Medical Mistakes.
| Rome ttxehangp.] Ev«*n diplomaed doctors occasionally make mistakes. Purintr the week one of ou«* most popu ar surgeons has e»«vir>u«ly blnnd red m the treatment rf his own wife. Th ■ laly was suiter.* ng from want of sleep, and her husband injected hypodermiftally a aunntity of snlphu'ic add m mi*tak« for morphia. The excruciating agony immediately experienced by the lady caused her to scream, and her husband, perc iving his pg-egKus error, has ten rd to apply antidotes to weaken the actit n of the powerful a^id. For a time sli»k>hopes w* re entertaioed of the lady's recorery. but she is now reported to be progressing favourably.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 175, 30 June 1883, Page 3
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109Medical Mistakes. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 175, 30 June 1883, Page 3
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