A DOCTOR'S DEATH
BLOOD POISONING AFTER A PINPRICK. (B* ' ttEI^GftAPH— KRESS ASSOCIATION.) ELTHAM, This Day. A gloom has been cast^ver the Eltlmm district by the sad death of Dr. G. A. Harrison yesterday morning. About a fortnight ago he attended ft child patient and operated for an acute abscess on the neck. When bandaging the wound he slightly pricked the thumb of his left hand with s pin used for fastening the bandage. A few days later symptom of blood poisoning were manifest o,nd increased with alarming rapidity. A week ago the arm was amputated, and since then Dr. Harrison had been lying in a critical condition, causing great anxiety to his medical attendants, ahd he passed away yesterday morning at -the age of 4? years. Dr. Harrison had been practising in this district for nearly twenty years, and was greatly esteemed by the people.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 46, 24 February 1913, Page 2
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145A DOCTOR'S DEATH Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 46, 24 February 1913, Page 2
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