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Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d.,
THE TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the
URETHRA ; showing why they so often appear In-
curable, when in reality they might be removed by the most
simple means.
By F. B. COURTENAY,
And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan. Infirmary for the

Cure"of Strictures of the Urethra,

" This work is the production of a surgeon whose special
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sir,—Now' that the fate of the unhappy culprit
in the recent poisoning case at Richmond must
have been decided (and at this distance I have no
means of knowing how), it cannot be improper that
I should ask you to admit into your columns a de-
tailed statement of medical facts and arguments
which favour the verdict of the jury that he was
guilty of the crime imputed to him, and that he
effected his purpose by the administration of cer-
tain poisons.
In my evidence on the trial I stated that the poi-
sons used were, in my opinion, antimony, arsenic,
and corrosive sublimate.
Antimony was found in the tissues of the body ;
and the excessive vomiting from which Miss
Bankes suffered was explained by the frequent ad-
ministration of that poison.
Arsenic was found in one of the discharges from
the bowels, and a peculiar morbid change in the
lining membrane of the stomach was decidedly in-
dicative of the irritation of arsenic. It is not im-
probable that the vomiting was partly due to arse-
nic ; and the peculiar constriction in her throat, of
which she complained frequently, was also in part
at least due to that drug.
No trace of arsenic, however, was found in any of
the organs or in the blood. But how could it have
been, for, with or after every dose there was given
a certain quantity of antimony, which did not allow
the metallic agent to remain long enough for its
absorption, and barely sufficiently long to cause a
slight irritation of the stomach and throat ?
This poison was used, I have no doubt very cau-
tiously and in comparatively small quantities, and
most probably only during the last 19 or 14 days.
It was-not intended to employ this agent otherwise
than in aid of others, to promote their action and to
confuse the medical attendants by modifying symp-
toms, and to divert the attention of the chemical in-
vestigators from the poison which was really the most
destructive. Perhaps, also, it may have been thought
that the employment of arsenic might embarrass the
chemists in drawing conclusions from their tests.
Of the third poison—the bichloride of mercury,
commonly called corrosive sublimate, although it
has been ignored by the chemists, . and, notwith-
standing that other medical witnesses for the pro-
secution have not seemed to attach importance to it,
I have no hesitation in expressing my opinion that
it was the principal agent in causing the death of
the victim, aided very much by antimony and
slightly by arsenic.
It must be admitted, however, that two most im-
portant points were -wanting in the evidence in fa-
vour of this view; and it was the absence of these
proofs which no doubt prevented the counsel for
the prosecution directing the attention of the jury
more fully to the influence of this poison.
The proofs to which I allude were the detection
of the mineral in the body of the patient and the
occurrence of that which so often follows the admi-
nistration of mercurial agents, viz., salivation.
That no trace of mercury was found in the tissues
or in the bowels I ascribe chiefly to its having been
given in small doses, accompanied by more or less
of antimony. It passed through the bowels rapidly
and was either not at all absorbed in the blood, or
in such very minute quantities as admitted of
rapid elimination. Its action was, therefore, purely
topical upon that part of the bowels towards which
it has an affinity, and it is not improbable that its
energy as a purgative was greatly increased by the
combination with antimony, while its specific action
in producing salivation was diminished by the same
combination.
It is not improbable that Miss Bankes may have
been one of those persons whom mercury cannot
salivate.
But another drug was given which tended to pre-
vent the salivation, the occurrence of which would
have instantly led to the detection of the poison
employed. The drug was chlorate of potass.
It had become known early in the inquiry that
the prisoner had employed this drug without the
sanction, and, if I am not mistaken, without the
knowledge of the attending medical men.
It has been suggested 'that the object of giving
chlorate of potass was to promote the elimination
of arsenic, and that the prisoner was aware of the
fact (new to the most experienced chymical ana-
lysts) that chlorine will dissolve out arsenic from
its association with copper.
The influence of chlorate of potass as an elimi-
nator of arsenic is new in medicine, so far as my
reading and experience inform me ; and it seems to
me highly improbable that this is true ; nor do I
believe that the drug was used for that purpose.
