The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-02

tiled wa and found TO be oxide OF arsenic by ths
tee 70 wb n the from the ooaient Of the stomach
The contents Of the small intestine therefore contain ed
No was 9 common galnpot "jar containing portion Of
liver "
The contents being about four Of liver were sub
the pr Of Rsnsch for detecting arsenic mat
tiers. The liver having been Cut into small pieces and
a glass hask, TO which . di,til ing apparatus OF
glass WA connected, the whole tenure was gradu
ally reduced 70 q nne pulp, and . distilled nqaor
These distilled liquors coaoress and nearly clear rhe
two fret portions obtained did contain any arseu
che third gave faint Of the Nth aua 9Th port ons
when separately subjected TO The acton Of cooper
ga gave chAracterscaly the usual gray encrus
ALon and thus again was driven OF As usual by heat and
ling ring OF crystals, which were regular octoedres
forms derived from the octoedre.
Tue liver, therefore, contained oxide Of arsenic
Having obtained uneq aivoca proof Of the presence Of ~
senc IN the contents Of the stomach In the contents OF the
necessary 70 examine the other articles delivered by
Dr. Penny. These are-3 Prepared fluid from the tex
lures Of stomach; Portion, of the small inte.tinei
Portion OF the large ineetne g. Portions OF the heart and
R. CHRIsIsov, NJ n SC
Did not anslyse the large ir,est.nes and brain; the
stomach appeared to Indicate considerable portion OF
srsspio-more than would destroy life; have mad
o. the subject Cpor,ion Of that work ready ali the
efec4s in the nsssase quoted appeared would sus-
person had taken email dose on the i9h and I'D Of Fe
bruAry and I'D March, wi you describe the mpioms
IN the interval from d' to las These are very variable
indigestion pain In the bowels emaciaon loss OF strength
dArrhea, ssstude in the limos From the presence Of
erosion In the ntesnes would have suspected the
stencs Of some previous disease, caused cannot tell
Portion Of second report of Dr. Chrsson, which Is a,
follows, read
certify that spce the delivery OF my irs report the
case OF Pierre Emile LAngeiier, have examined
No. 6, being = portion Of the great intestine, by the
process employed In the instance Of the liver AMI
that obtained from unequvocai evidence Of the sxis
No. also, being q portion Of the brain. This
dried M, and amounted to about quarter OF an oun;e
Of .nenic but not .s,isf.ciory eyderce. That result.
might have been owing TO the small quantity Of material
further certify that on 9Th Nay, Dr. Penny put into my
hands two small packets duly sealed supposed
to be arsenic mixed with soot the ether arsenic mixed
with nd according 10 the directions Of the act for the
The one marked "Nurdochs arsenic found to con.
tain SCOT lodging from the depth of COLOR infer thai
contains the due proportion Of SCOT.
The other, marked CURVES arsenic" and supposed
70 contain INDIGO does not contain the ugo directed 70 be
used in the &c, for the sale o. arsenic Ii may contain
little OF the colong matter OF indigo but when the whole
coiorng matter deacned qt does not give the peculiar 70
sctioos OF neither does i'm part blue or 10
the indigo does for the color
pale or, yisb black The cooring matter In th' article
is also imperfectiy mixed II may be easily rem we'd, in
great measure by washing .ie powder with cold water;
which h no, 70 be accom- pshed easily or so pc rfec,y
when good indigo is used Toe proportion Of tas atu1
than he proportion which the act drecs-vizs thi ty
second when indigo is used All this certify on soul and
The symptoms described there appear naturally to be
as result Of arenc cauno, ths there had beon any
sulIed case OF This knd-Tas on the isin or ioss Of
February, n person having gone out In good health,
has soms vo1iDs Of green vicuoa. fluid, accompanied
BY intense thirst and purgng and the lapse OF t~o
or three day: and partial reoovs'ies the patient assn
weaker formh ser the second attack, he hsd continued
affected with rs ssuce and change Of color and After
rsaTped and been attacked the same night by thcse
symptoms In SO aggravated form tina. he died within
eight hours Of bis return the house, that upon
q post mo tenn examination the results were found Of
which you IN This case what conclusion would
you draw N regard % 1 % ana 'ns cause
his death, and the mptos would have led me 10 enter
tain strong suspicion to The Of hs illness shown
By The Crosn-Deseced no coloring matter In the sr.
