I found an English use from 1883 - https://archive.org/details/argonaut131883sanf/page/n391/mode/2up?q=%22operation+successful%2C+patient+died%22 https://archiv

I found an English use from 1883 - https://archive.org/details/argonaut131883sanf/page/n391/mode/2up?q=%22operation+successful%2C+patient+died%22 https://archive.org/details/argonaut131883sanf/page/n391/mod... . > The creosote in toothache drops administered to a New York boy cured the pain, but killed the boy. This recalls the entry in the register at Bellevue Hospital, which reads; "Operation successful. Patient died." The Argonaut, San Francisco, December 22, 1883.