Witness.—“Oh, certainly.”
The Lord Justice Clerk.—“I knew a case of apparent jaundice arising from a cake of yellow soap.”
The Lord Advocate.—“Suppose you were told that in a case the body after death had a yellow appearance, and it was found to be the effect of arsenical poisoning, would you not be surprised at that?”
Witness.—“No, not at the yellowish aspect of the skin, but I would not expect that there would be marked jaundice.”
The Lord Advocate.—“And if you found any symptom of that kind, where repeated doses of poison had been taken during the period from the time when the patient took ill, what would you say?”
Witness.—“If such a case did occur, I should say that there would be some connection between the cause of death and the occurrence of the jaundice.”
Lord Advocate.—“In regard to the vomiting, is there not a great difference in different kinds of arsenical poisoning?”
Witness.—“Generally the vomiting is severe.”
Lord Advocate.—“You state that the presence of organic matter detracts from the power of holding arsenic in solution: would you say the same as to holding it in suspension?”
Witness.—“Certainly not.”