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

"CHEMICAL ANALYSIS.

"A chemical analysis, directed to the detection of
mineral and vegetable poisons, was made of tho following
parts
"1. Tin BROWN PASTY CONTENTS OF THE STOMACH.

ijak3y. were found to 'Contain, in rather large quantity,
a preparation of antimony. A very minute portion of
arsenic was also detected ; but as arsenic was not found
deposited in the viscera, and is an occasional impurity in
ordinary tartar emetic, we consider that the presence of
this poison in the stomach of deceased may have been
owing to such impurity. There was no trace of any other
poison.
"2. The coats of the stomach were examined, and
yielded antimony.
" 3. The large and small intestines contained antimony.
" 4. Tho orange-red deposit on the rectum or lower bowel
was removed and separately examined. Antimony was
found in this, in larger proportion than in the stomach or
other parts of the body. The colour of this substance was
found to be owing to the partial conversion of the mineral
to oxysulphuret of antimony, as a result of putrefaction.
The coats of the rectum also yielded antimony.
"5. The thickened bile, removed from the gall-bladder
and separately tested, yielded antimony in a proportion
nearly as large as that found in the rectum.
" 6. About two ounces of the liver yielded antimony
in well marked quantity.
"7. The spleen contained antimony, but in a smaller
proportion than the liver.
" 8. The kidney contained a small quantity of antimony.
" 9. Antimony was detected in the substance of the
heart. _ _ _ _ _

" 10. Antimony was also detected in tho substance of
the lungs, but in smaller proportion than in the other
viscera,

" 11. The drainings of the jars Nos. 2 and 3, consisting
chiefly of blood, were tested, and found to contain anti-
mony.
" 12. A portion of the lining of the shell and part of the
dress of deceased were examined. They yielded no trace
of antimony or of any mineral poison.
" In this investigation 15 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 from this
analysis and examination, are as follows :
" 1. That all parts of the body of the deceased examined
by us contained antimony. In the stomach and intestines
the antimony was partly in a soluble form, while in the
liver, heart, spleen, kidney, and lungs it had been depo-
sited as a result of ab,orption during life.
" 2. The largest quantity of antimony was found in the
rectum, next in the stomach and its contents, then in the
bile taken from the gall-bladder, and the smallest quantity
was found in the lungs.
" 3. The presence of antimony in the contents of the
rectum proves that the discharges from the bowels of the
deceased contained antimony up to the time of her death ;
that she was passing antimony by purging when she died ;
and the presence of this mineral is sufficient to account for
the vomiting or diarrhoea, or both, from which deceased is
stated to have suffered.
" 4. From the discovery of antimony in the contents of
the stomach we infer that a preparation of antimony must
have been taken by deceased within a few hours of her
death.
" 5. From the discovery of antimony in the stomach and
intestines, especially in the rectum, we infer that the anti-
monial compounds, if not taken by deceased as the result
of a series of accidents, were improperly administered to
her either through ignorance or by design.
"G. That in our opinion the antimony found by us in
the body of deceased has not been the result of one large
dose, but of several doles, taken at intervals some days be-
fore death, and to within a few hours of her death.

"7. That the antimonial preparation taken by deceased
was what is commonly called tartar emetic, and this may
or may not have acted as a pos-on according to circum-
stances. It may or may not have been the cause of death.
In the event 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. In the examination of the stomach, bowels, and
other organs of deceased we could not detect any changes
as a result of natural disease. There was nothing to ac-
count for death.' On the other hand, there was nothing in
these appearances inconsistent with the death of the de-
ceased from frequent doses of tartar emetic.
"ALFRED S. TAYLOR, M.D., F.ll S.
"G. OWEN REES, M.D., F.R.S.
"Chemical Laboratory, Guy's Hospital, Jan. 4."

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