THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
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Suicide by Poisoning. — An inquest was held on the body of Frank Bussell 
Fullarton, aged 21, the son of Captain Fullarton. He was a chemist, and had 
suffered for many years from sciatica, and had lately become very melancholy. 
He left his home, saying he was going to meet a friend, with whom he was going 
to Bourke to see if that climate would relieve him. That was the last time he 
was seen by his relations. He slept that night at the Bull and Mouth Hotel, 
Bourke-street. At noon on the next day the servants of the hotel found his door 
locked, and received no response to their calls. A constable was sent for, and 
the door opened in his presence. Fullarton was found dead in bed. There was 
a bottle containing hydrocyanic acid on the dressing-table, and beside it were a 
hypodermic syringe, a pocket-knife, and a letter addressed to his father. In the 
letter he stated that he intended to commit suicide, and bade his father, mother, 
sisters, and brothers farewell. The verdict of the jury was suicide by poisoning 
whilst of unsound mind. 
Me. Candles conducted an inquiry at Brighton on the 10th August as to 
the circumstances surrounding the death of Sarah Grace Hicis, wife of Mr. J. 
A. Hicks, chemist, Bay-street. The deceased had suffered for many years from 
chronic asthma, and on the night of the 7th her husband administered to her 
an opiate, prescribed by a doctor, and on Sunday morning, when Mr. Hicks 
found that she was seriously ill, he called in Dr. Simons, who could do 
nothing to revive her. She died on the afternoon of that day. Dr. Simons 
and Dr. Caffyn, who made a 'post-mortem examination of the body, were both 
of opinion that the amount of opium was not too much for a person of the 
deceased’s constitution if there were nothing wrong with the lungs. The post- 
mortem examination showed that death was the result of a failure of the heart’s 
action, and was accelerated by the dose of opium. The jury found that the 
death of Mrs. Hicks was caused by an ordinary dose of opium administered 
medicinally, and that no blame attached to anyone. 
A new branch pharmacy is about being opened at East St. Kilda by Mr. James 
Brinsmead, of High-street, St. Kilda. 
The business of Mr. J. T. M‘Gowan in Clarendon- street, South Melbourne, 
has been purchased by Mr. G. T. Le Couteur, late of Kyneton. 
The new premises for Mr. W. W. Caught, in North Fitzroy, are now nearly 
completed, and will prove a very creditable addition to the pharmacies in that 
district. 
The new premises for Mr. S. M. Dalton in Chapel-street, Prahran, are 
rapidly approaching completion, and are now being fitted in the most handsome 
modern style, of which we hope to give a detailed account in our next issue. 
Me. Clement Bouedic has opened a very commodious and well-appointed 
pharmacy in Spencer-street, Melbourne, opposite the Bailway Station. Mr. 
Bourdic is making French and Italian pharmacy one of the [specialities of his 
business. 
Messes. B. and J. M‘Faelane have now completed their new pharmacy in 
Elizabeth-street. It is a prettily-fitted shop, the fittings, which are all new, 
being made by Mr. Wesack, while the bottles and labelling have been done by 
Mr. Bailey in his best style. 
