The Solicitor-General objected that that was something written within a few days.
Mr. M. Williams.—“Then I will put this question generally. Have you heard of its use internally in severe cases of fever?”
Answer.—“Yes, I have heard of its use in fever, but not in typhoid.”
Question.—“Have you heard of its use in pleuro-pneumonia?”
Answer.—“Yes, in very minute doses; it is recommended in a journal of medicine which is edited by a man who is not a medical man.”
Question.—“Your collaborateur, Dr. Dupré, is not a medical man, is he?”
Answer.—“No.”
Question.—“With regard to the symptoms—the dilated pupils—are they not invariably dilated three days after death?”
Answer.—“After a natural death. The surface of the tongue being rough is no sure sign of aconitia poisoning. Congestion of the brain has been observed in aconite poisoning, but is no sure sign.”
Question.—“Has bloody fluid in the bag of the heart been met with in aconitia poisoning?”