NEWS AND NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 February 1929, Page 6

NEWS AND NOTES.

KILLED BY BLOOD TRANSFUSION. W lmt is believed to be the first case of death resulting from blood transfusion was investigated at the London ..Hospital during an inquest, on Airs E. Webster, aged 29. I)r. A. , 'K. C. Kennedy assistant physical! at the hospital, said Airs Webster eanie under bis care in July for anaemia. Her blood was 50 per cent, below normal, and she was treated with iron yvithon t effect. He therefore advised a blood transfusion. •She died a week atfer from infarction of the kidneys. Asked if blood transfusion were still in an experimental stage, Dr. Kennedy said it was very defiinitely past the experimental stage. Have you ever had a fatal ca e from blood transfusion ?—No. .Would the woman have been alive today Imd tile . Mood transfusion not taken place?—Yes. The Coroner, recording a verdict of death by misadventure, said : “.Blood transfusions are given in hundreds of cases and we all know from our own experiences that of blood transfusion in itself is a very harmless operation. I. have never heard of a ease of death from blood transfusion.

“REEL” FAMILY ALBUMS. The family album of the future will be a roll of cinema films. The invention. .n worm's rights of which have j’l t '.ceil 50..; •• Mr H. van dor Scha1. . a Dutch engineer, will soon be on the British ,1 :!kct exclusively made in Hint coiiii:-y. The Robot Film Camera, .simple to work. The head of the family will place half-a-crowu in the slot, turn a handle and walk with his family, into a small room. A voice will give directions—“ Look natural,” “smile please’’—and the invent ion does the rest. For the half-crown lee a loft film will lie taken, printed developed and sent. The voice in the studio comes from a gramophone. No great expense) will be involved in showing the film at home, for a projector will lie available to tlie public at four guineas. If the head of the family wishes to take his own films at home he will be able to perform tlie whole process for a total cost of logos—the price of camera and projector. When 'the home-made films are exhausted films tan he hired for Is a week and ho sold for 10s.