 Devlin commented that, having assured the prosecution of the soundness of his opinion, Douthwaite was determined to stand by it in the trial of Dr Adams.At the time Mrs Morrell left hospital after her stroke, her prognosis was for a life expectation of six months, but she survived for 28 months and, under cross-examination, Dr Douthwaite accepted that it would have been impossible to restore a woman of around 80 years old to her pre-stroke condition, and that the best that could be done was to make her comfortable and help her to sleep.She remained in tolerable health until August 1950 when she began to decline.