ANAEMIA OF THE BRAIN.
It was a theory at an inquest at Irlam, Manchester, that a motor-cyclist met his death as the result of temporary blackness coming over his eyes while travelling at high speed. Witnesses stated that the cyclist—Oliver Talbot, aged 21. was riding at between 60 and 75 miles an hour when lie developed a wobble and crashed. Mr. John F. Leeming, of Northern Air Lines, Limited, called as an expert, asserted that in motor-cycling, ana in piloting an aeroplane, a temporary blackness came over the eyes when the head was bent while one was travelling at high speed. This caused momentary loss of sense of direction.' He had heard it described as brain anaemia, which temporarily dulled consciousness, and he thought it was quite possible that it occurred in this instance. The coroner remarksd that It was a reasonable hypothesis, and a verdict of Accidental death" was returned*
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21112, 20 February 1932, Page 2 (Supplement)
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151ANAEMIA OF THE BRAIN. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21112, 20 February 1932, Page 2 (Supplement)
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