THE DEATH OF A BOY UNDER CHLOROFORM.
[Br TELEGRAPH— ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Thursday. At tho inquest) on the boy Kilsby, who died under chloroform, the evidence showed that nil precaution had been taken, and that death was a pure misadventure, and a verdict was returned accordingly. Dr. Chappie was asked if he could explain why there had been so many deaths of late in the colony while the patients were under the influence of chloroform ? He replied that he could give no explanation, except that the climatic conditions might have had something to do with the matter. He had performed 134 operations under chloroform, and the present was the first death.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10132, 15 May 1896, Page 5
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