1959 Press Photo Dr Maurice Millard Says Put An Incurable 80 Yr Old To Sleep

It Was Not A Mercy Killing Says Dr Millard.. Put an Incurably Ill 80 Year Old To Sleep Fifty year Old Dr Maurice Millard Of Deicester caused a sensation when he stated in a Rotary club speech that he had put an incurably ill-80 year old patient to sleep-said yesterday that it was "Nonsense" to call it a Mercy Killing...He said that all his did was giver her a drug to put her to sleep-a d to keep her asleep until she died.. Dr Millard is a member of the Euthanasia Society, founded by his father who was a medical officer for Leicester.. Dr Maurice who says it was not a Mercy Killing.

Photo measures 6 x 8.25 inches.

Photo is dated 5-6-1959.



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