DEATH AFTER CHLOROFORM.
YOUNG WOMAN COLLAPSES. v [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT-] MORRINSVILLE. Thursday. The death occurred yesterday of Miss Elizabeth Collins, aged 27 years, a re«i-. dent of Tahuroa, Morrinsville, following the extraction of teeth. At the inquest to-day medi p a] evidence , was given that ths deceased suffered from pyorrhea and blood poisoning. The ur- ' gent extraction of her teeth was advisedA little chloroform was given, and the deceased recovered after her teeth bad been extracted. Two hours later she collapsed and died. \ The doctor staled that the deceased would have eventually died from blood poisoning. The jury returned a verdict that death was caused by toxemia and pyorrhea, accelerated by •shock and ha2morrhage. The evidence showed every care had been taken by the doctor and the dentist. The deceased "formerly lived in Te • , Aroha.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17966, 16 December 1921, Page 6
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