' A death from hiccough is recorded m a medical journal. A man named Henry Hoskins, a slate-miner, aged 45, went to work without breakfast, not feeling well, and haying drunk some cold water, was seized, about 8 o'clock, with a violent hiccough which baffled the skill of the doctor and proved fatal. Hoskins seemed to be perfectly healthy m every respect. His throat swelled a great deal before be died, and he seemed to strangle before his sufferings were over.
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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 37, 24 February 1877, Page 3
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80Untitled Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 37, 24 February 1877, Page 3
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