New Britain herald., 1914-04-16

It is expected that the present cri- sis in relations between the United States and Mexico will serve as an incentive for a record breaking at . tendance at the lecture. Some plans are under way for a musical intro. duction to precede the feature of the evening.
 Michael Rector Doing We'll. The many friends of Michael Rec tor will be pleased to learn of the ra- pidity with which he is recovering from the shock he received February 25 when one of his feet was ampu- tated at the New Britain general hos- pital as result of it's being crushed under the wheels of trolley car on the Berlin -Middletown branch of the railroad. His attendants state that his wounds are nearly healed now. pr. Fromen of New Britain, who is attending the nineteen-year-ol young man, is encountering some diff ficulty in the treatment of a fracture which Rector sustained between the knee and hip of the leg from which his foot was amputated. The serious ness of his condition when first brought to the hospital warranted only temporary treatment to this in- jury and no extensions could be used to hold the limb in it's proper posi- tiOn. Now that the chief injury has been cared for, the doctor has turned his attention to the fracture. The bone Is mending perfectly at present and before long, the unfortunate young man will be able to leave the irsti- tuition.
 His nurses say that he still main tains the cheerful disposition that he has exhibited all during his stay at the hospital His mother visits him almost daily and she too has be- gun to view the matter in more optimistic light.
 Has Ptomaine Poisoning.
 As result of having eaten canned salmon on Tuesday, Mir. Backman of Kensington is confined to his home with a serious attack of ptomaine poisoning.
 MT. Backman told Dr. Matthew H. Griswold, who was summoned early yesterday morning, that he ate some salmon sandwiches for lunch the day previous. A short time later, he 1 became i'll and at about i a. m. he showed distinct symptoms of ptomaine poisoning.
 Dr. Griswold says that his patient 1 will not be in condition to leave his home, for several days.
 George Cole Explains. ] Editor Herald:- your paper of ! Tuesday, April IA, there appeared, : under head of Berlin news an article ; in reference to the decision of Judge ; Griswold, in the case of the Dickin-
 son Drug company vs. George Cole. By those who read the article and were unfamiliar with the circum-
 stances in the case, it would be in- ! ferred that I deliberately purchased drugs of the Dickinson Drug company , and refused to pay for them The
 facts in the case are these: During the early part of the winter,
 one of the members of my family
 called and diagnosed the case as
 diphtheria and advised that anti
 toxin be used in the treatment, also : that the youngest members of the
 family be given the same treatm ent
 in order to prevent the spread of the
 disease. I consented to the use of
 anti-toxin and instructed pr. Hodg-
 son to procure it. Instead of pro- 1 curing it from the health officer as i he should have done, according to law, he purchased it from the Dickin- 1 son Drug company and had it charged l to my account. Upon receipt of a