The Archive · 1937

First Special Court

Physician's Death INQUEST ON DR. ADOLY RAZLAG

An inquest was conducted at the Public "Mortuary by Procuralor Chang. Tsoong-zu on Feb. 1 over the body of Dr. Adolf Razlag, aged 73, who died_on January 20.

Inspr. B, B. Everest, of Central Police Station, told the Procurator that deceased was a doctor of medi~ clne, a subject of Yugostavia, and hada consultation office in Room 513 Hardoon Building, Nanking Road. Since last year, he had been sulfer-Ing from illness, At 8 am. on January 30 Dr. Razlag was found very iby his son. Dr. A. Rail was called and the patient was taken to Paulun Hospital, where he died. A medical chit certified that deceased died from the effects of a morphine Injection, administered by himself. On the table in the room were three syringes, Dr. Razing had left a let ter {0 his son, and a Chinese transation was produced, Mr, E, W, Razlag, the son, having said he wished to remove the body, the Procurator returned a verdict of death due to morphine Injections, 'Dr, Razlag come to the Far East 42 years ago and joined the Marl time Customs as a physlelan, in Swatow. He remained in Swatow 24 years and became proficient in the Swalow dialect and an authority on Chinese lore of that part of tung' Province. Eighteen hho Yemoved to Shanghai ud started J. in private practice. He was former ly prominent in local Masonic circles ahd was also at one time a member of the Rotary Club and other sboldl organtzatio Ds. Razlag was well liked by a large section of the Chinese community because of his medical activities amongst Chinese in poor oF moderate. circumstances.

Besides. his son in Shanghai, he leaves another son In Austria Two Months for Assault The Salvation Army Hostel was mentioned again in the First Special District Court on Feb. 1. when Pavel Slobodinuk, 26-year old Russian, was charged with assaulting another Russian, Ivan Kevin, at $.20 p.m., on Sunday'In the Salvation Army Ho: by sting him on the head with an iron poker, Both the accused and complainant were inmates admitted to the hostel. A dispute which resulted in the alleged assault was over a blanket used by the complain= fant and which the accused wanted to use. 'The court found the accused dullty and sentenced him to two months' Imprisonment,

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