DELIRIUM TREMENS.
TIIEATMEXT OF PATIENTS. I By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Lust Xiglit. The Hospital Board to-day adopted a motion setting lip a committee. to approach the Minister of .lu«tice with a vi<nv of s»eing what agreement can be arranged for detling with the treatment of delirium trenuis <.>ses, A lnembci' said it was six years since the (lovevnment had approached tin- Hoard on the!, matter, mid notli5Hi* 1 had been done. thought that the Hospital Superintend- 1 out would be justified in refusing these /' eases. Dr. Woouhoiise. Act inir-Snperin- i tendent. deprecated establishing an" special plaee for tlie.se eases where medical attention was not easily obtainable, as patients were often' suffering from pneumonia, Provision should lie made i n a place attached to a mental hospital.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 280, 18 April 1913, Page 5
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126DELIRIUM TREMENS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 280, 18 April 1913, Page 5
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