THE POISONING CASE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 4002, 2 January 1892, Page 2

THE POISONING CASE.

'•i"v?; : ;';4aottop:pfl»Q(.-;:-,'; '.., Condition el:t^Vlotima. ,' The following telegram was received , at 5 p,m on Thursday, and was issued ■ by us in the form of an extra:— ■' ' . Pahiatua, Thursday, , !'The greatest alarm still prevails, , and the whole; of the victims to the ; pbisonins are fearing the worst. One \ of Mr S. Naylor'a children succumbed j thiaiitoradori."" ' The cuke and pudding enten at tho ' wedding were made by tho brido, and , ; some cake wbb furnished by.thebaker. . ;'JScnie-of the articles cookcP-at the '. Mni? timeWo pariakpii of on Sunday week, and no evil effects sustained, 1 so that the mystery is'all the greater, Mrs Moore still: lives at'Makakahi; unconscious of her husband's death and very ill. Mrs 'Naylor's case is ';■ also a critical one, Mr W. Syms, chemist, of Woodviile, writes to the Woodville paper as follows:—The recent poisoning cases in Pahiatua naturally call to mind i similar occurrond'S that have hup-; 1 pened elsewhere, and as some of these latter have somo points of resem-. ' bianco, Lhave thought that your rea- ; ders might feel interested in the ' coincidence. On the 13th June, 1.886,: ! Dr V, C. Vaoghan received from Dr , H. B. Baker a bottle containing ! cream, with the request that he, Dr YAUghan, should analyse it, na some ( 18 persons had been poisoned by eati ing sonus.of which this was a portion. i The symptoms all had suffered from > were severe vomitiug and purging 1 pains.in l the stomach and abdomen, ' Bevere headache, excruciating back- \ ache, and pains all over. One or two were stupificd, others were cold and had muscular spasms, None died, but aftor.the immediate effects of the [ poison wore off. they word unable to i be in the ~mvi, and .ten days after i most of them had to be cautious in venturing out.. Dr Vangban dis- ; covered that the cream contained ' Tyrotoxioon, a poisonous principle ile- ' veloped in, milk under: special oondi- ; tions, •.■■:■;■.■■ - ' On the 19th August, 1886, n.wed- '. ding breakfast took place at GWlyle, | England, of- which tho'bride and , bridegroom took part, and shortly i niter left for Edinburgh, In tho , evening both were taken ill and the ; briile died on the evening of tho 25th 1 after five and a half days illness. 1 during the illness of the bride it. was , found that many vof the guests and , servants attending the wedding were . suffering from similar symptoms and it waS'then thought that.some article I of food had contained poison and to I ascot-tain this Dr Barnes, physician to i the Ambulance Infirmary, commenced ■ an investigation, assisted : by Dr ? Walker, public Analyst. It was found that 2i articles of food or drink j wore supplied for tho wedding break- ; fast and the patients were intern)' gated a3 to the articles of food or '. drink eaoh one had partaken of. After i an exhaustive enquiry it was found 1 that seventeen persons had.takeu e barn, and all those suffered illness, 8 Investigation disclosed that the r ham contained numerous microi organisms,; aud to this was at 1 tributed the sickness that prevailed. 1 The symptoms were severe vomiting 0 and diarrluca, with griping pains in 9 the stomach, chills and, fever, some--8 times followed by an eruption on the ' chest and limbs accompanied by great j itching.' r On November 3rd, 1889, an outi break of slcknoss occurred in Carlisle. So simultaneous were the seizures and 8 so identical the Bymptoms that Dr W. v Brown, Medical Officer of Health for s : the City, attributed it to eating i poisoned ment. Upon investigating f the matter it was found that.twenty--1 five cases of illness had ncourred, and all thesuftVers hid bought pork from one shop in the city, The symptoms - were a feeling of Malniie, followed by 3 shivering, headache, vomiting, ahdo--1 minal pains, and dianiian, Id two 0 cases thero was faintne'ss at the outset of the disease, and in two cases there li was delirium during, the course of the s illness. J THE VERY LATEST. j e .. .-. . 1 Mr Murray, of the Wholesale 1 Drapery Company, received tho fol • , lowing wire on TLursday night with . regard to the condition of Mrs Dickson:— "Not muoh hope as yet." i - A nurse was sent from Masterton J by special conveyance on Thursday e evening to attend Mrs Dickson, jj The telegraph offices at Pahiatua and Woodvillo being closed all day yesterday. (New Year's Day), no in- > formation with regard to the victims 8 was obtainable, 3 Mr Murray received information by 8 wire this morning that Mrs Dickson 1 's improving. j (From.OwOwn Correspondent.) Pahiatua, Saturday, • The condition of the patients in the ' recent poisoning case is slightly im« I proved. They all passed a good night, - Mrs Dickson is greatly improved, ! . •. AVeUilMaids, Saturday, . -Inspector Thomson goes to Pahiatua this afternoon to investigate the 1 poisoniug case, -