Mary Ann Sinclair, 13 years of age, who lived with her parents in St. David street, Dunedin, complained of a headache about 3 o’clock on Friday afternoon, and lay down on a sofa. Presently she went to her bedroom, where she lay upon her bed without undressing, and, after some time, she was seized with what appeared to be a fit. Her mother, who was attending to her, tried unsuccessfully to get her to swallow some brandy, and sent for Dr Martin, who came at half-past 6 o’clock. By this time, however, the girl was dead. On Saturday morning Mr C. C. Graham conducted an inquest at the house. Dr Martin stated that he had examined the body of the girl, and he had noticed marks indicating an old operation for hydatis. It was ascertained that deceased had suffered from that disease two years ago, and had been operated upon in the Dunedin Hospital. He considered that death was clue to embolism, resulting upon the bursting of a hydatid, of which the condition and situation were such as to cause great trouble at any moment. He considered a post mortem examination unnecessary, and believed that an operation would have done little to relieve the sufferer. The coroner recorded a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony. -Otago Witness, 19/1/1910.
IN MEMORIAM.
SINCLAIR. — In loving remembrance r)! my dear sister, Mary Ann Sinclair who departed this life on January 11, 1910. Inserted by her loving sister, Lizzie, Mrs A. Doyle, 81, Kingsley Street, Sydenham. -Lyttelton Times, 14/1/1918.
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