The New York herald., 1872-09-02

rather was the paralyzed one, assert, nom per-
seea paralyzed patients lying the para!yzed side
q In addition to the symptoms already men
that in opium a. DO soninR % tie lungs viii be found
congesteds A. Yes, sir; the lungs are usually, II
not always, found deeply congesfed; the patient
generally dies through gradual failure OF respra-
ton, and hence the lungs must be congested.
Q: Are the symptoms and appearances consistent
POISONING BY MoRPHIA AND PRUssIc ACID
combined A. lconceive It impossible that Miss
e had n sn s
cause DEATH for these reasons-if she had prussIc
acid on the night she was taken sick in sum.
sSs mss have to dsa cause Deors
the longest duration OF case Of fatal poisoning by
was twenty minutes; 1t fs the most rapid OF all
known polsons, and II it does not Kill In very
IN ss
and prussic acid has been taken, but do know
that the two drugs are IN no sense antagonistic in
established by experiment on animals by the high
est toxicological authority in America that NOR
phia In animals does not sensiby affect the action
EFrEor OF OPIUM ON PIGEONS
9. Dr. Herman stated that, In MS opinion, opium
on the eye OF birds "a on the eye Of manf A. Dr.
Herman was In absolute error In both cases; saw
force opium into pigeons In small quantlties-in
moderate cuantities-and until they could contain
Of London the sixtieth or grain OF atropia, the
strongest preparation Of belladonna win diiate the
ssroey eaS q see 'sss Several asys SsG
I have myself taken .atropia in large
pigeons in every way that knew how and 1t had
no p%erceptiSle erect quarter % or half grain Of
IL
OF extract OF belladonna that you can get into a
pigeons stomach will have any effect on the eye;
Q. You would conclude then that experiments OF
persons upon birds are OF no value with reference
polsons upon birds are Of no value.
@. From the symptoms detailed by DR.. Herman,
and the post-mortem Of DR.. Conrad, what do you
CAUSE OF MISS sTErNEoKRs pEATHs
"a long discussion arose over this question, the
prosecution claiming that this testimony was not
admissible under the rules Of evidence. Finally the
witness was permitted to answerl A. From the
by DR.. Conrad 1t is highly probable that Miss
HeS nanS snat so
I. Which feqneptlX result from contracted cnntsctte:
kidneys. Il Is entirely possible that she died
from acute soenns Of the brain from tnrGm
Of the small vessels Of the BRAIN 1t is Impossible
that she died Of prussc acid or any other poison or
combination OF poisons known to me except opium,
and both post-mortem appearances and the symp
toms during life render 1t highly improbable that
nine ous Of that died q se
mic poisoning arising from contracted kidney.
Professor Wood was at this point handed over to
the prosecution for Oss-examinatiOn but the
attorneys on that side said that they could not
cross-examine for want Of preparation and an ex-
pert 10 assist them. The Judge remarked that they
were entitled to assistance. After some cOntrO-
versy, during which 1t became evident that the
prosecution was medically dead, Professor Wood
left the stand without cross-examinatio1.
PROFESSOR AIKEN, OF WHARTON MEMORY
He was succeeded by Professor W. E. A. Aiken,
s Es MaEDe Ep sa' Mnss sutAs sus
shade older than when he was upon the Wharton
ton is that Of @ sma
chemist; have been teacher OF chemistry for
thirty,eight or thirtynn years; since 1887 have
University of Maryland; was requested by Mr..
Stewart to have the examination Of the body Of
make the post -mortem examination; was present
at the disinterment and at the Subsequent
re- at s sne
was subsequently to examine; we applied ligatures
to each oriflce Of the stomach and removed it un.
provided for the purpose he then applied Mgatures
to two different points of the lntestines and re-
that was placed in q separate vessel; when the
Doctor had finished his dissections we returned to
the city; on the way to my laboratory stopped at
vessels to his room, secured some clean plates
TOOK THE STOMACH AND TNTHsTINEs
on plates, and requested the doctor to lay them
open; we found both empty, nothing but q little
flm OF adhesive mucus secretion; on the inside It
parts appeareu sound ana healthy;
action Of any kinds the absence OF any acrid poison
is point oflmportance In my mind took the mate
rial before me- the coats Of the stomach and the In
testine; there being no appreciable difference be-
tween them, cut both In small pieces and mingled
Wo parts used the st for ascertaninr Whether
there was any hydrOcyanic acid and as the result
of that examination satisfied myself that
THERE WERE TRACES OF PRUSsIC ACID;
found prussic acid just as one finds anything;
found nothing more than perceptlbe trace. dis.
the pieces IRad to examine~about one-haif Of the
whole mass.ilt9 In glass vessel called retort for
quantity Of water and a small quantity OF sui
phuric acid; then applied heat; l had pre-
yiously prepared , condens7ing Il7I apparatus apparatus
in my apparatus would be in the shape OF
liquid; after had collected some few ounces Of
% the bu oi the Of
then knew must have in the distillate any prus-
sic acid T. any had i been present; then proceeded
quiry-to examine for the liquid and to examine
slider reliable the vapor process the most reliable
q fSs the swo taxing ee!e together canaos conceive
existng the liquid test was with solution Of potash
and solution Of sulphate OF iren, green vtriol and
afterwards few drops OF muriatis acid these; these
acid win give inevitably Prussian blue as product;
II the liquid examined is mpid and cooress, as in
come perceptlble; ii the liquid you are examining
is itself colored that may be confounded with any
color you produce and is therefore unreliable In this
case the liquid was colorless; the color obtained
was what Thought ought to be produced by prus
sic acid blue. such to satisfy me Of the presence
faint trace; 1t was blue color, q faint trace OF
blue; not Of red or any other color but unequivo.
depth OF color, for want Of sufficient quantity OF
cooring matter; the moment distinguished the
color set 1t aside; all did was to satisfy myself
hot a
that li W
PRUssYC ACID WAS THERE;
took another portion OF the same liquid for the
purpose OF satisfying myself whether could detect
prusslc acid In vapOr; for that purpose placed
portion OF this distllate In an evaporatng dish;
placed over II another evaporating dish as cover;
this dish, OF course was upside down; Oh the in
side OF the cover placed few drops OF sulphur
compound--sulphide OF amm0nia-hyurOsulphat OF
annlonia. volue there WAS hecanse cont aimed