Not less improbable is it that the prisoner, a man
certainly not of a high order of education, nor de-
voted to scientific pursuits, should have been fami-
liar with a delicate point of chymical analysis
hitherto undiscovered. The admission of either or
both of these propositions would tell materially
against the prisoner, as indicating that his mind
had been much dire eted to the study of poisonous
agents. ,
That the chlorate of potass was used with refer-
ence to the administration of mercury and not of
arsenic is clearly suggested to me by the testimony
of the very last witness for the defence. It seems
that as long ago as February last the prisoner was
anxious to discover something which would correct
a foul smell on the breath. He applied to the wit-
ness, a dentist, who recommended him chlorate of
potass for this purpose.
Now, chlorate of potass is a known remedy for
the foulness and fcetor of breath which arise from
salivation. It is often used to moderate salivation,
to promote the healing of the ulceration and
sloughing of the mouth which accompany it, as a
local application, and if given internally it is sup.
posed by some to prevent or retard salivation.
This testimony (which had not been given while
I was in court, and which I learnt from the news-
papers after the conclusion of the trial) supplies an
important additional link in the chain of evidence
in favour of bichloride of mercury having been
much relied upon by the prisoner. -He knew how
important it was to prevent salivation, and he did
not wish to trust to antimony alone.
Is it impossible, even now, to find out where he
got his chlorate of potass ?
I would also ask, is it impossible to make a fur-
ther search for mercury'? If the body were disin-
terred I should recommend that the salivary glands
should be examined.
Additional proof that bichloride of mercury was
used is furnished by the symptoms. These symp-
toms were those of a dysenteric diarrhea of the
most acute and irritant, and, at the same time, of a
peculiar kind, and the most important question
raised by the defence was as to the probability that
this was in reality a case of disease arising from
natural causes and not from poisoning.
it will be remembered that the symptoms under
which the deceased lady suffered were those of a
severe and obstinate diarrhea, accompanied byi
frequent bloody discharges, with incessant vomit-
ing, and of the most distressing kind, to which
must be added the frequent complaint of a peculiar
burning sensation in her throat. There was ab-
dominal tenderness, and, on one occasion at least, a
peculiar rigidity of the abdominal muscles forci-
bly excited by the least pressure. These symptoms,
it will be further remembered, not only resisted
a variety of appropriate remedies, such as in
the most severe cases generally give at least a tem-
porary relief; but latterly, in the most mysterious
way, they seemed aggravated by each medicine in
succession to an alarming extent, and led to the
objectionable practice of frequent change of reme-
dies. Thus, among other instances, one, or two pills,
consisting of a quarter of a grain of sulphate of cop-
per and a third of a grain of opium, in all (if two
had been taken) half a grain of the first and two-
thirds of a grain of the second, seemed to produce a
frightful increase of every symptom, including the
peculiar burning sensation of the throat,—a result
which no medical man could believe would arise
from such a cause, and which is equally opposed to
all medical experience and to the dictates of com-
mon sense.
The symptoms suggested to the medical men in
attendance the existence of ulceration of the bowels
of gre it acuteness and extent; but the intense
vomiting and the peculiar throat affection were in-
consistent with the opinion that the case was one
of ordinary dysentery, or, in other words, a very ex-
traordinary case of acute dysentery. Looking at
all the circumstances, Drs. Julius, Bird, and my-
self came independently to the concluoion that the
symptoms Were not those of a natural disease, but
were excited and maintained by the frequent ad-
ministration of one or more irritant poisons of a
nature to promote at once an excessive vomiting
and severe diarrhea.
We have now the additional information afforded
us by the post mortem examination. Acute sloughy
ulcers of the upper part of the large intestine were
folind, and smaller and less numerous ulcers existed
in the lower part of the same great division of the
bowels.
• The existence of such ulcers, and in suchpositions,
was consistent with the supposition that the dis-
ease was dysentery; but they. were too much in
the upper part and too little in the lower part
of the bowel. In fact, the position of the ulcers