April 23, 1858 (section: Police Intelligence)
Death from Circumcision
Coroner Hills held an inquest yesterday at the Sixth
Ward Stationhouse, in the case of the child whose death
from circumcision was announced in Thursday's
Times.
The child, Myer Jacob Levy, (whose parents reside at
No. 63 Baxter street,) being eight days old, was
circumcised on Sunday last by Dr. Abrams, of Bleecker
street, who performed the operation in the usual
manner.
A few hours afterwards it was discovered that the
bandage was displaced and that the child was bleeding
profusely.
Dr. Abrams was recalled, but his efforts to stop the
hemorrhage were ineffectual.
The verdict was; "Death from convulsions, superinduced
by loss of blood following circumcision; further we
find that the operation was rightly performed."
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