"MIGHT HAVE LIVED"
DOCTOR'S C6MMENT. MAORI WOMAN'S DEATH. CHINESE GAVE TREATMENT. "Pneumonia is not always fatal, and it is possible that had the deceased had proper treatment she might have lived," said Dr. W. Gilmour, giving evidence thio morning nt an inquest into the death of Powhiti Tauariki, a married woman, who died at her home, Barrack Road, Mount Wellington, on January 18. Dr. Gilmour, who made a post-mortem, said that death was due to acute lobar pneumonia. Maki Tauariki, busnand of the deceased, said that for a week prior to her death his wife had been confined to her lied. She complained of pains in the chest and between the shoulders. A Chinese herbalist, Lnm You Kwong. had visited her twice and prescribed medicine. The coroner, Mr. F. K. Hunt, returned a verdict that death was due to acute lobar pneumonia.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 20, 25 January 1939, Page 14
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