ANOTHER CASE OF MATCH POISONING.
lOn tho 26th ult., at Dargaville, the infant daughter of Mr Raynes, proprietor of the Kaihu Hotel, was discovered in the act of eating the heads off somo lucifer matches. The number of matches eaten cannot be accurately ascertained, but Mr Raynes has in his possession twelve, which he took from the little ono, all of them having had their heads eaten off. Fortunately Dr. Norton was speedily in attendance, and there is no doubt at all that but for his prompt and skilful services the child would have added one more to the list of fatal cases, already so numerous. For seven days he attended her, and now she is doing well. Parents cannot be too careful in keeping matches out of tho way of children, nor should they neglect to strictly enjoin their servants to keep them out of reach. '
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Auckland Star, Volume XI, Issue 3219, 13 November 1880, Page 2
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147ANOTHER CASE OF MATCH POISONING. Auckland Star, Volume XI, Issue 3219, 13 November 1880, Page 2
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