The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-14 00:00:00

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heart, kidneys, spleen
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antimony

its contents; text to the s
then in the bile taken from ti

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smallest quantity was found in. gal
the lungblsadder, and t
. Thirly, th
presence of antimony in the rectum
or lower bowels
proved that the discharges of the bowels of the de-
it she was ing *ceased contained antimony
ih up to the time of her death ;
kited. pass antimony, by purging, when she
We came to that conclusion before, of course,
,:14,1 heard the evidence of yesterday, and the preserk.
•of this mineral is sufficient to
account for the vomiting
,or diarrheza, or both, from which the deceased is said to
have suffered. Fourthly, the conclusion from
covery of antimony in the stomach, wis e
info
ther
that a
preparation Of antimony must have
been taken by the
d-ceased within a few hours before her death. Fifthly,
-0 n the discovery of antimony in the intestines, as
rectum or lower bowels, we infer that the antitnonial
•per, if not taken by the deceased, was not the result
series of accidents, but improperly administered to
pitirer by ignorance or design. ,_.4ixtlily, it is our
:on that the antimony found by us in the body of
le,eased was not the result of one dose, but of. everal
• s !aken at intervals, some days before her death, and
a few hours before her death. Seventhly, that the
i,nonial preparation taken by the deceased is what is
'oonly called tartar emetic, and this may or may not
toted as poison, according to circumstances. It
may not have been the cause of deceased's death
- at of the absence of any natural cause for the
death, it may have accelerated death b" pro-
ng great. depression and exhaustion of the
bowels.
,iethly, on examination of the stomach, bowels, and
other organs of the deceased, we eaold not detect any
oh loges as the result of natural disease ; there was
no.ning to account for that; on the other hand, there
w;,3 nothing in tho e appearances
itaconsistent with the
death of the decease I from tartar emetic.
By Mr. Deane : I have no reason to alter these conclu-
si.ni 4 from any evi eace I have heard—nut in anyone in-
stance; I do not think that tartar emetic could have been
given th . deceased by Dr. Bamford in mistake for tartar
'of potash, breattse if so more severe symptoms would
have shown Ihemselves than I have heard described ; I
must add to that, that in my opinion she was suffering
from tartar emetic before Mr. Bamford li. st stw her on
the Sunday ; tartar emetic administered in small quanti-
ties in wine or usher liquid would not be perceptible to
q taste

iy Mr : The striallestd.,se of tartar emetic I have
'jr known taken at once is ten grains; a 11:..rson would
of recoverin. rroin rejecting. a larire
and a better chance
on at i-nce thing. he would if taken in
F percon by ;ultimo y

dose or poisun to

small quantities ; th
depends more upon th
the quantity given
quantities with safety,
person could live with
system that We niurid

C manner or ailininistei:ing it than
Anti-Icily way he ta-en in snial
hut I do not heln,ve that any
ait antiwouy in the
ileeeased'A burly ; it was
when I found antimony in all

parts of t
form is ti
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