Word: lethally
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...drug counters. A two-year-old surreptitiously consumed 19 anti-histaminic pills, promptly went into convulsions and died 13 hours later in a hospital. Children must be more susceptible than animals, said the publication, for the dose that killed this child was less than that found to be lethal to experimental animals. A 16-month-old child who had four anti-histaminic pills (the maximum adult dose recommended by most anti-histaminic manufacturers) died in the same manner in 15 hours...
...bubbles-moved to Mrs. Bor-roto's heart. She died quickly. With astonishing frankness, the doctor jotted down his action on a hospital record. He signed her death certificate, and left. Last week, 25 days later, a nurse at the hospital read the record, noted the lethal injection, reported to her superiors. Hospital officials reported to the authorities'. Confronted by the sheriff, Dr. Sander calmly admitted that he had caused Mrs. Borroto's death...