Dolls Leg Swallowed By Baby
MISHAP WHILE AT PLAY ROTORUA, Nov. 2. As the result of swallowing the leg of a china doll, the six-months-old son of Mr and Mrs IV. G. Saunders, of Waiotapu, was admitted to the Rotorua Public Hospital. An X-ray examination was made and it was indicated by the hospital authorities that it was hoped that the obstacle might be removed without the necessity for an operation. Tho child was apparently playing with the doll at its home when it swallowed the leg. Mrs Saunders immediately communicated with Mr Hewitt, licensee of the Waiotapu Hotel, and his daughter and Mrs Hewitt, together with the infant’s mother, hurriedly brought the child to Rotorua by car for medical attention. After an examination, a doctor ordered the baby into the public hospital for the X-ray examination.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 289, 7 December 1936, Page 12
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