THE INQUEST ON MRS CROOT.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 156, 3 July 1888, Page 3

THE INQUEST ON MRS CROOT.

__. n*..TVS ANALYSIS OF THE M* P c ° A SIAN MEDICO.

I DEATH EROM NATURA VEBDI 015 CAUSES.

' i>_n .he body of Mrs Croot, MWeMttopreSs fidsed to Wing ttaoe d JS« T^ the police. Three bottles ever to Y m fenl of a dead body, viz Contained port ons ol a aUmtUi h, and %K ci mi flAy* sPleen n d£ to portions of»^ lete analysis, and failed to % made »"gJJ dftl or mineral poison, de fcect an? atoWi eo£ corrosive i§.-Wi?Zl_&. Two bottles conguids or :| fibSSes (Canadian) were £in* KJ? He found that the fluid also exaMined- 1 wa _ an friß ,on •n tht Kentiln and ginger root; the oi rt&fffie giving microscopic evimmttSicti of the above roots, dences of 1-01 per cent. of dry solid !!» m g trafceß and carbonates of mMlm Pre^nt, also, lime and Potaßh _% very small quantities. He was WiitJtthisntedicine is innocuous to ol health, and not calcuaperaonin gg fetal fa . The d MSfiBS about 10, in quantity, greenrcol^eam. ag a lofaon he 11/'ffSSsedmethyllicalcohdl edS?um-sa.um in a menstruum Ration Pf/"'"/"fumed with some of the #SS probably cinnamon, pepperessentia ous, v n j._ Minera l salts miiit, W^S as a trace. Guiacum **P2? 3f remedy for rheumatic *as . ft Inrl could not be the cause of any gS^Sutstm an external applicaw& ri „_-ilUr _?ave evidence as to the m SSSSeStte body of Mrs Croot. «r^l*-u'ished y Tliore were but near the navel Mil 0 some blistering agent, lhe *"ATM"Sliher dilated. There was no H88J& «the bod^-' n the ■Sfflft re old marks of pleurisy on cheat t? erevß Th n 0 pneumonia or ffi|%Sblrt was ra?her dilated, mm^ flabby, the texture soft and very S sS f fatty degeneration were P n tt^mnarts. The ventricles confifSSaSrnountof blood, partly ™T ted The valves were normal. 35 W sdme atheroma at the commenceSE& aorta,-bUt no aneurism. There Sno fluid in the pericardium. The Smach contained a moderate amount of a«in ? pale, yellow pultaceous material SS with small white clots, evidently S curds; These contents had no Siar odour. . The mucous membrane of showed well-marked passive (wn^tiohibutwasinotherrespects normal M intestine contained in the upper part MM similar to that contained in 1 Stomach. In the lower part the content, were firmer and darker, and contained eott. almost black blbod clots. There was ribevidehceof peritonitis, except in oneun-ita-fcantspot. The uterus and bladder weftnofmaf; kidney*, congested but norrfja.jl_ver,;fatty,,aM to a slight extent riafctaeg^ea; The' brain was normal. Witm bleved that the death of deceased *ald.et6 Some shock, exertion or strain, tSftlMdeffia-isfc-dand caused syncope m a person of a fatty heart. Vomiting would-be a sufficient cause. The deceased showed no appearance of pre-viousill-health. There was no sign that the teeosed had been addicted to iahk He fotwiho contents of cabbage "ialestomacn. ; In his (witness's) opinion fhaterer caiised vomiting caused death. Ik Iwt. was in such a state that very $$. straih would cause death. ] U reply to a juryman, Dr. Mackellar said !§_iad not indicated what Caused vomiting. Hff-iibuglit that deceased died of disease itfcli might have been hastened by vomithp i'He found nothing in the stomach tilt would Cause vomiting.' Cabbage would lave that result. . "'',.< .

The jury after brief delißeration returned iverlhctof "Death from natural causes— no poiisoning."