A FATAL MISTAKE.
[by i'KLKOIIAPII.—press ASSOCIATION.] Doxkdik, Thursday. An inquest was hold to-day on Charles Retter, an inmate of the Benevolent Institution, who died from an overdose of atropia. From the evidence it appeared that Dr. De Zoucho prescribed for him. The wardsmun, in giving the deceased the medicine, told him that he was to take a tablespoonful night and morning, whereas the direction 011 the bottle distinctly said a teaspoonful. Deceased, who was 82 years of ago, followed the instructions of the wardsman. A verdict of " accidental death " was returned, the jury adding a rider that it was obviously necsseary that a better system should be adopted in handing out and administering medicine to patients, and that great care should be used in selecting men for the medical ward, and that proper appliances should be provided.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8681, 25 September 1891, Page 5
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