The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-08 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR

81r,—We beg to suggest to ye>s and the public how easy It must be
fir any evil-disposed person to poison another whilst such deadly
themlcal preparations as the above are held out and given " medi-
cinally." It is useless to attempt to conceal the facts. Take the
following cave :—Suppose the doctor orders a patient a dose of lauda-
num, or a mixture containing laudanum—what is more easy than
for an evil•disposed person to acid a little of the poison to the mix-
ture prescrib d ley the doctor, and thus pr duce death ? Would it be
Possible to detect such a criminal ? We think not ; for even sup-
Posing a post mortem examination of the body took place, NO one
Would be capable of detecting the extra quantity of poison taken by
the patient. Supposing that strichnine were the poison, it would
still be more difficult, as a less quantity would be necessary to pro-
duce death, and so on with other poisons. Dr, ScofTern in the la-
Mentable case of Miss Collier, said, in answer to the Coroner, tha•
strichnine could only be given in fractions of a grain! The fol owing
13 the description given of this precious medicine, i. e. poison, in
" Hooper's Medical Dictionary," page 1,228 :
"Half a grain blown into the throat of a rabbit has produced tris-
Mus in two minutes, and death in five ; and the eighth of a grain
taken into the stomach has proved fatal to a strong dog." Why, Sir,
look at the case of the girl Foster, now so justly under sentence of
death. If it had not been for the fowls dying all about the house,
she would not have been even suspected, for the doctor who made
the pest mortem examination declared it to be a case of English
Cholera!! The fowls were, in fact, the means of bringing the
criminal to jnstice. In further illustration of the above, we recom-
mend the reader to peruse the fourth Hygeian print, in conjunction
With the G9th Number of the " Hygelst," for April, on this Important
Point. In conclusion, we cannot but think that a grave responsi-
bility attaches to all persons who support such a system of poisons,
either directly or indirectly.
Issued by the British College of Health, London, for and on
behalf of Hygeists, April 5, 1847.
As it may be asked how we know that these deadly chemical pre •
,Parations may be dispensed with in medicine, our answer is simple
and positive, viz., from the almost numberless letters of parties who
Were dosed with them without benefit, and who were afterwards
Most easily cured by a simple but effectual system of safe vegetable
Purgation.

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