AN UNCOMMON DISEASE.
[RY TELEGRAPH.— ASSOCIATION] :, , Wellington, Wednesday. '/.':> An inquest was held to-day on the body of the boy Bertie Henry Watkins, who died suddenly', yesterday. -The' medical evidence showed that the lad had a very. uncommon disease— dilation 01 th* stomach. Dr. Faulk* said the disease wwi usually fatal. Few cases had been record-, • ed and little was known, of the l com-" plaint. 'v. . A verdict was returned in aeoontemott ? with the medical testimony.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13666, 6 February 1908, Page 3
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76AN UNCOMMON DISEASE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13666, 6 February 1908, Page 3
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