 He diagnosed a cerebral haemorrhage as most likely cause of her death on hearing that she had complained of a headache and giddiness the previous evening.As the death was unexpected, an inquest was held into Mrs Hullett's death, which ended on 21 August.The inquest concluded that Mrs Hullett had committed suicide, but the coroner questioned Adams' treatment and said in his summing up that it was "extraordinary that the doctor, knowing the past history of the patient" did not "at once suspect barbiturate poisoning".