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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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