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and when it seemed impossible that he could live through another spasmodic shock his 
mind was perfectly clear, and he was entirely resigned to his fate. 
The people in the house became alarmed soon after the distressing symptoms of the 
poison were developed, and physicians were sent for, but none arrived until near three 
hours after he swallowed the dose. It therefore had every advantage of its destructive 
powers upon his life. Three weeks have passed, and he is now entirely well. Had the 
whisky he drank any influence in preventing a fatal result ? 
I can vouch for the facts as here stated, and will leave the subject for such remarks 
as you may think proper to make. I have been looking over Christison and Taylor on 
poisons, and they have records of fatal cases from much smaller doses than the doctor 
©iutuarg* 
WILLIAM SOUTHALL, OF BIRMINGHAM. 
Mr W wrir e to rec o rd this i u° nth the decease of one of the older members of the Society, 
Mr William Southall, of Birmingham, who died on the 10th of March, in the sixty- 
ninth year of his age. J 
He first commenced business in 1820, at Leominster, the place of his birth, where he 
succeeded to the business established by his brother Thomas, who had removed to Bir- 
183 " 3 ° med him there ’ and they continu ed in partnership until the 
decease of the former in the year 1861. r 
He felt much interest in the establishment and growth of the Pharmaceutical Society 
of which he was one of the founders and a member of the Council for some years. } 
a Jr yS u ea S t0 J ake part in an 7 movement for the benefit of his piiarma- 
, jcal brethren, but for the few last years of his life was precluded, by the state of his 
previoustThis death CtlVG eXertl0n ’ being confined to his chamber for about seven months 
endeavoar . ed at ad Junes to uphold the status of his profession, and leaves behind 
lin a name which we believe will be remembered with respect by those who knew him. 
MISCELLANEA. 
Poisoning- by Castor Seeds.—On Saturday evening, March 17th, Mr. Joshua 
an/miri 112 at Bat J Po P ]a L was suddenly seized with violent vomiting 
“IS J’ T C0 + m P a7 t' ed with burning pain in the gullet and stomach, with all the 
immediatplv^f? 10 . Gr - G - C - Kernot, surgeon, of Crisp Street, Poplar, was 
he found hp h J J°L and found him suffermg from an irritating poison. Upon inquiries, 
I f be ' had been persuaded, by a man in the docks, to eat a few castor-oil seeds. 
laments hip Ce r f-I® aled 1 t . he cause of the lllness - The unfortunate man lies in a very 
lamentable condition; his recovery is extremely doubtful. 
an inTuelt wlf u P m Cyanide of ^otassium.-On Wednesday, March 7th, 
CraShef -?? he d f the f lba 7 Road ’ Camberwell, on Mr. Cross, aged forty, a pho- 
y dnefnr woo ecea J e d complained of being unwell, and was afterwards found insensible, 
pncnpd Tf S6nt ^°I’ but consciousness could not be restored, and in a short time death 
notassinm xv a h PP uT d ^ fr0m tb ® vo ? lit . of the deceased that he had taken some cyanide of 
nrohflhl v bad , caused d ® at b> ™ transpiring from the evidence that the poison was 
?vanide 7 of^ mistake :-^e jury returned a verdict of “Accidentally poisoned by 
cyamae ot potassium in mistake for ammonia.” J 
Tottenh^m 11 ^? h y u M a° rP M a -5 n Tuesda ^ January 23rd, an inquest was held at 
rwpmhp ’ °? ood ^, of Harriet Bowker, aged fifty-three, who died on the 26th 
r, and it was alleged that a few days before her death she had been ill-used by 
