The medicine you prescribed for her was of a purgative nature?—Yes.
How often would she have had to take that medicine, between the time you gave that prescription and the time when she died?—I gave her the prescription for every four hours, but I left instructions to give it every three hours.
Is that the prescription? (shewing it)—Yes, Sir.
Be so good as to mention what are the materials—or first, what is the nature of that complaint, called Cholera Morbus?—It is generally produced in hot seasons, by bile getting into the stomach, and causing irritation in the stomach and bowels.
Is not cramp sometimes a symptom of a violent bilious attack?—Cramp often comes on in violent irritations of the stomach and bowels, whatever may be the cause of that irritation.
Is not cramp a certain symptom of a violent bilious attack?—It very often accompanies it.
(By Mr. Justice Abbott.) Cramp of the legs generally arises from those causes?—Yes, my Lord; most frequently from a violent action of the stomach.
(By Mr. Sergt. Pell.) Might it not arise from a bilious disorganization of the stomach?—Yes.
This complaint of Cholera Morbus may proceed to a very painful degree?—It may kill.
Is it a very painful complaint?—It is a very distressing complaint.