MAORI WOMAN’S DEATH
Honey Placed on Burn
EVIDENCE AT INQUEST
. Dominion Special Service. Auckland, September 5. An inquest into the death of a Maori woman at a native settlement at Kopuku, about 20 miles from Pukekohe, revealed the use of an old Maori method for treating burns. The deceased was Kaikai _ Ngataru, aged 29 years, a widow with one child.
Evidence was given that her husband died about 12 months ago. Relatives brought her from Te Kauwhata to reside with them at Kopuku, as she was in a low state of health and appeared to be fretting over the death of her husband. As far as was known she had not been nttended by a doctor. While firing scrub she received a burn on the leg. This was treated with fresh honey and bound with calico, but it became septie and the woman died the next morning. Dr. A. T. Begg, who made a postmortem examination, said death was apparently due to blood poisoning from the burn supervening on a weakened condition due to another complaint.. A verdict was returned in accordance with the doctor’s evidence.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 293, 7 September 1931, Page 5
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