Drunken Doctors.
[Asmodkus m New Zealand Mail;] A shocking case, indeed, that the theory of internal rupture does not account for. A medical man, was called m to attend a woman at' the tim^ she most needs help. He is described as being apparently wwfer iheinjlimnce of some TMrcotic //s&§, women about the place can't |pioeS| sense into him miyhow; the j obstetric woman dies; she is m a horrible condition, fearfully mangled ; the doctor is arraigned on the charge of malpractice, T at tu£ Danedin Supreme Coiu% and. is let ii|owu easy, with a sentence of -four mWhs' imprisonment. 1 ! .. It. .. strikes jne that l * under the influence of some narcotic should read drunk" ahS* incapable," and the four months!,. sentence one of as many years 6? haul labor, and the deprivation) for .ever of a dipoloma to practice. A man who drinks, or who is subject to narcotic attacks, is ; not fit to practice medicine ; fof m. no other profession is a clear head and steady hand so demanded; ,- f
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 121, 17 April 1884, Page 2
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172Drunken Doctors. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 121, 17 April 1884, Page 2
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