Herbal Treatment.
fONITKD PBESS ASSOCIATION.) Chbistchokch, Tuasdav. At the adjourned inquest on Win. Verral yesterday, the evidence of Professor Bickerfcon, who had made .an analysis of deceased's stomach, and of the few drops remaining of the medicine supplied by a herbalist, was to the effect that he could not certainly say what the medicine was, but he suggested lobelia. This drug is used as an emetic, and is poisonous if taken m sufficient quantity. ItJB accord ing to Taylor, one of the poisons frequently prescribed by quacks, ami iB a dangerous drug. There is no positive proof, however, that it had been administered, and the jury returned an open verdict.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1741, 23 June 1886, Page 2
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110Herbal Treatment. Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1741, 23 June 1886, Page 2
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