DEATH FROM FRIGHT.
A child seven years old, son of a sweep, and therefore not likely to have been brought up during the few years of his life too tenderly (says an English paper), fell down and died from seeing two older boys fighting. There is said to have been no organic disease discernable on post mortem examination. This is remarkable, but it is, of course, possible that the impression made on the brain of the child may have been so strong as to arrest his heart’s action. We confess we should like to hear more of the case in its strictly medical aspect. Meanwhile there can be no hesitation in pronouncing a strong opinion against the exposure of young children to powerfully affecting and more terrifying spectacles. The practise of “ frightening ” children either to quiet them or simply as a diversion is inhuman in the extreme. Many cases of epilepsy have had this sort of agency for their exciting cause. It is a cruel and heartless pastime which too many otherwia* kindly intentioned persons are wont to indulge.
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Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1084, 10 September 1883, Page 2
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