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WOMAN’S DEATH
Doctor Exonerated
SYDNEY, Wednesday
“Death could have been caused by shock, but it is the most extraordinary death that I have ever seen,” declared Dr. Reginald Stuart Jones, of Macquarie Street city, today, giving evidence at the inquest into the death of Mrs. Adeline Amy Jones, 42, wife of a Grenfell farmer, while she was being given an anaesthetic by Dr. Jones to facilitate a medical examination.
The witness said that he had been called in to see Mrs. Jones. She was extremely nervous and agitated, however, and he suggested the anaesthetic to complete the examination. She agreed. She had only taken about twelve breaths when he saw her colour change. When he removed the mask she was barely conscious. He gave her an injection of adrenalin, and asked for someone to cal
