DOCTOR'S DEATH

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20585, 26 November 1936, Page 7

DOCTOR'S DEATH

TRAGIC PASSING OF NEW ZEALANDER United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyright (Received November 25, 7.30 pun.) LONDON, November 24. Overwork s believed to be the cause of the death of Dr. William Alfred Fitzherbert. aged 29, a New Zealander recently appointed Medical Superintendent of the Hospital of Tropical Diseases at St. Pancras. He was found dead in a bath there, the immediate cause of death being asphyxia. The Coroner adjourned the inquest to give experts an opportunity to discover the cause of aspuyxia. The secretary of the hospital, commenting on the fact that syringe and tube containing tablets were found in the bathroom, said Dr. Fitzherbert, feeling overtired, might have decided on an injection and something had gone wrong.

Dr. Fitzherbert’s father, mother and two sisters are in Wellington. His aged grandmother, from whom the news has been kept is here.

NEW ZEALAND STUDENT CONNECTION WITH NOTABLE FAMILY By Telegraph—Pi ess Association WELLINGTON, November 25. The late Dr W. A. Fitzherbert. whose death is reported by cable from London, was a son of Professor G. W. Von Zedlitz. formerly Professor of Modem Languages at Victoria University College. He was educated in Wellington and was a medical student at Otago University.