DEATH FROM A SPLINTER
TRAGIC SEQUEL TO ACCIDENT CAUSE BELIEVED TO BE LOCKJAW. INQUEST UPON AUCKLAND WOMAN. By Telegraph—Press Association, r ■ Auckland, May 2. A tragic sequel to a trifling accident was described in the Coroner’s Court at an inquest on Mrs. Amelia Patten, aged 51. Her husband said that on April 14 he was chopping wood in the backyard..and a small piece flew up and struck his wife on the ankle. The wound was bathed and disinfected, and ointment was applied. Next morning a splinter was removed. "
There was no further trouble until April 25, when another splinter was removed. Later soreness of the face and tongue developed, and Mrs. Patten could get no sleep. On April 27 medical aid was called and Mrs. Patten was removed to. hospital, where she died on April 30. Mr. Patten said that the splinters were from a piece of kauri which evidently had been lying in the sea for years. It had a strong fishy smell. The inquest was adjourned. It is believed that death was due to lockjaw.
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 May 1933, Page 7
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