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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS 
[May 11, 1872. 
CASES OF DEATH 
Date. 
Locality. 
Reference 
to Report 
Mistakes in 
Dispensing. 
in Pharm. 
Journal. 
Alleged Cause. 
Druggists. 
Surgeons, Hospitals and 
Dispensaries. 
186S. 
August 21 . 
Stratford 
x. 181 
Baryta. 
__ 
Manchester 
x. 325 
Laudanum. 
Bottle not sufficiently 
labelled 
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Bristol . 
x. 325 
Vermin Killer containing strychnia 
Nov. 9 . t 
Stratford 
x. 558 
Vermin Killer , , , , . 
December . 
Leeds 
x. 443 
1869. 
.Trm. 2*2 
Derby 
x. 548 
Lotion given for mixture 
by dispensary nurse. 
Feb. 25. 
Gravesend 
xi. 45 
Strychnia . 
Dispensed for powdered 
sugar in teething pow- 
der 
May 31. 
St. David's 
xi. 44 
Strychnia. 
Supposed to have been 
• • • • • 
supplied by wholesale 
house for Acetate of 
Morphia 
June 7. 
Dublin . 
xi. 42 
Cyanide of Potassium . 
Porter filled Carb. Am- 
• • « • • 
mon. bottle with Cyan. 
1870. 
London . 
xi. 727 
Wrong medicine .... 
Potass. 
Opium and castor oil 
given in mistake. 
Herayock . . 
xi. 727 
Laudanum. 
Wigan . 
xi. 728 
Strychnia. 
Substituted for another 
drug 
May. 
Stoke . . 
i. 494 
Red Precipitate .... 
Liverpool 
Nottingham . 
i. 93 
September . 
i. 199 
Godfrey’s Cordial .... 
_ 
Ulverston 
i. 239 
Carbolic Acid. 
London . 
i. 2S6 
Laudanum ?. 
Kilmarnock . 
i. 286 
Locock’s Wafers .... 
Op.ffthfii* 
Worship Street 
Cavan . 
L 356 
Laudanum ..... 
i. 395 
Mercurial Powder .... 
Substituted for Dover’s 
Powder 
Nov 1C . 
Redhill . 
i. 436 
Cyanide of Potassium . , 
December . 
Norfolk . 
i. 536 
Vermin Killer containing phosphorus 
1871. 
January 18. 
Mossley . 
i. 615 
Morphia. 
Dispensed for Anti¬ 
mony by a youth 
„ 23. 
Macclesfield . 
i. C57 
“ Loxliam’s Cough Mixture ” . 
February 18 ... 
Manchester 
i. 695 
Liniment. 
Liniment not labelled 
i. 856 
Wrong powders ? . . . 
“poison ” 
April. 
Counden . 
Sent for a child in mis¬ 
take 
Juno 5 ,, 
London . 
Islington. 
ii. 175 
Salts of Tartar ..... 
June 30 . 
ii. 37 
Kino powders. 
“ Soothing Cordial ” 
Given at a dispensary 
for rhubarb and soda 
powder 
July 13. 
Silkstone. 
ii. 76 
July 27. 
Aston . . 
ii. 117 
Aconite. 
Liniment put in a line- 
tus bottle 
August . 
Sidmouth 
J ii. 138 
Morphia. 
Acetate of Morphia in- 
• • • • • 
stead of solution 
August 9. 
London . 
ii. 257 
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• • • • • 
Sept. 21 . 
Coventry 
ii. 276 
Laudanum ?. 
„ 30 . 
Birkenhead 
ii. 29S 
Laudanum . 
October .. 
Bangor . 
ii. 317 
Carbolic Acid. 
October 21 . 
Carlisle . 
1 ii. 355 
Syrup of Poppies .... 
1872. 
J antiary 1 . 
Northampton . 
ii. 618 
Laudanum. 
Portsmouth . 
ii. 618 
Winslow’s Soothing Syrup 
February 0 . 
Liverpool 
ii. 675 
Oxalic Acid. 
• • • • • 
• • • • • 
„ 10. 
Dublin . 
ii. 675 
Perchloride of Iron . 
For Aromatic Iron Mix- 
• • • • • 
Opium. 
ture 
»» 1°. 
Caldbeck 
] ii. 697 
i 
Misunderstanding be¬ 
tween surgeon and 
messenger 
Salt of Sorrel. 
„ 16 . 
Ayrshire 
ii. 817 
Londonderry . 
ii. 717 
Rat poison * . . . 
„ 28. 
Oldham . 
ii. 718 
Ver min Killer containing Phosphorus 
March IS. 
Liverpool 
Wandsworth . 
ii. 779 
Opiate. 
„ 19. 
1 ii. 794 
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup 
“ Compound Essence of Linseed ” . 
Narcotic. 
• 
April 1. 
Leeds 
ii. 837 
. 
,, 16 . 
London . 
11. 855 
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