The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-26

The orange deposit ON the rectum or lover bowel
was srm.ssi sna ssparss-y exsraaed Anam,ay was
other psrts Of tse body The lor Of subssss
found 20 he OWING 10 the parL II the mineral
The coats ~ the rectum siso yieI led antimony.
8. The thickenea bic. removed from he gail bladder
and separately testad. yielded sntim,ny in proportion
p<ariy s- large as that found In the rectum.
About two oances " the DIVER yielded antim ,oy In
z. The spleen conatDed antimony but In . smaller
proportion than the liver. rM
8. The kidney 'aioed small quantity OF snimony.
g. Ant'moAy was detec ed In the substance OF the
10 Ant,mony was slso detsctsd n the substance Of
the lungs, hut In smaller proportion than In tina other
IL The or.ipngs Of the jars Nos. and g. consisting
chiefly cf bood were tested and found to contain anti
- portion of the nirg the shsD and part ofshs
dres OF ceeas4d we're examined They yielded trace
OF AnnnoDy or OF any mineral poison
In this investigation fifteen different analyses
pste, occupying from he 26th to the 3ls of Decsm
part Of the body. The ooaoluions at which we have
srhved from this analysis and exa ninston are IS fol-
lOws:--
That parts Of the body Of deceased BY ms
contained 41umony. In the stomach and iutes
sn'nony ~as partly in soluble FORM while in the liver
result q a during H. 'A' been
. Tbs largest quAutity Of Antlmony was found In the
recum, next in the stomach and It's contenta then in
the bls tsksn from the gSn bladder and tho smallest
quantity WAS found In the lungs.
g. The presence o. antimony In tho contents Of the
recum that the discharges from the bowels OF the
deceased Contained antimony up to the time or her
DEATH that shs was passing sntony BY purgiog when
she died and the presence Of this mineral u sufficient
TO account for the vomiting darrh1a, both, from
which deceased Ia STATED to have suffered.
From tina discovery OF antimony In the contents OF
the stomach inter that . preparation Of aatimony
must have been taken by deceased within few hours
her death
3 From the discovery Of aniuOny in the stomach and
ntestnes especially In the rectum infer that the
timonal pounts, not taken BY decor ed the
fut OF series of accidents impro pery sdminister
ed, "a. her seiher through ignorance by design.
D. That In opinion the anumony found By In ths
body deceased has no. been the result of largo DOSE
but Of several dose taken at intervals days
death, and 10 within q few hours Other death.
T. That the antimonial preparation taken by deceased
what commonly called tartar emetc and this may
may not have acted poison, according to srcum-
stances m,y may not have been he Of death
In the event Of the existence Of any natural for
illness Of deceased 1t may have ACCELERATED her death
producing depression and exhaustion OF the powers
Of ite.
g. In the examination of the stomach bowels and other
organs Of deceased could not detect any changes
result If natural disease. Taere nothing account
for death On the other hand there nothing in these
appearances inconsistent with death Of the deceased
from frequent doses OF tai tar eme ic.
ALE8ED 8. TAYLOR. n. d. F. R. 8.
G. OWEN REEFS M. D., +. r. s.
Chemical Laboratory, Guys Hosp tai, JAN 4, 1856.