POISON BY MISTAKE.
LINIMENT INSTEAD OF COUGH MIXTURE.
In the early morning of August 21 Henry Pepper, 72 years of age, residing at 42 Ross street, Ravensbourne, took a dose of liniment by mistake, thinking it was a cough medicine. Although he appeared to recover in a few h urs, he became worse before mid-day, and was removed to the Dunedin Hospital, where every attention was given to.him, but he died on Monday afternoon. An inquest into the circumstances was held at the Hospital on Tuesday afternoon by Mr J. R. Bartholomew, coroner. Sergeant M'Carthy represented the police. The Coroner said it was evident the linimeut had been taken in mistake for the cough mixture. Everything was done for the man, but, unfortunately, without result. His verdict would be that death was due to heart failure, following on poisoning by a liniment accidentally taken in mistake for a cough medicine.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3833, 30 August 1927, Page 34
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