On the detection of aconite by its physiological action; : being notes of experiments made in connection with the trial of Dr. E. W. Pritchard. /
Penny, Frederick,1816-1869.
Adams, James Maxwell,1818-1899.
Penny, Frederick,1816-1869,donor.StEdNL
Adams, James Maxwell,1818-1899,donor.StEdNL
Glasgow: : Printed by William Mackenzie, 45 & 47 Howard Street,
1865..
A pamphlet relating to a notorious Glasgow murder trial. Dr. Edward William Pritchard, a medical practitioner in Glasgow, was convicted in 1865 for the murder of his wife and her mother by poisoning by using medicine containing aconite (monkshood) and antimony. He was hanged in Glasgow on 28 July 1865. The frontispiece has two illustrations, each showing an experimental rabbit undergoing the influence of, in one case, "genuine Battley's solution of opium", and in the other "Pritchard's Battley" (Mrs. Pritchard's corpse was found with a phial of "Battley's Solution" in her pocket.
Frederick Penny (or Penney) was a Scottish chemist and forensic scientist, who was an expert forensic witness at Pritchard's trial.
Thorpe, T. E., comp. Miscellaneous chemical memoirs. [v.p., 1845-1881],
Manuscript inscription "From the authors" at the head of the front wrapper.
Pritchard, Edward William, 1825-1865.
Forensic Medicine.
Aconite.
Scotland Glasgow.