HOSPITAL ERROR
CHLOROFORM POISONING. A verdict of “Death by misadventure” was recorded at a Watford inquest on Annie Eliza Fishburn, aged 25, who died from chloroform poisoning in the district hospital before an operation. It was stated that chloroform was administered to the woman by means of a special apparatus which had been put together wrongly. The effect was that pure chloroform instead of chloroform vapour was sprayed in the patient’s mouth. The jury added a rider that in future the theatre sister should be responsible for all 1 apparatus and instruments in the operating theatre
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Southland Times, Issue 18973, 21 June 1923, Page 8
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96HOSPITAL ERROR Southland Times, Issue 18973, 21 June 1923, Page 8
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