APPENDICES. ix.
Deaths during the year 1899.
No.
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Name.
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Date of admission into
the asylum.
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State of health.
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Date of last admission into
hospital.
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Age at
death.
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Date of death.
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Cause of death.
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Remarks.
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Years.
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270
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Nga Touk ...
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19th March 1897.
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Bad ...
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9th January 1899.
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36
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11th January 1899.
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137, Mania ...
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Admitted into the Asylum on 19th March 1897 in bad health. He was admitted into the hospital and placed in the convalescent gang for debility and loss of weight. He was dirty and troublesome. Became weaker and weaker till he had an attack of convulsions on the nth January 1899, of which he died.
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Post mortem.—Brain 2 lbs. 14 oz. Adherent to the duramater, superficial vessels dilated, the membrane much thickened, there was a deposit of lymph over the cerebrum, substance of the brain firm. A considerable quantity of fluid (4 oz.) removed from the cranial cavity. No fluid in the lateral ventri- cles. Posterior part of the choriod plexus on both sides showed nodules about the size of small nuts in a state of calcareous degeneration and on the right side there were also a few very small cysts.
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376
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Ma Ku ...
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30th October 1898.
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Poor ...
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30th October 1898.
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58
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15th January 1899.
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659 f, Pro- lapse of uterus and rectum.
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An old and greatly emaciated woman, admitted in very poor health with prolapse of uterus and rectum of old standing. Had directly to be admit- ted into hospital for treatment. She was dirty, restless, and troublesome. Gradually lost ground and died.
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Post mortem.—Alimentary canal. Mucous membrane of large and small intestines much thickened. Old standing congestion in the whole rectum but no ulceration.
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Uterus.—About 4½ inches long protruding from the vagina, and about the size of a big mango in circumference at its widest portion. There were old standing superficial ulcers, one on the anterior surface about ½ inch in length, ¼ inch in breadth, and one on the posterior surface about 1¼ inch in length and about ¼ inch in breadth ; on opening the organ some thick yellowish fluid about 3½ oz. came out of the cavity.
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167
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Shwe Meik ...
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23rd January 1899.
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Very poor
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23rd January 1899.
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35
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26th January 1899.
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103 b, Hemi- plegia.
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Shwe Meik was admitted into the Asylum on 23rd January 1899 in very poor health with right Hemi-plegia and Aphasia. Food and medicine had to be given with feeding cup and tube through the nose. He gradually lost ground and died.
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Post mortem,— Brain 2 lbs. 4 oz. Superficial vessels much gorged with blood. Pacchionian bodies enlarged. Distinct softening and increased vascularity in the left frontal lobe. The left corpus striatum was softer and more vas- cular than the right.
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394
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Subbayya ...
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1st March 1899.
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Bad ...
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5th March 1899.
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27
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13th March 1899.
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137, Mania
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Admitted in bad health. He was dirty in habits, very restless, destructive and did not take his food properly; extremely weak and prostrated and gradually sank and died after 13 days in the Asylum.
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Post mortem.— Brain 2 lbs. 7 oz. There was no fluid in the cranial cavity. Superficial vessels much dilated. A very little fluid in the ventricles. The brain generally somewhat more vascular than usual, but nothing very mark- ed found out.
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