MYSTERY PATIENT
INMATE OF BRISBANE HOSPITAL FINALLY IDENTIFIED FORMERLY 0'F NEW ZEALAND Brisbkne, Nov. 30. lAfter being in . h'o&piftal for ibhree months a mystery patient has been identified as John O'Sullivan, formerly of New Zealand. IHe was found lying in a street at Nev/ Farm last August, and has since been in hospital unable to tsll his iaentity, his memory being a bl'ank. A few days ago a letfcer was received from a young woman in New Zealand giving fuXl details of the man, sitating that for sorne years he had been subject to mysterious fainting attacks. The man's condition became w"orse, and doctors opera'ted, a portion of the tskull being removed, revealing a jelly-like substance groiwing over part -of the hrain. This was apptarently pressing o-n the brain. The surgeons remtoved it, and it is hoped that wben the effeots of the operation have worn off the man will completely recover his health and memory.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 704, 2 December 1933, Page 3
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156MYSTERY PATIENT Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 704, 2 December 1933, Page 3
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