LONDON WOMAN'S DEATH.
EUCALYPTUS SUSPECTED. A. and N.Z. May 29. •A coroner at Chelsea, who was inquiring into the death of Mrs. Tug well, aged 55, said it was supposed to have been due to eucalyptus poisoning. If that proved to bo the case it would be of considerable medical and legal importance, because no similar case was on record. It was stated in evidence that the room in which Mrs. Tugwcli died reeked of eucalyptus. Two empty bottles were beside her bed. Dr. Bronte, a .pathologist, said tho woman's throat was yellow. That was a definite sign of volatilisation of eucalyptus. It was the first recorded case of eucalyptus poisoning. Tho coroner returned an open verdict. Ho said the symptoms ivere similar to those of laudanum poisoning.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19032, 1 June 1925, Page 9
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