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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5085, 7 February 1927, Page 1

Nothing is more pleasing a'fter a swim in the surf than a delightful sun bath lying on the sands, but when this policy of lying in the sun on a hot beach is. pursued to excess dangerous consequences may result This was illustrated at Napier recently (says the “.Telegraph”), when a swimmer- on the Parade became so thoroughly “cooked” that he* resembled a cooked crayfish just out oT tjhe pot. The aftermath came in the evening; when the swimmer became delirious with the pain of his sun burns which covered his limbs and body and a medico was summoned. The medical man injected morphia to dull the pain and induce restful sleep in the patient, but even with this precaution the .sufferer had to be watched all night and was nob out df danger in the morning. His painful and dangerous experience should be a warning to other.