Citation

Lothrop JR. Buffalo medical and surgical journal 1865; 5(2): 66-74.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1865)

DOI

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PMID

36664975

PMCID

PMC9432973

Abstract

It will assist a clear understanding of the following details of the case, to relate the facts which led to a suspicion of poisoning by arsenic. A boy in the employ of a farmer, an inmate of his family, was known to have bought arsenic. On the morning of Wednesday, August 16th, the wife and a son of the farmer break fasted together. Both were sooq attacked with vomiting. The wife died that night with symptoms of poisoning by arsenic, the' son, though made quite sick, recovered by afternoon. At noon the farmer, a physician called to attend the wife, and a little daughter whose case is related below, dined together, and were all soon after attacked with vomiting. In the case of the little girl the symptoms were serious and long continued.

Language: en