THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPTIC PATIENTS.
Christchuhch, August 18. About balf-past 5 this morning an epileptic patient at the Sunnyside Asylum was fonnd lying dead on the floor of the ward. An inquest was held this afternoon. The evidence showed that he had received all due attention. It ap* peared that Dr Levinge, the present medical superintendent, does not give medicine except under special circumstances to prevent epileptic fits, considering that such treatment only aggw vates fits. Dr Hacon, the former snperinten* dent, habitually treated epileptics with chromide of potassium. Two attendants stated that the result of the new treatment was that the epileptics in the asylum had fits more frequently no* , than formerly. One of these attendants, however, is under notice to leave, and has been several times reported for not being sufficiently carefnl. It also appeared that since June 1 three epileptic* have died, while in the previous she months bo death of an, epileptic patient was reported. The> attendants had noticed a slight increase in the- - fits in the case of Matthews, the deceased, buthad not verbally reported it to the docter, sB fits being entered in a book which he saw every morning. Matthews' death was reported to thedoctor shortly after 6. He did not see the body till 9.30, considering he could do nothing by going at once. ' The Jury returned a verdict " That deceased died from suffocation, caused by an epileptic fit." ' : -
THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPTIC PATIENTS.
Otago Witness, Issue 1866, 26 August 1887, Page 10
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