A BROKEN NECK
MAN WILL RECOVER.
(By Telegraph — l‘er Press Association)
NEW PLYMOUTH, January 25
A young man lies in the New Plymouth Hospital with “a, broken neck ’ and with an excellent prospect of complete recovery. He is Earle Coleman. .Swimming; in Tehenui River ,Coleman dived and struck the bank with his head, and he was found on his hack at the button of the pool. Ron a I' eppen-11, a girl member of the surf club, rescued him in a dazed condition. Resuscitation methods were applied, and he was admitted to the liospitml. l it" ray disclosed a definite free! hi i. Use body of vertebrae, and a slight displacement, but, so far as could be ascertained, the spinal column had not been seriously damaged. though some of the nerves may be twisted.
The only bodily disability that Coleman is suffering is a slight weakness in one arm, a, slight anaesthesia of the skin of the other arm, and pains in the neck.
Dr. G. H. Thomson told a reporter that there was a strong probability of Coleman’s recovery. His case was one of, perhaps, three* or four recorded in New Zealand. Coleman was extremely fortunate that his rescuers had care in handling him. He told the doctor that he was conscious practically the whole time.
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 January 1932, Page 2
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