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| − | My name is George K? MacNaughton
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| − | I am a duly qualified medical
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| − | practitioner in and for the Province
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| − | of B.C. I reside at Cumberland.
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| − | About 11.15 last night, Jany 27th,I
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| − | attended the deceased ?. Mah
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| − | Lou at the Cumberland General Hospital.
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| − | The injured man was lying on a
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| − | stretcher in the dressing room, in his
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| − | mining clothes. His feet and hands
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| − | were icy cold and the pulse at
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| − | the wrist could not be felt.
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| − | He was conscious and complained of
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| − | pain in his back.
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| − | Examinations showed the following injuries:
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| − | 1. Fracture of the 6th 7th 8th and 9th dorsal
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| − | vertebrae, with depressed fracture of the
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| − | corresponding ribs on the right side
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| − | 2.Superficial ? cuts on the side of
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| − | back as if scraped by a rough
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| − | material.
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| − | 3.Large ? swelling in the loin and
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| − | right side of abdomen-apparently the
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| − | result of internal bruising and
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| − | hemorrhage.
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| − | I had the patient put to bed where
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| − | ?? stimulants and hot water
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| − | bottles were applied. His condition
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| − | however failed to show any real improvement
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| − | and he died about 1.45.
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| − | Death was due to shock and internal
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| − | hemorrhage as a result of above named
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| − | injuries
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| − | July 28th 1919. G.K MacNaughton MD
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