MILITARY FRACAS. 525 
From the facts that have been stated, I think that the following 
conclusions may be drawn :— 
1. That poisoning by the arseniate of potash cannot be suc¬ 
cessfully combatted by the hydrate of the peroxide of iron. 
2. That the sulphate of iron, employed for the same purpose, 
has no greater power. 
3. That arsenious acid will not poison a horse in a less dose 
than about two ounces, and that death happens on the third or 
fourth day. 
4. That the peroxide of iron appears to be, as M. Bunzen has 
advanced, an antidote for arsenic; but that it must be employed 
in a quantity very much greater than that of the poison. 
5. That when the poison and antidote are administered at the 
same time, the power of the former is completely neutralized. 
6. That the hydrate of the peroxide of iron will produce 
favourable results, administered even four hours after the ingestion 
of the poison. 
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7. That it has not power to save the horse after the first 
symptoms of empoisonment are developed. 
MILITARY FRACAS. 
Lieut. Edw. Arthur Humphries and Lieut. Richard Prescott, 
both of the 8th regiment of light cavalry, and veterinary sur¬ 
geon William Henry Wormsley, have been tried by a court martial 
at Bangalore for scandalous and infamous behaviour, unbecoming 
the character of officers and gentlemen, in the artillery billiard- 
room at Bangalore, on the 13th of December, 1834; and in 
having been engaged in a disgraceful affray. Lieutenants Hum¬ 
phries and Prescott on one side, and Surgeon Wormsley on the 
other; during which the latter struck Lieut. Prescott with a 
billiard cue, and grossly abused Lieut. Humphries, and Lieut. 
Humphries attempted to throw Surgeon Wormsley out of the 
w’indow of the billiard-room, and afterwards forcibly held him 
while Lieut. Prescott inflicted several blows on his back with a 
ropers end. The court found Surgeon Wormsley not guilty, but 
Lieut. Prescott and Humphries were both found guilty, and sen¬ 
tenced to be dismissed from the service, which sentence was 
confirmed .—Mornhig Chronicle, Aug. 21, 1835. 
