Baron Heinrich von Puttkamer was dying of pneumonia. As the Prussian noble and high-ranking army officer struggled to draw his last, ragged breaths in the late summer of 1914, the attending physician injected him with morphine to ease his pain. His wife became so hysterical at seeing her beloved husband of 18 years slip away […]
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Roy Halladay autopsy reveals morphine, amphetamine in system at time of death: report
The autopsy on former Toronto Blue Jay Roy Halladay revealed that he had morphine and amphetamine in his system at the time of his fatal plane crash in November, according to the report obtained by TMZ. Halladay, 40, also had the sedative zolpidem — commonly known as Ambien — in his body when his single passenger plane crashed into the […]
Italian nurse arrested for ‘calming down’ newborn with morphine shot
Published time: 4 Aug, 2017 04:49 Edited time: 4 Aug, 2017 04:50 Police in Verona, Italy have arrested a 43-year-old nurse on suspicion of administering a morphine dose to a newborn baby which sent the child into respiratory failure. The prescription drug was allegedly given to the infant to keep the child quiet. The nurse, […]