Fish Poisoning.
Melboubne, Jan. 9. The Melbourne coroner, Dr Youll, has held an inquest touching the death ol Charles William Thompson, aged 4£ years ( who died after eating cooked mussels. The evidence showed that the mussels were obtained and cooked on Boxing Day, and put away in vinegar till the day following, when the family partook cf them. The child exhibited symptoms of belladonna poisoning, and died on Saturday. The Coroner said that the eating of shell fish or tinned fish which had been lying open for 24 hours was nothing less than ''sheer suicide." Mussels which were "gone" or tainted were deadly poison, and half of one would be sufficient to kill a man. A verdict of " Accidental poisoning " was returned — Post.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 161, 10 January 1896, Page 3
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123Fish Poisoning. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 161, 10 January 1896, Page 3
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