Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-07-19
THAT DRUGGISTS MISTAKE.
Coroner Taylor Inquiries into The
Circumstances,

! The nine-months-Old baby who
was poisoned by the mistake Of =
druggist was buried by the under.
take- Without any notice having
been given to Coroner George J,
Taylor: The latter, on hearing 0.
the case, Instituted sn investigation.
ami l-st evening an inquest was
held. The victim was Rex Ferl,
son Of J. ID. Ferl, who resides at No.
az First Street.
DR.. II. ID. Miles testified that the
infant had a mild inflammation Of
the bowels; hal previously been
healthy. Witness prescribed three
powders made up Of calomel, BIZ
carbonate OF soda and sugar. This
was al $3.50 a. m. on wednesday. At
( 1850 2. al. witness was summoned.
and found the child choking; saw
it was suflocatiBg with all the
symptoms Of structure Of the
trachea, due to some irritat-
ing drug; examined the powder
and found i corrosive sublimate:
the swelling vas Is though I've had
been administered; told the family
I mistake had been made: went 10
ID. b. Hoover's drug store, and then
called in DR.. Mclean; at S:l5 pm.
we found the child gasping for
breath, and performed the operation
Of tracheotomy; DR.. Mclean and
myself agreed as to the treatment;
the trouble was relieved at once; we
len the child comfortable and re-
turned al : p. m, when we found
that the child could not swallow.
At 10 pm. found the child had sev-
eral passages much infiamed, was in
considerable distress, and in twenty
minutes Il died from the effects Of
the corrosive sublimate in the
stomach given for calomel; | ex-
amined the bottle which was labeled |
CAlUmel. but was really corrosive |
,ubiim1te. Mr.. Hoover said the !
bottle had been filled during his /
absence; the two powders were
difficult 10 distinguish by appear I
ance; Mr.. Hoover stated that his
10y was nOtauthorized to ill bottles;
/ would say there is not a drug store
in The country where boys are not
employed vino will not overstep
their duties.
Bert NIaCkin:Osh, the boy who
flied the prescription in which the
mistake was made, testified that he
was in the store to sell patent meli-
cines, clean W the store. etc. Am
is ygars OLD; have been about drug
stores for year and half. I hau
no instructions to ill bottles. The
bottles are all tabled correctly. /
must have made a mistake in the
lotjlcs. I'LL the larger bottles from I
he original packages, hut in this in
.tance l Filed the prescription bot
le from the shelf bottle and made 4
Mr.. FeEl could not ice found, so 10 !
timer witnesses were brought. The
-Craict was - follows:
An iuqgisi,ion holden NJ 25S east
first Ssuth Street. in the Fifth Pre-
inc; II salt Lake Ci-y.on the 18Th day
I July, :. ID. l-9u, before George J.
ay!ur, coroner. upon the body OF Z j
Eek Eerl. hv tire jurors who's, names Z
70 hUrauuto subscribed. The said {
lrOrS on their uI-hs do say, from the :
whence presented, tat he died AZ 80 Z
Inst Street. in salt lake City, 1t 1920 I
IN. OF tho ifth instant. from the e. j.
srt- Of q large dose OF corrosive suhli- 4
Iate administered by mistake for !
slomei, which had been prc~crib d. =
nd they further find from the eyI- T.
enrs presented that the fatal mistake U
as the result 81 the cmplnymeut Of q
"a incompetent prescription clerk,
nd would recommend that the city a
luncil take immediate steps 10 aSceT- II
Tin To- what extent incompetent per .
ln~ are now employ in drug stores =
This city. II testimony whereof the :.
lid jurors have hereuuto -et their :
ands the day and year above writ :
"a. II
5oha Z. Wisromb, James W. Pitts. o
mil EEli, jurors; George J. Taylor, 4
lruHCr. "