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A HOHRIBLE ease of poisoning has for some days
occupied the Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh.
The accused was a doctor of medicine, practising
in Glasgow ; the victims were his wife and his
mother-in Jaw. If the charges made were true
there must have been a diabolical malignity in the
perpetration, far the case was one of slow poison-
ing by means of antimony, every administration of
which caused a recurrence of excruciating sickness
and agony. Two questions were therefore laid
before the jury—the first, whether the deaths were
caused by poison ; the second, whether the poison
was administered by the husband and son-in-law.
Mrs. PRITCHARD, the wife, was the first attacked.
Up to October last she had enjoyed good health.
In November she was seized with what seemed to
be a alight cold. It had, however, the pecu-
liarity that she was often sick-sometimes
before and sometimes after dinner About
the end of November she went to Edin-
burgh, and stayed there till • few days before
Christmas, while her husband, Dr. Parma...an,
remained in Glasgow. During the period of this
absence from home her attacks of sickness con-
tinued ; but they grew slighter, and when she re-
turned to Glasgow she described herself as quite
welL But she had not been long at home when
the attacks became more severe. She spoke of
them to those around her as being unaccountable.
Soon her health began to suffer. By the begin-
ning of February she was seriously ill; and on
the first of that month she had a severe attack of
cramp in the stomach, hands, and limbs. From
that time she was often, but not constantly, con-
fined tobed. About the 6th (there is some confusion
as to dates, but this seems the true one) her hus-
band sent for a second cousin of his wife's (Dr.
COWAN, of Edinburgh) to come and see her. He
was unable to account for the sickness, and pre-
scribed ice, and a little champagne if there was
much prostration. Oa his return to Edinburgh he
sent Mrs. TAYLOR" Mrs. PRTICHARD'S mother, to
her. Before her arrival, Mrs. PRITCHARD, on
the Bth February, bad another severe attack of
cramp. She seemed to the servants to be excited,
and she told them she had taken chloroform, that
she was very ill, and wished to see Dr. OAUDRER,
a Glasgow medical man, Professor of Medicine in
the University. He found her in violent hysterical
excitement, talking irrationally, and he judged
her to be intoxicated. He forbade stimulants,
and on calling next day found her quiet and nearly
free from cramp, and then ordered merely plain
diet without medicine. Dr. PRITCHARD had de-
scribed her state as catalepsy, but Professor GAIRD-
HER describes catalepsy to be a disease hardly ever
seen, and of which he had no knowledge, and for
himself, he was very much puzzled with the case.
He wrote about it to her brother, Dr. TAYLOR., of
Penrith, a personal friend of his own, desiring to
be backed by his opinion, but he was not again
called in by Dr. PRITCHARD, and never saw Mrs.
PRITCHARD after his second visit. All that Pro-
fell•Or GAIRDNRR was clear about was that it was
serious case, but certainly presented no symptoms,
of fever.
Mrs. Taros arrived at her daughter's house.
She, it seems, though generally in good health, had
long been subject to spasms, for which she took
Batley's solution of opium. About the 20th she sent
the housemaid, MARY M`LEOD, for a bottle of this
medicine. On the 24th she complained of sick-
ness. On the evening of the 24th aDr. ParsasoN,
formerly Professor of Midwifery in Glasgow, was
sent for to see her, and on arriving wsatold by Dr.
Personas° that a short time before, she had, while
writing a letter, fallen from the chair. He assigned
no reason except that, after drinking some bitter
beer with her daughter at supper, they had both
been sick, and complained of the beer being more
bitter than usual. Dr. PATERSON saw at once that
she was dying under the effect of • narcotic. In a
few minutes she expired. Though not asked to
examine Mrs. PRITCHARD, Dr. Parxesow particu-
larly remarked her appearance and symptoms
while attending on her mother, and formed " the
" conviction that she was under the depressing
" influence of antimony." He afterwards ex-
plained that the symptoms were not those of me-