DANGEROUS TONIC PILLS.
i DEAJH OF A CHILD. (United' Pp.e« Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. The three-year-old son of Charles Ln- . ney, of Lyttelton, died yesterday morn- '. in? from the effects of eating tonic pills, • which he got out of a drawer by standing on a chair. The medical evidence ' was to the effect that the pills con- ; taincd strychnine, on© being dangerous • to a young child, while four would be \ fatal. A verdict was returned of death ; by heart failure, from strychnine accidentally taken.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 15 September 1909, Page 4
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83DANGEROUS TONIC PILLS. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 15 September 1909, Page 4
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