A REMARKABLE CASE.
CAUSE OF SUDDEN DEATH. STONE IN THE HEART. "It is a remarkable case," said Mr. Ingleby Oddie, the Westminster coroner, lately, in reference to the medical evidence givrn at the inquest on Arthur George Joiner, aged 48, a retired major of the 4th King's Own Royal Regiment, of Briarsfield, Tipperarv, who- died suddenly.
John William Puggy, of Clonmel, Irelaud, his . brother-in-law, said that on July 30 ho saw Major Joiner off at Clonmel Station for England. Ho had been suffering with his heart for two months, and had never been really well since he returned from the Battle of Mons.
John Blundell, a porter, said that Major Joiner suddenly collapsed as he was speaking to him on Tuesday. Dr. Henry Weir, who made a postmortem examination, said that death was due to strumosis in the left ventricle of the heart. " -
The coroner explained thai in all juch diseases the heart muscle had degenerated, and become fibrous, and a clot had formed inside the heart cavity. In an endeavour on the part of nature, in this case, to strengthen the wall of the heart, the clot had become converted into stone, and a portion had become detached. He recorded a verdict of death from natural causes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19447, 1 October 1926, Page 18
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