A FEARFUL CASE,
In one of the lower wards of the Auckland Hospital is a patient named Bohn, This (says the “Herald”) is the worst case of rheumatism that has ever come under the knowledge of th.e hospital staff. He has also been seen by English and American doctors who visited the hospital, and all of them admit that a worse case never came under their notice. The poor fellow is nnable to move, and can scarcely speak. He has been two years in the hospital. He can only be raised in the bed by means of a pulley attached to the bedding, and his bauds have to be suspended in slings. His legs have dropped down from the knee sockets, his hands and arms are fearfully deformed, and even, the bedclothes have to bo suspended over him in such a way as to prevent their weight resting on him. It is curious to see the different classes of people in the hospital who are victims to this malady—young, old, and middle-aged, stout, thin, and robustlooking men are stricken down by this terrible disease. .
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 3002, 9 November 1882, Page 2
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184A FEARFUL CASE, South Canterbury Times, Issue 3002, 9 November 1882, Page 2
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