DEATH UNDER CHLOROFORM.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3776, 19 October 1907, Page 3

DEATH UNDER CHLOROFORM.

An inquest touching the death A ' of Alexandra Studholme, the wife ft of J. Studholme, of Cold Stream, r?'< Ashburton, who died suddenly at homestead recently, was held on Thursday before Mr G. Day, S.M., coroner. The medical evidence showed that deceased had been confined to bed for eight weeks, and that yesterday, at the request of Mr and Mrs Studholme, Dr B. M. Moorhouse, of Christchurch, administered ah anaesthetic (chloroform) to allow of an examination being made to discover what complaint the patient was suffering from. Owing to the illness of Dr Hunter, who had been attending deceased before Dr Moorhouse’s visit, the latter had to administer the chloroform and make the examination alone. After the investigation, deceased’s heart gradually failed, and despite all efforts to revive her, V life became extinct, f 'Though a post mortem exatmJl nation of all the vital organs, except the brain, was made, no cause of death was found. This was attributed to chloroform acting on deceased when she was in a weak condition, and suffering probably from some distension ot the intestines and stomach. The jury, without retiring, returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence. Deceased was a daughter of the late Dr Thomson, Archbishop of York.