CHOLERA AT COLOMBO.
SUICIDE OF A DOCTOR. By TelonTttDh—Press Association—Copyrieht (Rec. November 4, 0.25 a.m.) Sydney, November 3. Eastern news received hero convey intelligence of an outbreak of cholera, at Colombo. Threo cases, all acute, are reported. A tragic incident connected with the outbreak was tho suicido of Dr. M. do Lancy Robinson, acting-medical olßoer for tho Colombo Council. ' Ho became depressed becauso lie considered himself blameworthy in not ordering a postmortem on a patient who had died of cholera, and cut his throat with a razor, jumped out of the window of the hotel, and died on his way to tho hospital.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1897, 4 November 1913, Page 7
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103CHOLERA AT COLOMBO. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1897, 4 November 1913, Page 7
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