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GENERAL
ATROPINE POISONING
SUSPECTED
CYCLE MISHAP ON ISLAND
ROAD
Death After Operation For Two, Chinese Youths
Tonsilitis
MEDICAL EVIDENCE HEARD
Charged
Two Chinese youths appeared before Mr. H R Butters at the Central Court yesterday as a sequel to a traffic accident which oc-
An inquest was held at the Central Court yesterday into the cir- curred on Island Road on Sunday cumstances surrounding the death of Sung Hlu-tal, six-year-old son morning.
of Mr. Sung_Kwok-cheung, of the Central Trust of Chlea, who died at the Queen Mary Hospital on August 25, suspected of atropine, poisoning.
Mr. H. R. Butters sat as Coroner assisted by a special jury com- prising 'Messrs. C. C. Black (foreman), A. Raymond and D. Benson.
Mr. E. W. Davies, Crown Solleitor, held a watching brief on be half of the Government,
Mr. Sung Kwok-cheung, father juence of Mr. Lee, after he (witness) of the deceased, said that his two had learned of the death of the sons, aged eight and six, respective
them.
boy.
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The accased were Luk Tak-wing.
Trac-Sergeant
2 student, charged with the theft jot a motor cycle and Cheng Tick, 24. broker, accused of aiding and jabetting.
W. Campbell said that the cycle belonged to Mr. S. C. Liu, of 8, Fort Street. It was parked outside the Lido Dance Hall on Saturday evening. When Mr. Liu weft to fetch the machine he found it had disap- POISONING SUSPECTED
peared. ly, were suffering from tonsilitis far
The matter was reported some time and he had been en-
Cross-examined by the jury to the police. gaging a private doctor to attend Dr. Lien said he suspected that
Sergeant Campbell said that on atropine poisoning was through Sunday afternoon he received a On August 20 he took the boys overdose when he saw the condi- report of an accident on Island to the Queen Mary Hospital to seetion of the patients just before Road between Stanley and Repulse Dr. Lien who advised that in both general anaesthetic was adminis-Bay. On arrival at the scene he cases the tonsils had to be removed.
found the two defendants lying tered. Four days later witness took his sons to the hospital where he sign ed forms giving his operate. On the following day. after the operation, he went to see his sons and found them in a very weak condition and the younger one was unconscious. He enquired and the sister told him that mat- ters would turn out all right, He then left the hospital and after ed "Polson." It was impossible to abetting Luk, was remanded until p.m. on the same day he received ntix it up with another drug. liqur to-day.. a telephone call informing him
at:opine, which was a stronger that the boy, Sung Hlu-tar had solution, being kept in the ward for
external use.
died.
consent to
DR. KHO TESTIFIES
Mr. J. M. d'Almada Remedios up-
Yeung Kam-hing. the dresser seriously injured beside the motor who administered the atropine in-cycle. jections, said that the process of administering of the drug had all peared on behalf of Luk, and been checked by the sister-on-duty. asked for a date to, be axed for
the hearing. Sister McLellan,
The case against. Luk was ac- In answer to Mr. Davies, he said the drug was also called acque cordingly adjourned to 230 p.m. atropine which had been kept in on October 31. the duty room in a cupboard mark-
Cheng, who admitted aiding and
WARRANT FOR CONSTABLE
Sister J. H. McLellan, sister-on- Dr. Kho Bik-po, house Surgeon duty on the morning in question, of Queen Mary Hospital, in the told the Court that she had check- witness box, said that it had beened the injections in each case be.
Kong Shing, a police constable. the practice of the hospital to adfore they were administered.
charged with demanding $5 by minister an infection of atropine Dr. Dean A. Smith also gave evi, menaces and force from a woman approximately half an hour beforedence that he examined one of the named Leung Ah-chal at the the anaesthetic for operation. He seven patients at the request of Tsimshatsul railway station was assisting in the administer-Dr. Lien and agreed it might have September 29, had his bail of $150 ing of anaesthetic on the day in Leen an overdoss of atropine. estreated when he failed to appear question.
After the death of the boy he im-before Mr. E. Himsworth at the The administering of atropine inmediately examined at the other Kowloon Court yesterday morning. Jestion was not done by him. He patients that had undergone opera A warrant was issued for his arrest.) said that the strength of the tion and found similar symptoms. atropine was 1/100
"
of gram atropine sulphate dissolved in 1 c.c. of distilled water in the ense of adults and 1/200 gram per c.. for children,
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Witness performed a post mor- tem examination the next day and Coming to the morning of August formed the span that, in view 25, witness said there were alto-of the misty of the case, death gether seven persons to undergo was due to atrobide poisoning.
Mr. R E. Cable, Apothecary Douglas Steamship Co., Ltd. $50.00 operation, including the two boys,
that Messrs. Dodwell & Medical Department, ald
Co.,
Ltd. All these patients showed sign of excitement when ether was being prior to August 16 oray atropine administered. One or two patients tablets were used for Queen Mary Hospital After that day he were very violent and the third patient who went to the operation changed it to stropine sulphate be cause the tablets were out of stock. table suffered blankness of mind.
Upon seeing these signs Dr. Kho Soon after this case he adopted the sald he suspected atropine poison.use of tablets again on the in-
ing
strictions of the Director of Medi- cal Services.
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The operation on Sung Hlu-tal
"Regarding the solution of the was, however, successful
About 4 p.m. deceased had just atropine sulphate he said he d worked off the after effects of the not supervise the dissolving of the salt personally. He gave instruc- Anaesthetic. but the pupils of histions to a qualined chemist to do eyes were dilated. His condition, became worse about 5.30 and he
Witness added that he went to died shortly afterwards, although
see Dr. I. Newton, Medical Offer morphia and other heart stir in charge of the Queen Mary Ho- lants were administered in an at-pital and took possession of the tempt to revive him.
bottles of atropine solution and sent them to
NO OTHER DRUG Cross-examined by Mr. Davies, Analyst. witness said that on condition of all the
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In answer to the jury, Dr. Khc 21. and Gunner Frederick Denis Bald he suspected atropine poison-Hamer, 24, of the 24th Heavy ing because all signs appeared be-Battery, 8th Heavy Brigade. R. A..1 fore the general anaesthetle was appeared before Mr. H. E. Butters administered
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Hair ought to look well-groomed, but ! Dr. Lien Troong-Kya, who per- charge of robbery by two.or
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found them to be correct doses Detective-Sergeant J. Allen, who He then went to the hospital dis-is in charge of the case, asked for remand of seven days rensary and saw Mr. Lee, the dis- a formal penser, and asked for the stock which was granted. The case was solution and sealed it in the pre- for committal, he said.
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