Causes of death in colonial doctors

Wright-St Clair, R.E.

New Zealand Medical Journal 88(616): 49-51

1978


ISSN/ISBN: 0028-8446
PMID: 360115
Document Number: 138034
The causes of death in 910 New Zealand doctors, 1840-1910, are given . Natural causes were the most frequent reason for death with pulmonary tuberculosis being important. Other leading causes of death were accident or violence, alcoholism, drug taking and suicide.

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