A FATAL WHIFF
CHLOROFORM CAUSES DEATH A case such as Dr. Waldo had not known in .20 years as a coroner was investigated at a Southwark inquest, England. A youth of 20, Edwin Wells, employed in Sainsbury’s premises at I Blackfriars, was climbing on a goods | lift, which he should not have touched, j and, setting it in motion, was trapped by the leg. A doctor was called, and to ease his pain while the lift was moved gave a little chloroform. Dr. Frederick Parker, of Guy’s Hospital, who made the post-mortem examination, said no bones were broken, but there were abrasions on bruising on the legs. Wells did not die directly from the injuries, but from shock and regurgitation while under chloroform. Dr. F. J. Waldo recorded a verdict i of death by misadventure, and added i that the chloroform was properly administered. 1
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 232, 20 December 1927, Page 12
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145A FATAL WHIFF Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 232, 20 December 1927, Page 12
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