DEATH UNDER ANAESTHETIC.
(rKESS ASSOCIATION TELEOBAH.) DT7NEDIN, November 27. At the inquest on ■ the body of a boy, held at the hospital, regarding death under an anaesthetic, the evidence showed that the boy had been given breakfast as usual to allow a period of seven hours to elapse before the operation, but when the operation was about completed. the boy was asphyxiated by food from the stomach. The condition was said to be abnormal, as 4 to 5 hours was the usual time allowed to clear the stomach of food taken. The Coroner returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence. He said that all precautions had been taken.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18551, 28 November 1925, Page 18
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