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Greymouth Evening Star, 13 May 1933, Page 7

A warning concerning the grave danger of bronchial illness resulting from the lodging of ot vegetable matter in the lungs or bronchia passages was given by Mi. Vyvein Wilson S.M., coroner, at an inquest int( , the death ot « Maori child. Youn ?; ™ get something down the should be taken with the utmost expedition to receive medical attei^ ition, ho said. “If there is a delaj of eien •i few days the result may be latal. Mr. Wilson said that in his experience as coroner he knew ot at least three deaths caused through similar circumstances to those which had brought, about the death ol the little Maori boy. The skins of peanuts were particularly dangerous in this respect, having a. definitely toxic action if introduced into the lungs.