WIFE'S VAIN SACRIFICE.
HER BLOOD TO SAVE HER HUSBAND. DIES AFTER HIS DEATH. LONDON. April 29. An Aberdeen man named John Duncan, who was taken ill was ordered by his doctors to undergo an operation. He was too weak to do SO, and (o strengthen his heart, blood transfusion became necessary. His wife offered the blood, and the dortor.- took three-quarters of a pint from her. The husband, however, died from the shock of the operation. Overcome with grief, the wife, svho had attended the funeral, vollapsed and shortly afterwards followed her husband to the tomb.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 398, 16 May 1922, Page 6
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96WIFE'S VAIN SACRIFICE. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 398, 16 May 1922, Page 6
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