Morning journal and courier., 1882-04-29

Df arsenic It is noticeable, he continued, | that this is nearly four times as much arsenic IS contained in the kidneys. The difference is very apparent as shown in exhibits No. 20 (kidney) and No. 25 Qarynx, trachea and tongue) the amount in the larynx and tongue is nearly equal to the amount in the entire left arm, which weighs over two and half pounds.
 The professor here noted that arsenic was a poison fast eliminated by the kidneys. In this case the amount in the kidneys quite small, O29 of grain in both kidneys Again the amount of arsenic in the stomach and in testines, that is the digestive canal, was more than. half the amount of arsenic found in the internal organs From all these facts taken together, I am left with the opinion that the arsenic found could not have been in tbs body long time before death. That is my opinion.
 What do you mean by long time? asked Mir. Jones.
 Witness-The arsenic must have been ta- ken inside of twenty four hours.
 Here break occurred, improved by ladies in attendance and spectators generally to cough and relieve their tracheas and to shift about in their seats for an easier position.
 Mr. Doolittle to defence You may inquire, gentlemen.
 The audience nestled in their seats as if in expectancy of something lively.
 MT. Case-Iou are graduate of Yale Yes, sir, of the Sheffield Scientific school, not of the Medical school.
 What Is your age? 3G.
 When did you graduate at the Sheffield Scientific school? Took my degree in '75, since then have been instructor at the Shef- field school with the exception of one years study in the University at Heidelberg.
 You have that treatise of Ludwig? It Is not here; I can get it soon.
 I wish you would translate that It will take time
 Mir. Case-T suppose so; but this, sir, is not question of time but of eternity.
 Dr. -Chittenden having returned with the book, Mir. Case inquired as to the treatise, The witness then asked if he should read 1t in German.
 Mir Case-If you think jury of Yankee farmers can understand it.
 A spirited colloquy between Mir. Doolittls and Mir Case arose. Mir. Doolittle sharply objected to the remark made. The court ordered witness to proceed.
 Witness was directed to translate. He did so, ''going slowly" as requested, so that the lawyers could take 1t down. The article was
 
 after the taking of arsenious acid. Witness read the article, which was as follows
 :sAs the objects un CT examination were the organs
 of suicide who poisoned themselves with arsenic 2no the orgaI of dogs which had been poisoned Dy ar
 seHic in part acute and in part as chronic
 cases al these experiments 1t was tound tha' tne
 greater part of the arsenic was accumulated Ill the yer, that by acut poisoning that the kane9s are
 also rich in arsenic while the bones and also the brain contain only very small traces Of the poison
 chronic the poisoning with arsenic which dc h.,
 liver, when the giving of tn sen1c IS discontinued while from the oti CT organs it is secreted muc1 earlier as examples the organ of a suicide, diet by acute arsenic poisoning, yielded under the eN animation the followiug result The liver the we1gh of which ,4S0 gr ms furnished I3l K m1l1gran of ammonium magnesium arsenate, while 1.46 grams of brain furnished only one and one half mi grams of the arsenicat compound From IA: grams of ki,lney, nine and e-half m1ll1gram of ammonium magnesium arsenate were obtained ant from 600 grams of muscle twI m1lligrams of ammo nium ana nesium arsenate obtained. In th'
 bones llanly detectable traces of arsenic were ob
 tained The resu ts of the exp riments stand m al
 rect ntradction to those obtained by ths kuss1a1 scientist, Scolosbuof."
 Professor Chittenden, at Mir. Case's re quest then translated from the French an ar ticle written by the Russian scientist, D. Sco l losbuoff, upon the localizatlon ot arsenic II divers tissues of poisoned animals. The ex periments mostly referred to dogs and the lower animals and had no bearing upon tnt present case.
 Mir. Case-What do you deduce from this That the presence of much arsenic in tht brain shows the taking of very soluble anc diffusible form of arsenic? Yes, sir tht entire original article was published by th' Royal Academy of Science at Vienna. Mir. Case-So that these words you have written are not Ludwig's, but somebody construction of Ludwig? They are not il his own language.
 Scolosbuoff is a medicienne at Moscow. propose to read from the Bulletin of the Chemical society in Paris, comprising th' verbal discussions the debates, the memoir presented to the society, the analysis O chemistry applied published in France ant abroad, &c. Witness reads the titles of thu work
 Q.-Ludwigs article is contradictory of it l is it not?"
 A.-No, sir It appears to be so, but it' not.
 l Witness reads the title of the work, 'Ol | the localization of arsenic in tissues, etc. | the paralysis noticed in the extremities of ami | malls which have been poisoned by arsen1ca preparations and have led to the opinion tha | the arsenic locates itself or is located ln tn muscles, and numerous physiological re l searches, chemical and physiological, hav i been made in the laboratory under the dlrec 1 ton of A. Gaudiet, to whom I here expres | my gratitude witness said: I think I omit I ted few words in my hypothesisl. thlnl l have ascertained that the arsenic, instead of localizing itself in the muscles. is fount l especially in the nervous system. My ex periments have been made upon dogs an( ! rabbits.
 The witness then read detailed description of number of these experiments. Havin! | given these the professor summed up tha ! these showed that arsenic locates itself spe l cially in the nervous system of poisoned ani I mals
 What do you deduce from all this IL | sustain the opinion that the presence of /, l large quantity of arsenic in the brain indi 1 cates that the poison taken was a soluble, diff l fusible form of arsenic. 1 At this point o'clock was reached and th court was adjourned to next Tuesday morn | ing at 10 o'clock, Judge Granger having t' 1 take the train in order to reach his home North Canaan, last evening. Mir Cassid, also wished to return to Philadelphia.