Answer.—“No; the British Pharmacopœia orders it for external use, but makes no mention of any dose for internal use. It was formerly tried a quarter of a century ago, or thirty years ago, but it was given up because it was too dangerous.”
On cross-examination by Mr. Williams, after he had stated that he had never seen an acknowledged death from aconitia, but founded his opinion not only from tasting, testing, and the experiments on mice, but from his reading, and that he knew that it was used in France and Germany, but not that it was sold at the French chemist’s in the Haymarket as a patent medicine, the examination proceeded as follows:—
Question.—“Do you know Guibert’s French book on chemistry?”
Answer.—“Yes; I know the book. I have it in my possession.”
Question.—“Would you look at that book—is that it?”
Answer.—“Yes; that is the book.”
Question.—“Do you there find a formula for pills with aconitia in them?”
Answer.—“Yes.”
Question.—“And drops?”