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IT is with the deepest regret that I have to intimate the death of Dr. Rudolf von Willemoes-Suhm, at sea, on our passage from Hawaii to Tahiti. He had not been in his usual robusthealth for somemonths, having suffered occasionally fromindolentboils on different parts of the body. On Sept. 6 he applied to the surgeon for advice. He had had a rather severe shivering fit the day before, and an inflamed spot on the face began to show symptoms of erysipelas. The swelling and inflammation of the face increased during the next week; it extended over the forehead; and the fever and delirium attending erysipelas became more pronounced. On the morning of Sept. 13 he sank into a state of collapse, and died at three o'clock in the afternoon.
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THOMSON, C. Dr. R. Von Willemoes-Suhm . Nature 13, 88–89 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/013088a0
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