YOUTH’S EXPERIMENTS
Si’ll KL\GT,H FIl OM I*o-1 SON ACCIDENTAL DIiATH SYDNEY, Dec. 12.—Evidence that Frederick John Damlyn, aged 20, ol' \\ allamore, had been experimenting on himselt with arsenic, in the he lief that lie would make himself strong, and. that he had given himself a transfusion of sheen’s blood, was given at the inquest into his death. Medical evidence was that Damlyn appeared to have taken an overwhelming dose of arsenic, eight grains, being found in his stomach. The police said that hypodermic needles, jneces of rubber, tubing, medical hooks, and a jar of water containing arsenic were fo\\nd in his room. The coroner, Dr. A. H. MacTaggart, found that death was accidental, as a result- of --the*-- selDnttrniirrstratibni of arsenic on* numerous occasions. There was. no suggestion, said the coroner, that,Damlyn intended to take his own life.' 1 ’
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 144, 10 February 1939, Page 4
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139YOUTH’S EXPERIMENTS Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 144, 10 February 1939, Page 4
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