The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22
THE COURTS.
Alleged Blundering in Putting Up
a Doctors Prescription.
HUMAN LIFE In ADRUGGIST'S SCALE
Paying Alimony by Plumbing in
the New Post Office.
REARREST IN CIVIL SUITS.

Mrs. Harriet Z. Bedoe received from DR.. Henry B.
hard, of No. ~ East Fifty-li,h street, the 5th OF
May last prescription for onohaIf OF atroplne,
second trituration She took the prescription to the
drug store known as the American Homeopathic Phar
macy, OF Charles T. Hurlburt, at No. sos broadway.
She now complains that instead Of the NAL the
decimal scale used In putting up the prescription,
the result being that she took as dose one-tcnth
Of grain Of aIropne whereas she should have taken
only onethousandth Of grain. She AYERS, further.
that according to the laws governing putting up
scriptions there should have been label put tho
prescription indicating tho name and strength Of the
drug, and that the word s'poIson" oud have been
written or printed thereon In this case she says
there written on the top Of the cork "Aropinc,
and label pasted on the side OF tho bottle ON which
was printed 'Atropine," but that IL not desig-
mated as poison as required by law. Surprising the
prescription TO have been properly put up she took
tho medicine and, as she set forth IN her complaint,
twas almost Immediately taken violently sick, and
was injured In health and constitutions suffered grcat
body and troubled in mind; was subjected to
great swelling OF the throat ana tongue and
serious defect OF vision" She says That
she Is unable at present to read more than
ten minutes at tlmc aud that shs has expended over
5000 IN trying to recover her eyesight Upon this
state OF facts she has brought suit against Mr. Hur
burt In tho Supreme Court demanding $1,000 dt m
ages The tho complaint IS rather brief and
general its denial Mr. Hurlburt insists that the
order Gale for the OF the decimal scale; that the
only dircchs-~n the prescription 'labe name, 7"
and that the law does require a prescription be
labelled poison' when written by regular pm ys,can
motion was made yesterday before Judge Van Brunt
in supreme Court, Chambers 10 compel the defendant
TO mako his answer more definite and certain This
motion was granted and twenty days timo given Tor
putting IN such amended answer.
THE HEATHERTON DIVORCE CASE.
In the divorce suit OF James N. Heatherton against
Mary J. Heatherton Mr. Dennis A. Spellissy, counsel
for the defendant appeared before Judge Van Brunt In
the Superior Court Chambers, yesterday, and moved
fOra q D O
court, In having neglected 10 pay $l40, accrued
lllmony. Arondy IT was stated the plaintiff had
assigned new Post Office plumbing claim against The
United States to almony tue extent of 800
but this security mad already been exhausted aud the
e140, which 10 now the subject OF proceedings IS due
over ana above the security Mr. Heatherton appeared
by his Mr Churchill and in opposition 10 the
motion represented that his wholly x
haused; that he unable TO pay any alimony,
and could not be held Tor contempt OF court Tor not
having done what is unable to do. Judge Van
Rrppt took The papQrs and reserved his decislon.