seno; set only article In which This ooong matter
70 opersNoss before received them; the matter was
found IN The smaller ntessnes my stentou was directed
so as a. oSso 70 b. Win IN. a.cno ~ou
1t hare been found on examipauont might; In the cae
CT soot there are some Of IT. compound parts nsouoie;
vomiting could moi such from arsenic entirely In
the case OF indigo the cooripg matter would been
found easy In the case Of Curres arsenic, that Is
not true indigo u character rescmbed waste indigo;
wss MOI Indigo which should, according the act. have
been mixed with arsnc DO not rccoect the
S s oas q re s.o
w0 infor med that the quantity OF arsenic found 10 the
stomach amounted to eighty grains ana odds the quantity
OF nc swallowed By tho deceased must have boon
mech ereaaer than found the stomach the quantity OF
matter vomed would depend on the fac. whssner anv
ssy h,w much you'd be vomited much mig At vomi
ed - remained; the quantity might be reaionAoy AkenM
Or ,owgos and "oad
that alier your est naieS II would depend tue nuid
takea There nothng In the sympto ms Inconsistent
symptom. such thai described
bowel oaipt PAIN In The stomach, and symptoms Of
do po mink soreness Of throat and sense OF choking
symptoms Of cholera they like the ~ mpoms Of
ar,csc he appear sccs Of the duodenum and smaller in.
tcsslncs might ndicae they the symp
tons OF bowel com olain or choera the ordinary time
which eapsca between the administration OF arsenic and
death Ia from eighteen hours 10 two days aud haf thee
exceptional cases The exceptions numcrous they
very anomaous two hours and t~o bours and half
have been asoertane 70 eapse between the atmnstra
Ton and death: the time between the aio!si alton and
the symptoms varies from 10 and ten hours;
a,sS d. s.d he APPEARANCE Of The SYMPTOM. Of deaih
tho dose may be two hundred grains IL Cannot be called
large oose, Tor two ouDoes have been akcp cannot yell
whether large dose this has been administered BY
q third party; In the greater prcporuoo OF cases OF
suicide, the doo was large; in cases Of poison
necessary produ death IL not What 10 I'm In the
stomach thai death, but the quantity that disap
pear: have found email doses 10 the stomach; have
newer kno IN OF eighty grains OF arsenic havinr been
n usd In the stomach or person murdered by third
party what The greatest quantity have found
10 not difficult 70 adminiTter dose large 10
suppos~d 10 have been In this 10 articles OF
food could be administered In solid pulpy food, like
po ridge would be rather din Jul In hquid the
mic bong heavy would rink 10 bottom OF the vessel 10
that AMOR Aser ic takes food hear
ely there 10 very striking caso took food 81 III
o'cock and o good dinner Il o'clock ami did about
thirteeo fourteen hours aler administrator; u .
rapid case
BY the lord AdvocAte-The opinion gave In regard 10
the amount H. 10 large exsent, Hypothetical;
soue3ines there vomiting sometimes large portions
have been thrown of ~ vominG active excrcise would
rcpsraly hasten the action Of snenc cxercse incress
action OF al narcotic posons he most authentic casee
OF pur~rou when the parties have fallen asleep After
sympcms did afesd particularly 70 the color; the Cd
rinsrNron OF In small doses 10 every way prcds
poets syslem farther doses nal - the operation
RAPID Constitution 10 rendered more innocuoos
70 We poison.
rxsrrnoSr or ME-. rHuAu-LAFeKLrnR srcK AFTER
his LOVE Visits.
hr. rhuau, Who vW examined through sn INTERPRETER,
n yrAncoa Chanmouh. BY sha Inkd AdyocaAe--I am .