The Sun. — 1857-02-18 (London, England)

SHOCKING SUICIDE BY STRYCHNINE.—A pail'1 flat sation was created in Newport last week by the rerloe, of the death of Mr. William Gummow from grit% of administered by his own hands; and the fatal *1144 importance to the world on account of the digtr; 60 symptoms which exhibited themselves for se°l-iieor hours previously to his death. On proceeding to ogee the body the coroner's jury found deceased in tiletad 0 position, in bed, in which he died, and be preiltburst most fearful sight. His eye-balls seemed ready _Aw. the from their sockets ; his teeth were tightly ciao' 'opt& features drawn and contracted, and the whole 10111 nance frightfully distorted; his fists, too,' were, loth clinched ; his feet forced out beyond the foot oft and his limbs in a state of fixed rigidity. The poise'ecol, bought by the servant of the suicide. The druggistAredi lected the latter coming to his shop and asking for o,—ide. to kill rats. He gave bins three grains of strY°"nrotO ‘ I have sold the same (said the druggist) for killisgt;orti for four er five years to many persons. I writel-el.° ' 4) o lascvooenr o'anoepnrr imannyt ed packages,djuryolabel.b s e arTvnheded it have w deceasedanuol td a printed bemuch ..hole Thetohtook the "tried three grains. The doctor who attended him first ,a' sr strong emetics, which produced no effect. He tmei foli plied the stomach-pump, but his mouth was s° ;:e en fixed, and the spasms and violent paroxysm° wh;loOf powerful as to shake the gaslamps in the room:" ofi and he could not in any way apply it. His b°4 ool) bent in a curved form as in lock-jaw. They Were.„l, or such symptoms as would be produced by strynh°l-feeto hydrophobia. The spasms contracted and bent the of and the hands were clinched too, and he died in °n and those convulsions, quite black in the face. From mit_. el hour to two hours is the longest time known in such veto after spasms have commenced. Half a grain is enongli of destroy life. The right side of the heart was found f°o blood, and the left empty. It has been a disputed Pooi. (in the cases lately before the public) as to whether by side should be full; or empty in cases of poisoning 0, strychnine, but there have been instances both W.;pe The lungs were blacker than usual, but the other oil heal ,hy. Hants A drcrtiser Nmr.ed] —icinAemoentigeettehde bnyumpeurouseatraord_tini:lo Barry's clelici° curesh e aE Al t:: iE.withouteasi.tiosiE E n g Revalenta Arabica. Food of Indir;ed (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilioushiv, Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption,andp,e„bq-/1. the following are not the least remarkable :—Cure No. *"1-096 ertisss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Walthaturi•righ Illow. :.a cure of extreme nervousness, indigestion. Pt"' )110 spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 48,314.--ftell Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateaere, near Liverpool : a nurehlftl. years' dyspepsia and all the horrors of yons irritt; lot 12, Patrick-street, Cork, 4th mo., 4th, 1849.-1315A:0e Friend,—l have given your Arabica Food to a girl 43' Wit Abe who during the last seven years has not been a day lf" Os vomiting fifteen or sixteen times, and sometimes oftener'eased fourth day after she commenced your food vomiting choitis altogether, and she has not thrown up since ; her hp is improving wonderfully. WILLIAM MARTIN, '11%4 or Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Prof.:oll.-.i Chemistry Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. 11411 Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ' • Dr. Wnrzer; Dr. I „,t1 Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowager Countess of ',A stuart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other resPeeTber, persons, whose health has been restored by it, afterall o_,.ew means of cure had failed. For further particulars resl;4 lug this invaluable foodothe re urparrteaodf thise paper.sare referred to Loll BP'' advertisement