WOMAN'S DEATH MYSTERY
DOCTORS ARE PUZZLED. Ten doctors, including three specialists, were stated at a Deptford .inquest,' recently, to have examined Mrs'Rhcda Manley, 63, of Charlton Road, Charlton, but failed to discover the cause ef Wr illness. _». ' Mrs Manley died in St John's Hospital, Lewisham, and Dr G. Edhoim toid the Coroner. (Dr W. H. Whitoiunis.-) that the doctors at the hospital v,onunable to form a diagnosis and could not state the cause of deat.li. Evidence was given that after Mvs, Manley had had a severe cold she oc came listless and eventually was too weak to walk. Dr_ A Davies- said that a post-mortem examination showed that Mrs Maiik>v was very emaciated, weighing only 5.0. Her thyroid and other glands were en larged, and he could easily understand that the hospital doctors found the crsc ▼»ry puzzling. Certain aspects of it still puzzled him, and he would liie (<> examine microscopically tin? eularsvd glands. The inquest was adjourned fur a week.
INNOCENCE. Small girl (to Customs official search ing her mother's case) : Oh, you're get' ting warnjj jsn'ti lie, mummy J'
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Western Star, 8 December 1933, Page 4
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