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TO SAVE WOMAN’S U>PE. INFECTION ..AFTER WASP STING,. / r After a. lengthy battle*, in whiclF :: every treatment; waff CtxipjlT avail, it has been necessary to remove the leg of Mrs' Hilda Hill, a patient of the Whangarei District .Hospital. , About eight, months ago, Airs Hillj; ' who is aged 33, and belongs to flbreke, Hokianga, was stung by a wasp, . This, in itself, was not serious, but a secondary microbie infection super' imposing upon the inflammation of the sting, caused serious complifiar. tions. On Juno 14 last Airs Hill was admit-.... ted to the Whangarei Hospital, where- * every endeavour was made to save the limb. However, blood poisoning was not cheeked, and, to save the - patient’s life, the leg was amputated at the upper third of the thigh. The operation was performed a fortnight ago, and Airs Hill is now. making very favourable progress, ‘
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Northern Advocate, 15 January 1934, Page 9
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