HOMICIDAL MANIA.
By Telegraph—Press Association. DUNEDIN, September 19. At a meeting of the Hospital Trustees, yesterday, the house surgeon reported that a patient had been suffering from homicidal mania. He tried to cut his throat twic«. A broad leather band was placed around his throat, and a conf stable was summoned to watch him, but the patient made two attempts to overpower the officer, and a fierce struggle ensued. All this took place in a housa occupied by twenty-four patients. The trustees discussed the auestion of making provision for such cases., but decided it was a matter that should be dealt with by the Hospital Board.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8539, 20 September 1907, Page 7
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106HOMICIDAL MANIA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8539, 20 September 1907, Page 7
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