DEATH FROM DOG BITE
MAN WHO TRIED TO STOP FIGHT. A verdict of “ death from septicaemia caused by infection from a dog bite ” was recorded on June 11 on the Archdeacon of Cheltenham, the Ven. Alan Whitmore Cornwall,' who died at Stratton, near Cirencester, aged seventy-three. Evidcnoo was given that the archdeacon went to the village post office, taking his terrier, which he left outside. Mrs Broome Hiscock had also taken a dog with her to the post office, and the two dogs began to fight. The archdeacon went out and caught his terrier by the collar, but the dog turned on him and bit his hand. The postmistress washed the wound and sent for a doctor. The hand was treated with antiseptic, and the wound progressed well until June 2. Tho next day, however, the archdeacon became suddenly ill ,and he died on June &
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Evening Star, Issue 21170, 2 August 1932, Page 12
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145DEATH FROM DOG BITE Evening Star, Issue 21170, 2 August 1932, Page 12
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