THE DEADLY DUMMY.
CHOKES A LITTLE BABY. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, June 29. Elsie Sherwood, a three-months baby, was lying in bed and by some means swallowed a dummy and was'suffocated. At the inquest the adopting mother stated that she endeavored to get the dummy away with her finger.% and, failing to do so, telephoned to Dr Gilbbs, who found the child suffocated and imavailingly tried artificial respiration. Had a tape or string been attached to the dummy the accident could not-have occurred, neither ceuld it had a larger dummy been used. The mother Stated she had taken a dirty tape away fiom the dummy, intending to replace it with a clean one after dressing. The doctor said that if the child had been takyn by the legs and held downward the dummy might have come away. The use of the fingers resulted in embedding the dummy more firmly at the back, of the mouth'. The coroner returned a. verdict that
death was caused by smffocation, adding that the adopting parents did all that was possible under the distressing eircuirfstances.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 34, 30 June 1914, Page 7
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180THE DEADLY DUMMY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 34, 30 June 1914, Page 7
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