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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. [September 16,1871. 
Dr. Attfield referred at some length to the great 
services which had been rendered hy Mr. Reynolds, and 
said they all regretted his absence from the Conference. 
It was unanimously agreed to convey to Mr. Reynolds 
an expression of their regard towards him. 
Election of Office-bearers. 
The following office-bearers were then unanimously 
elected:— 
President. 
H. B. Brady, F.L.S., F.C.S., Newcastle-on-Tync. 
Vice-Presidents who have Jilted the office of President. 
H. Deane, F.L.S., Clapham Common, S. 
Professor Bentley, F.L.S., M.R.C.S., 17, Blooms¬ 
bury Square, W.C. 
D. Hanbury, F.R.S., F.L.S., Clapham Common, S. 
W. W» Stoddart, F.C.S., F.G.S., Bristol. 
Vice-Presidents. 
J. Ince, F.L.S., F.C.S., London. 
J. Williams, F.C.S., London. 
R. Reynolds, F.C.S., Leeds. 
W. D. Savage, Brighton. 
Treasurer. 
G. F. Schacht, Clifton, Bristol. 
General Secretaries. 
Professor Attfield, Ph.D., F.C.S., 17, Bloomsbury 
Square, W.C. 
F. B. Benger, 1 , Market Place, Manchester. 
Local Secretary. 
T. Glaisyer, 11, North Street, Brighton. 
Other Members of the Executive Committee , 1871-1872. 
M. Carteighe, F.C.S., London. 
T. B. Groves, F.C.S., Weymouth. 
F. Sutton, F.C.S., Norwich. 
C. Erin, F.C.S., Bath.. 
J. Macicay, F.C.S., Edinburgh. 
T. Greenish, F.C.S., London. 
C. Umney, F.C.S., London. 
F. C. Clayton, Birmingham. 
W. Smith, Brighton. 
Auditors. 
H. C. Baildon, Edinburgh. 
J. Schweitzer, Brighton. 
A cordial vote of thanks was then awarded to the 
Chairman, and the proceedings of the Conference were 
brought to a close. 
f arlwmttttes raft itato fromJiitp. 
The Alleged Poisoning by a Lady. 
On Friday, September 8th, Christiana Edmunds was 
again brought up on remand, charged with the murder 
of Sydney Albert Barker. 
Another boy deposed that he had been sent by a lady, 
whom he believed to be the prisoner, to purchase choco¬ 
late-creams at Mr. Maynard’s. 
An assistant to Mr. Maynard deposed that on various 
occasions when children had been to purchase chocolate- 
creams a boy was sent after them in order to watch 
to whom they were given: and a boy in Mr. Maynard’s 
service deposed that on one occasion he saw the mes¬ 
senger delivered the creams to Miss Edmunds, who was 
waiting for them. 
Some children were also examined, who said that a 
lady, whom they believed to be the prisoner, had given 
them chocolate-creams in the street, which they ate, and 
that they were afterwards ill. 
Mr. Maynard, the retail seller, and Mr. Ware, the 
wholesale manufacturer, deposed that they had never 
before had any similar complaint concerning the choco¬ 
late-creams. 
The prisoner reserved her defence, and was committed 
for trial on this charge, and also on another of attempt¬ 
ing to poison the wife of Mr. Garrett. 
Mysterious Death of a Surgeon. 
An inquest was held on Wednesday, September 6th, 
at Birkenhead, on the body of Mr. James Douglas 
Murray, surgeon, who was found dead on Tuesday after¬ 
noon under somewhat mysterious circumstances. On 
Tuesday forenoon he visited her Majesty’s ship ‘ Eagle,” 
at present used as a training-ship for the Naval Reserve, 
and attended to his business as usual, and he then ap¬ 
peared to bo in his usual good health. In the afternoon, 
shortly before five o’clock, he was found lying dressed 
on his bed, apparently in a fainting fit, but the medical 
men who were called in found that he was dead. On a 
chair close to the bed there was a bottle which contained 
chloroform, and it is supposed hy the deceased’s friends- 
that he had taken an overdose of this anaesthetic to allay 
toothache, from which he had been suffering. The 
deceased was only twenty-three years of age, and ap¬ 
peared never to have suffered from any bodily ailment- 
In his bedroom some bottles were found, and one of 
them had contained prussic acid. The inquest was ad¬ 
journed for a post-mortem examination of the body. 
Poisoning by Carbolio Acid. 
An inquest was held on Saturday, September 9th, at 
Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, on the body of Mrs. 
Jane Jackson, wife of a physician. Mr. Paul Jackson, 
husband of deceased, said that on Wednesday night last 
he heard that she was taken ill. On inquiring the cause 
the servant informed him that it was from the same 
cause as before, viz. excessive use of spirits. He went 
to bed. The following morning the servant informed 
him that deceased was worse, and he went to see her. 
Ten minutes after leaving the bedside he was called up 
again, and found she was dying. Dr. Murchison was 
fetched, and he found the towels used by deceased smelt 
of carbolic acid. He kept carbolic acid in his surgery, 
which, on account of the great craving deceased had for 
spirits of any kind, was usually kept locked. He be¬ 
lieved she took the carbolic acid in mistake for methylated 
spirit, both of which were kept in gallon stone bottles. 
He believed that after she had taken the carbolic acid 
she took some ether, which made her insensible to the 
pain arising from the carbolic acid. 
Mr. Charles Jackson said that on Wednesday night, 
by his father’s instructions, he went upstairs and found 
deceased lying on the floor. Having seen her so before, 
he left her, and with his father visited her in about two- 
hours after. She was then in a stupor, which they con¬ 
cluded was from intoxication. He visited her again the 
next morning, shortly after which she expired. He had 
since discovered carbolic acid on the bedclothes. He 
believed she took the carbolic acid from the surgery in 
pure mistake. 
Kate Walsh, a maid-servant, deposed to finding deceased 
in the bedroom on Wednesday night in a state of insen¬ 
sibility. The same steps were taken as on former occa¬ 
sions, viz. giving her tea, etc., to restore her. 
Dr. William Cayley, M.R.C.P., Professor of Anatomy 
at Middlesex Hospital, said he made a post-mortem exa¬ 
mination. The body smelt strongly of carbolic acid, the 
membranes of the brain were thickened, the tongue 
