the wound, and the condition seemed favourable. He expressed himself as feeling quite comfortable. In the afternoon the temperature began to come down, and at night was 101, md he seemed to be progressing favour. -ably. About 1.15 a.m. on the 21st. the heart began to show signs of flagging, and in spite of stimulants &c. he died at 3.15 a.m.
Cause of denth
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Appendicitis.
Heart failure.
(8d.) W. V. H. Koch,
Superintendent.
April 24th., 1917.
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