The report of the ordinary and resident medical officers and the annual report of the Inspector and Director, of the Public Hospital, for 1864, with the reply of the ordinary medical officers thereto : the letter of Alexander Fiddes ... and his correspondence with the governor, and the executive committee on the subject of his resignation and retirement from the Hospital : the letter of L.Q. Bowerbank ... in reply to Dr. Fiddes, and Dr. Fiddes' reply to same : also, the evidence adduced at the coroner's inquest, held on Richard Bailey, lately an inmate of the Public Hospital.

Kingston Public Hospital (Jamaica)

Date:: 1865

Credit: The report of the ordinary and resident medical officers and the annual report of the Inspector and Director, of the Public Hospital, for 1864, with the reply of the ordinary medical officers thereto : the letter of Alexander Fiddes ... and his correspondence with the governor, and the executive committee on the subject of his resignation and retirement from the Hospital : the letter of L.Q. Bowerbank ... in reply to Dr. Fiddes, and Dr. Fiddes' reply to same : also, the evidence adduced at the coroner's inquest, held on Richard Bailey, lately an inmate of the Public Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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$,.ian named Lloyd, requesting my attendance at the hospital. On -ting with Dr. Sommerville, the Senior Resident Medical Officer I uested him to go with me to the bed-side, and I consulted with l respecting the case. I was told by the patients in the ward, Ben- t, and another whose name I think is Murray, that Richard Bailey left his bed with the catheter tied in his bladder, and in endea- i mug to return to it, he struck the catheter against the edge of the a i •£ ’ ^eai^ing the catheter in the fall ; on asking the •eased if such was the case, he positively denied having bro- tho catheter, and stated that he had removed the other por- .1 and lost it. On manipulating I could not discover the •ken part in the urethra We then determined that a sound uld be passed gently along the urethra, in order to ascer- i. the exact position of the broken portion in the canal ior(hngly I chose a No. 8 sound for that purpose, and in- llucea u gently down the canal; I did not meet with any obstruc- , eitlier m the shape of a stricture, spasm, or foreign body. On contrary, a state of things the very reverse of stricture seemed to present I he sound glided easily into the bladder. On gently i .ting the handle of the instrument, the broken portion of the 1 eter. was dlstmctly felt in the bladder. The patient was ordered emam quiet in bed, and also informed by me that he must have broken piece taken out or he would die. He again denied that ’ e anythmg in the bladder at all, and said that he would not ■>entto any operation. I then returned with Dr. Somerville; we rrmmed that nothing more could be done that night (the 27th) that it would be better to wait till next day. I gave orders to SkcneUrSeo° Dl'; ABderS0U iu the morning of what had in place. On the following morning Dr. Bowerbank and Dr .ersoii being present, I told them what had been done, and what urred the night previously. With their permission I again passed i strument, and again felt the broken piece of catheter still hi the oler but couid not feei it in the urethra. The instrument I used \ ??;1? SOUnd' 1 d°UH that the broken piece of catheter ;asut Pr6S 111 6 Ure ^ °r 1 mU8t haye locked ]'° Mi-Lyom—I was not present when the No. 2 catheter was • duped by Dr Anderson 1 was made aware of the circumstance nayki|,mI daily,roufnd of. the ward- I heard Dr. Anderson dis- ly tell the patient to be very careful—to keep himself quiet r^wise he might break the instrument in his bladder q lo a Juror.—It is my duty to keep the regular Book of Record 'very case of interest, provided I am requested by the Medical jars to do so. There is a public Case Book in the hospital in di cases are entered. 111 '™kFcMldid n°* 0bjeCt t0 ShOW hi3 priTate Case Book’ “ thi. IK, the Foreman.-The broken portion of the instrument could receded from the urethra into the bladder and meed again into the urethra. ’ and have &3r a Juror*~Aiter the operation was performed, a No. 8 cathe-$

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