The Express.
London, England, 1856-01-12 00:00:00

" CHEMICAL ANALYSIS.

A olsomictol deteitioa of
sitsenl sad vogotabfo polooao, was ado of the foDowiag
part
a. aNZ Bzowx PASTY C0N111077 01, 781 Broacotir.

"They were found to Gentile, in rather largo quantity,
a preparation of antimony. A very minute portion of
arsenic was also detected ; but as strecio was not found de-
posited in the viscera, and is an erosional impurity in ordi-
nary tartar carotin, we consider that the nesenoe of
this poison is the stomach of deserved may ban been
aerieg to such impurity. There was mo trace of say other
2.Tho eons of the stomach were exasonod, and
Melded antimony.
3. The lugs and small intestines contained antimony.
4. The orangrrod deposit on the rectum or lower
bowel was remind and separately examined. Antimony wet
found in this, in larpr proportion than in the stotensit or
other parts of the body. The colour of this. substattoe sou
found to bo owing to the partial 00111trIli011 of the wisioral
to oxyralphuret of antimony, as a result of putrefaction.
The costa of the rectum also yielded antimony.
"6. The thickened bile, removed from the gall bladder
and separately tested, yielded antimony in • proportion
nearly aa large as that found in the rectum.
"6. About two ninon of the liver yielded antimony In
well marked quantity.
"7. The spleen eo•tained antimony, but in • sateUer
proportion than the liver.
8. The kidney contained • sintul quantity of antimony.
" 9. Antimony was detected in the subsumes of the
heart.

"10. Autimony was also detected in the subetanes ef the
lunge, bat in smaller proportion than in the other viscera.
" 11. Then draininp of the jars Noe. 2 and 3, co, Ostia(
chiefly of blood, ware Mated, and found to contain anti-
mony.
"12. A portion of the lining of the shell and part of the
dress of deemed were 'itemised. They yield no trees of
antimmay or of any mineral poises.
"In this inmetigatios fifteen different analyses were
made, occupying us from the 26th to the 31st of December.
No other poison but antimony was detected in any part of
the body. The conclusions at which we have arrived front
this snalyels and 'imitation are as follows :
" 1. That all parts of the body of deceased exmoined by
as contained antimony. In the stomach and intestines, the
anthems, was partly in a soluble form, while is the liver,
heart, spleen, kidney, and longs, it bad been deposited as a
malt of absorption diming life.
" 2. The 'tryst quantity of antimony was found la the
rectos, neat In the stomach and its content., then in the
bile taken from the gallbladder, and the smallest quality
was fossil la the langs.
" 3. The grammos of antimony in the contexts of the
rectum moves abet the &jading.a form the bowels of the
dessesed asallalaml endimmy up to the time of bar death;
Mistake glee peaks aatiommy by pursing when she died
404 the neesimee Webb Misers' is sufficient to account for
the vomiting.* Mena% sr both, from which deceased is
stated to bays suffered.
" 4. From the discovery of antimony in the contents of
the stomach, we infer theta preparation of antimony molt
have been taken by deceased within a few hours of her
death.
" 6. From the discovery of antimony in the stomach and
Intestines, especially in the rectum, we infer that the anti-
menial composted', if sot taken by deceased as the result of
a alias of accident., were improperly administered to her
either through ignorance or by design.
"6. That in our opinion the antimcay found by us in
the body of deceased hes not been the result of one large
dose, but of several dross, taken at intervals some days
before death, and to within a few hours of her death.
" 7. That the antinsonial preparation taken by deceased
was what is commonly called tartar emetic, and this may or
may sot hays sated as a poison, according to ciicuntstancts.
Unsay or may not have been the cause of death. In the
emit of the existence of any natural cause for the illness of
deceased it may have accelerated her death by producing
great depression and exhaustion of the powers of life.
"8. la the examination of the stomach, bowels, and
other organs of deceased, we could not detect any changes
em
a result of natural disdain. There was nothing to account
for death. On the other band, there was nothing in these
appearances inoonsisteat with the death of the deceased
from frequent doses of tarts? emetic.
"ALFRED 8. TAYLOR. M.D., F.R.B.
"O. OWEN REES, II D., F.K.S.
" Ch Ind& Laboratory, Guy's Hospital, Jan. 4."