Word: clouser
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...small Friedensburg. Pa. Dr. Monroe F. Clouser, 52, was summoned to the telephone by a Reading Eagle reporter, asked if he had ever heard of any "mercy killings" performed by Berks County physicians. On the basis of the ensuing interview United Press and Associated Press broadcast the news that Dr. Clouser admitted having put six sufferers to death by overdoses of opiates. In addition to quoting him in detail as to cases, the dispatches reported Dr. Clouser as saying: "Lots of other doctors do the same thing, but they're afraid to admit...
When Mrs. Clouser saw the stories about her husband, she blew up. Next day press association wires clicked out a statement by Dr. Clouser that he had been "misquoted." His denial: "I never gave an overdose of any drug and I never willingly did anything in my power to hasten death for any sick person, regardless of his condition or wishes...