DR POTAKA'S DEATH. MORPHINE POISONING VICTIM OF SLEEPLESSNESS
(Per United Press Association) NELSON, Oct. 3. Dr Louis Hauiti Potaka., who was brought home from Takaka and admitted to Nelson Hospital late yesterday afternoon in a comatose, unconscious condition, died a few hours later from morphine poisoning. En route from Takaka he wrote a note stating that he had been suffering from a severe eye injury, suffered in the Antarctic, and had not had a proper sleep since January, 1935. " Death," he said, "will be a relief."
Dr Potaka was born in 1901, and received his education at the Wanganui Collegiate School. He continued his studies at the University of Otago, where he obtained his medical degrees. He was appointed assistant at the Nelson Hospital, and later was the board's medical officer at Murchison. For the past few years he had been practising at Takaka. An interesting interlude in his medical career was his appointment in February 1934, to serve as medical officer with the Byrd Antarctic expedition. On his return to Dunedin from the Antarctic, Dr Potaka complained of eye trouble, which evidently became progressively worse. (Otago Daily Times, Oct. 5, 1936)
(Per United Press Association) NELSON, Oct. 3. Dr Louis Hauiti Potaka., who was brought home from Takaka and admitted to Nelson Hospital late yesterday afternoon in a comatose, unconscious condition, died a few hours later from morphine poisoning. En route from Takaka he wrote a note stating that he had been suffering from a severe eye injury, suffered in the Antarctic, and had not had a proper sleep since January, 1935. " Death," he said, "will be a relief."
Dr Potaka was born in 1901, and received his education at the Wanganui Collegiate School. He continued his studies at the University of Otago, where he obtained his medical degrees. He was appointed assistant at the Nelson Hospital, and later was the board's medical officer at Murchison. For the past few years he had been practising at Takaka. An interesting interlude in his medical career was his appointment in February 1934, to serve as medical officer with the Byrd Antarctic expedition. On his return to Dunedin from the Antarctic, Dr Potaka complained of eye trouble, which evidently became progressively worse. (Otago Daily Times, Oct. 5, 1936)
DR POTAKA'S DEATH. MORPHINE POISONING VICTIM OF SLEEPLESSNESS
(Per United Press Association) NELSON, Oct. 3. Dr Louis Hauiti Potaka., who was brought home from Takaka and admitted to Nelson Hospital late yesterday afternoon in a comatose, unconscious condition, died a few hours later from morphine poisoning. En route from Takaka he wrote a note stating that he had been suffering from a severe eye injury, suffered in the Antarctic, and had not had a proper sleep since January, 1935. " Death," he said, "will be a relief."
Dr Potaka was born in 1901, and received his education at the Wanganui Collegiate School. He continued his studies at the University of Otago, where he obtained his medical degrees. He was appointed assistant at the Nelson Hospital, and later was the board's medical officer at Murchison. For the past few years he had been practising at Takaka. An interesting interlude in his medical career was his appointment in February 1934, to serve as medical officer with the Byrd Antarctic expedition. On his return to Dunedin from the Antarctic, Dr Potaka complained of eye trouble, which evidently became progressively worse. (Otago Daily Times, Oct. 5, 1936)
(Per United Press Association) NELSON, Oct. 3. Dr Louis Hauiti Potaka., who was brought home from Takaka and admitted to Nelson Hospital late yesterday afternoon in a comatose, unconscious condition, died a few hours later from morphine poisoning. En route from Takaka he wrote a note stating that he had been suffering from a severe eye injury, suffered in the Antarctic, and had not had a proper sleep since January, 1935. " Death," he said, "will be a relief."
Dr Potaka was born in 1901, and received his education at the Wanganui Collegiate School. He continued his studies at the University of Otago, where he obtained his medical degrees. He was appointed assistant at the Nelson Hospital, and later was the board's medical officer at Murchison. For the past few years he had been practising at Takaka. An interesting interlude in his medical career was his appointment in February 1934, to serve as medical officer with the Byrd Antarctic expedition. On his return to Dunedin from the Antarctic, Dr Potaka complained of eye trouble, which evidently became progressively worse. (Otago Daily Times, Oct. 5, 1936)
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