The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-24

IN pr. Wa.,c's pockets In. Moore
found and turned over to Judge swami
later three kinds Of sleeping tablets
quantity Of Ave grain tablets or trional,
a quantity OF five grain tablets Of sui
phonal and three glass tubes .on,aiuins
tablets # yeronal sodium.
In Il moment e temporary freedom
from drug badness Dr. Waite appealed
to br. Moore 10 use a stomach pump. but
Dr. Moore said IL was too late using II
stomach pump wouldn', do any good. and
the only thing To do was 10 sleep OFF the
effects of the drugs, The stomach pump.
however. Was rssorted to later.
why did you take this stuff asked
pr, Moore.
IL wanted to sl"ep-to sleep" Waite
muttcred.
Judg. Swami arrived at the apart
nent AT . I. NJ. after keeping himsel.
informed by telephone ~ Or. Waite's
condition. He hoped by going 10 the
apartment to persuade pr. Waite TO
make a statement, but one look AZ the
tgur. IN bed convinced him that DR..
Waite would he in no condition to talk or
To- answer to an arrangement for AT
least twenty-four hours.
However. Judge Swami made some in
t.r-sting discoveries in Dr. Wa!te's
apartment. He found 10 arsenic nor
receptarles that had contained arsenic.
but h. did lind "A library of medical
books literally devoted Ia technical rx-
PLANTATION Of the effect of arsenic on the
human system. Moreover. guided by
Dr. Moore's professional knowledge, he
found that in several Of these olunes
book marks had been inserted at places
where the uses OF arsenic were particu-
larry mentioned. In the presence Of Judge
Swami. Detective Cunnin and Dr.
Waite's brother DIR. Moore pointed out
passages from Woods Therapeutics and
Pharmacology," Vol. H., which occurred
in pages etwee which slips Of paper
had been inserted. The first book mark
was between pages l5s and l5s. On
page l5S was this passage:
"Neratria" (an organic alkali) and.
white Hellebore-Neratrum album
Ga root which is inodorous. but has "A
bitterish taste tpage 1872 .
which bears considerable resemblance to
the American hellebore. except that il
il more disposed to purge. II
has generally been known and treated
of AS "A violent e~meto"cathartic. pro-
ducing severe vomiting and purging,
often attended with gripping pain : . .
, and not infreuuently with great
prostration. In overdoses il
acts AS an irritant poison. causing an
acrid. burning sensation in the mouth.
= "A feeling of construction In the
throat. excessive vomiting, severe alb
dominal pains. "A small. feeble and
scarcely %perceptible pulse, cold sweats,
giddiness. faintness. blindness. with
dilated pupil. trembling. loss Of voice.
insensibility. sometimes commissions. and
death"
The second mark in this book was
between pages 1924 and 3a5. in which
arsenic II discussed. On page 81 also
arsenic Is treated in detail:
arsenic may often he given for a
considerable time without any other
discoverable sign Of its operation than
the relief or cure of the disease for
which II may he administered. Gen
orally speaking. however, IL does produce
some observable effects which serve AS
u signal to the prescriber to diminish tho
dose
TN page 31S Was to bc found by any
interested person the following regard
ing arsenic:
Sometimes there is "A slight temporary
increase OF appetite" and m rage 3l3.
sometimes. when a large quantity of
powdered arsenious acid In taken on "A
full stomach the poison Ia wholly re-