The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-12-14
eAMERORS ISLANDER CASE,
What the Original ,.ad Second Prescription
Ingredients Were Defendant Wants
n Nen-suit.


Nen- suit.
Yesterday afternoons session OF Superior
Court was occupied entirely by the case
OF A. t. Gamer IN vs.. DR.. N. +. CorkraD.
Afser the opening Mr.. Cameron took
the stand nRain and 6wore TO the CONVEX.
sation which he had with the doctor and
which was brought out at tho mornings
session. Mr. Ward objected to the wilt.
nses stating whether OF not DIR. Corkran
had apoioGized to him, and the court
Sustained the objection.
The redirect examination by Mr.. Coon
or, brought out the fact that the original
prescription contained bis-ulDhnse of
quininc. compound tineture of tligatalls,
eyrup OF frsc &C. and syrup af totu. The
second prescription tho witness saw at
punfurtRe store. and TIA Ingredients were
nnti-pyrene. paregorlc. syrup OF guile.
and syrup OF tolH. Mr.. Donaldson said
both com pounds were nearly alike In
color. but OF different favor.
Ii. b. Allen. Jr. deputy collector OF
Port aud Registered druggist testified
TO compromising II prescription handed
him by a. I. Cameron on January "a.
lie had eteppe'i into Inc Cameron store
aud MIR. Cameron asked hun to take
charge while lie transacted some outside
business. IL was In the absence OF the
pharmacist that tho witness compo unded
tho prescription which has causei the
trouble.
IL was done properly. The cross examl.
nation brought out nothing new Mrs.
Catharine Ford, sister of Mrs kellener.
was at her sisters homo on January %.
wao1 Dr.. Corkran Called to see the sick
baby. After examining the child the
doctor asked &c seq the medicine. which
he said continued the Ingredients he. the
doctor. had prescribed. but that they had
been compounded improperly. A. tho
lime he said AIR. Cameron was like many
other druggists In that they did not know
their 6u stness.
The doctor then wrote another prescrIp.
ton which lie told The Witness euntutited
the saua Drugs as on tered into the com.
position of tho lirst medicine. and told
her to take II to Danforths TO be iill,id.
MIR. Cooper then for time suspend.
ed examination along the line and asked
tho witness # Shn had repeated what the
doctor had sail TO her.
Mt. Ward objected on the ground that
the repetition of alleged slander 10 not
the legal consequence OF the original
statement made Oy thu plaintiff. and that
the repetition may have constituted n
now ground OF action, Tho court agreed
with him.
AIR. Ward Then took Mrs. Fort. In hand.
She said she could not remember Mira.
kelleheE telling the doctor that the drug
Eist had improperly compounded the
prescription.
In tho face OF her lestimony she said
that she had TOLD Anlrew e. Gray on
| Thursday that she couli not reeollect
what took place on tho day Of the doctors
| visit. Siie then left the sinnd. Thot1a's
| Donaldson was In the ploy OF N. B.
| DunfOrth on january -. On that day
| Dr. Cofkran gave him a prescription to
| ill., the ingredients of which were anti
pyreHe. paragoric, syrup of squIiis and
! syrup OF toiu.
All. Hinss randed the wilness the pre-.
eaription filled by DR.. Cameron ard ba
pronounced its ingsdion ts as III sulphats
| OF qunine and ipeclc In p'aCe OF ultt prenc
| ami syrup OF squiils. lhn uthor drugs Waie
tho stne as entered Into tlls secJnd COM
| pound.
On thu orosa examination MI Ward
asked tie wltnnss IL both compounds were
ui tLe saiua color. He replied that ihey
were. bu. there was slight diiIereuce IN
lie taste.
Mira. Mary Kellehcr ,cstiiled to tho III
ness OF her chiid. After giving the child
The usual q Jru lhera was 1, ciIi,ugs for the
Morse IN lis condition. III. COfk:an was
then mmound bat shedid not see him
uhui tue sucoud prescription. Further
questions were overrnloi mud blrs. kelie
her left the stand Without being ques
/ toned by MIR. Ward.
nr. Frank +. liltrls, n graduate OF JET
fefsuH College PnitiIel phia, after belnu
sworn WAS llaudud The original prusurip,
tloi AMI asked whit effect Il wuu Il have
on tie Cbild. Ar. Enrd oujsetcd b-olus :,
OF trrevvency uHG tie court SUSTAINED
lin. The witness leaving the stand with
out beiug questioned further.
Mr. Cameron WINS lucHllcd, and sworl
that his business Is n pilarmaci5t hn5 do
creased tilrec- louriliS to what 1t was DO
fore Janunry %. when lie alleged slardsr
oIa tenfRIk wero made. Previous L
Tint lime lie averaged elk prescriptions
day. tnill q few mU9ths ugo his pre-
seiIpitoEs averaged only Two day. IN
yearly pattits CT his store previous [
Jalaury averaged $3.50 a month. Mo-
iLey only nHeraE o about $50 month
On tho cIOss.eXamnation the witnesse
said MS books would prove his iiguteI
MIR. Ward being under tie impres sl On thu
they were given as estimates. Mr.. Camel
OIL then left tie stand.
Ihe plnintli unuouuced that their cas-
wae closed. Mr.. Mard III opening spran
surprise OIL tho attorneys for the plRlI
I'M by stui,na that TO proposed asking fc
Lpnsuit IN the cnso but us II was tho
within few minutes 0f the usual hour {
adjournment no preferred to Withhold h
argument To that end until Monda
~ orninR when tile case will be taken vi
lhe Jury was dis charged until that tim