KILLED BY A PEANUT.
CORONER'S WARNING TO PARENTS. Christ church, August 20. A peanut or a portion of a peanut caused the death of Stuart H. Young, of Naseby. Tt lodged in a lung and caused an abscess. An operation was performed, and though the child brightened up, loximn caused death. “I think that the circumstances in this inquest should ho widely known in the interests of public safety,” said the Coroner, in giving bis verdict. “It seems to have been an honest but; grave mistake to allow such a long time to elapse without securing the services of a specialist to remove the piece of peanut from the lung. Apparently the boy was playing with his brother. He was made to cry and in inhaling he took down a piece of peanut which was in his mouth. A peanut is a peculiarly pernicious thing when it, gets into (he lungs. It was thought that the boy would cough it up. A few days went by and finally a week elapsed before he was in ken to Dunedin, where two operations wore performed, but then it was too laic. The chances of saving the child would have been immeasurably improved if prompt action had been taken. It should be a warning to parents and the medical profession in order that the same thing may not happen again in Simular circumstances.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2926, 22 August 1925, Page 3
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230KILLED BY A PEANUT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2926, 22 August 1925, Page 3
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