The sun., 1897-12-30
DRUGGISTS FATAL ERRORS.
INQUEsTs IN THE GASES OF THE
PoIsoNEb CHILDREN.

Drug Clerk who mixed Up Morphins ana
CaIomei Tnbiets Declared Responsible for
the Llttle Patients Death - Tho Other
Clerk must Answer to tho Grand Sury.
Coroner Hoeber and jury held an inquest
yesterday In the case Of Solomon Levin tho 1s-
months-old son OF Lyman Levin Of Chrystie
street, who died on Dec. % after having taken
what are supposed to hevo been morphine tab
let's sold by O druggist in mistake for calomel
The autopsy. which wqs made By Coroners' Ply
sician Schultze, showed that tho child had died
of poisoning, and that tho poison was supposed
to be morphine.
Tho morphine was obtained from the drug
store OF Boris Kohosoff of 1s Bayard street.
KohosoR said at the time that the prescription.
which was written by DIR. Loewenkopf, called
for one-sixth of grain calomol tablets and was
filled by his clerk, Solomon Ritt Of % Chrystio
street. Ritt, who has been in this country
only few months, is unable to speak English,
but is. according to Kohosof, competent prs-
Bcription clerk.
While Ritt was filing Mr.. Levin's prescrip-
tion, another prescription, written by q DR..
Sachs, calling for one sixth Of grain morphine
tablets. came In. Ritt filled this prescription
also, but, according to Druggist Kohoson. he
put the calomel tablets in the morphine box and
the morphine tablets in he calomel box.
Ritt was taken to tho Coroners' office on
Dec. "a and paroled by Coroner Hoeber in the
custody of his employer until the inquest yes
Kohosofr testified that, before he employed
Ritt, he had made inquiries as to his experience.
end found he had been druggist In Moscow
s1Ss sSss tod 6s S% bS
he had by mistake put the calomel table IN
the morphine box and the morphine tablets in
the calonel box. Ritt, who was In court did
IT The eS jury found that Solomon Levin came to
his death on Dec. 23 at 3 Chrystie street by
morphine poisoning, caused on the day aforesaid
by an accident on the part of one Solomon RIFT
In delivering morphine tablets instead Of modi-
cine prescribed by attending phyIsic%ian. I clan
was furnished by Ritts employer.
Coroner Hoeoer held an inquest also In the
case Of 17-months-od Ruth Shulang OF Az
East Eighty-eighth street, who died on Dec: %
about an hour after taking powder prescribed
by DR.. Julius l. Metzger of 1873 East Stxtieth
street.
Dr. Metzger's prescription, which called for
pure phenacetin, was filled at A. Sieke's drug
store at Avenue A and Eighty.eighth street by
Casper Bausch. the drug clerk. A sample OF
Dr. Ernest J. Lederle, the chemist Of the Hea lth
Board, who made an analysis Of Its contents.
DIR. Lederle testified that he had analysed tho
Bausch, the drug clerk, declared positively that
the prescription he filled contained no NOR
phine, and that he could not have made mis-.
kept in different parts of the drug store.
"But DR.. Lederle has testified that he found
morphine, in the powder. Can you explain
mo, sir, I cannot" replied Bausch, who add.
cd thai ho had had ten years experience as
The jurymen found that death was caused
by acute hroncho-pneumonia. brought about in
some manner unknown to them.
Coroner Hoeber paroled Bausch in the GUS
tody of his employer. to await the action Of the
District ATTORNEY.