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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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.
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![ter was inserted ?—How long after the operation was that cathe inserted, and how long kept there 1 Answer.—The catheter was introduced previous to the atter/ to remove the broken portion when the operation was comment' and it was kept in between two and three days. To the Foreman,—I am not aware that a Report was made Dr. Bowerbank on the necessity of keeping a Case Book. Dr. Bowerbank explained that such a recommendation was in;J by him, but the Board of Visitors considered it unnecessary to ha any such book. Dr. Field.—The operation was performed on the 4th Februal between two and three o’clock in the afternoon ; but when the catl] ter was taken out I can’t say exactly; but to the best of my recoil< tion I think it was taken out on the third day before noon, betwel 9 and 12 o’clock. To a Juror.—In the Journal I made notices of the man’s case i to his death. [The Books ordered by Dr. Field to be produced at the requc of the Coroner and Jury.] To a Juror.—I carried through the case in my private Ca Book up to the time of the death. To a Juror.—The catheter was kept in continuously for two three days. A Juror observed that he considered Dr. Field was trying confuse the Jury, but another considered that he was trying to co: fuse himself, as he was stating and denying so many points. Uii mately he said, I do not remember the number of hours that t catheter was kept in the bladder. By a Juror.—Did you writeup in your private Case Book t' entire state of the man Richard Bailey from the time of the accide to the time of his death; and if not, why not ? Answer.—I took as much down of the treatment of the case as thought necessary. There was a record made of the accident in t Journal, as I have already stated. From what I know of the case Richard Bailey, (the deceased), and from the post mortem ai morbid appearance presented to me, I am of opinion that he di< from pyaemia and disease of the kidneys. I am of opinion that tl state of the cesspool and sinks had nothing to do with the death Richard Bailey. If the catheter introduced into the bladder of tl deceased (I mean the broken one), had not been introduced, tl deceased, I think, might have lived longer, although I cannot say ■ what period. Question by a Juror.—As a practitioner, and having had mm to do with Richard Bailey’s case, will you state whether or not tl accident or other operation performed on him accelerated or otherwi assisted his death ? Answer—I think it probably did. Dr. Bowerbank here stated to the Coroner, that he had request* a Juror (Mr Finzi) to put a question to this witness, but that tl Juror refused. He begged the Coroner to take a note of the occui rence. The Coroner said, that in the event of any Juror refusing to pu](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22317983_0040.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
