POISONING BY ANTIMONY. 665 
bowels have been as yet but slightly acted on, and the 
pulse is 70, and weak. 
5& Solutio Aloes, ^iij ; 
Pulv. 0pii,3 j. Et. haust. 
Repeat clysters, and allow liquids ad libitum. * 
1 p.m. The thirst still continues; the bowels are yet 
torpid, and the prostration of strength increased. Slight 
tympany of abdomen has also come on. 
JR Am. Sesquicarb.. Xi ; 
Pulv. Opii, 3j ; 
Solutio Aloes, ^ij. Et. haust. 
Clysters, &c., as before. 
6 p.m. — It is evident that the animal is fast sinking, and 
under these circumstances all treatment was discontinued. 
During the night he died. 
Post-mortem . — The muscular tissue in all parts of the body 
was softened and pallid, and even the larger muscles could be 
torn asunder with great ease. The intestines were slightly 
inflamed in patches, more particularly the duodenum, the 
mucous membrane of which was thickened, and had a pecu- 
liar corrugated appearance. The stomach had a remarkable 
appearance of its mucous membrane being blackened in 
patches, which was also the case with the lining membrane 
of the oesophagus. This change of colour was likewise to be 
observed in both the larynx and pharynx. The lungs were 
congested, and so also were the kidneys. The pelvis of one 
of the latter organs contained a small quantity of pus.* The 
liver was soft and pale. The heart was hypertrophied and 
flaccid. 
An examination of the contents of the stomach by myself 
and my friend, W. W. Stoddart, of Bristol, discovered anti- 
mony in considerable quantity. As hydrosulphuric acid 
gave no other than the orange-coloured precipitate ; and iodide 
of potassium, phosphate of soda, and ferrocyanide of potass- 
ium, gave no precipitate, arsenic, mercury, or lead could not 
have been there ; therefore I think myself justified in 
stating death to have resulted from antimony ; but how 
administered, and by whom, we have yet to learn. Of course 
suspicion falls upon the carter, and his numerous receipts. 
* Was this from these organs being particularly engaged in eliminating 
antimony ? 
