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Show THAT DRCGBIST'S 3IISTAKE. : Coroner Tajlor Iminlrcs into the Clrrti instances. The lune-njoulb'-old baby who was wisoneU by the meitake of a druggist was buried by tho under-taktr under-taktr wllhoct any notice having U.eu given to Coroner George J. Taylor Tiie latter, on hearing of the case, instituted an Investigation, and I-jl tvining an inqurt was lu Id. The victim was Iter Ftrl, son of J. V. Ftrl, who resides at Xo. 777 First Street. Dr. 11. U. Xllta testified tint the Infant hid a mild inllammation of the bowt!; ltaj pruvlsusly bttn l.talthy. jtuea prescribed three luders, "taJe up of calomtl, bl-carltohate bl-carltohate of soda and sugar. This was at fhM a. m on Wednesday. At 1.30 p.m. wilneis was summoned, and found the child thoking; saw it was milocating with all the symptoms of stricture of the trachea, due to some irritat ing drug; examined the powder and found it corrosive luulimate: the swelling v-as as though lie had betn admiuisti red; told the family ami-take had Utu made; wtntto I), ii. Hoover's drug store, aud thtn tailed in Dr. McLean, at 3.15 p.m. we found the child gatping for breath, and lrfornied Uie operation of tracheotomy; Dr. Md.an and myself agreed as to the treatment; the trouble w?s rtl'v-d at once; we left the thiid comfortable and returned re-turned it 7 p. m., whtn wc-' found that tht thiid could not swallow. At 10 p.m. found tht thiid had aev. tral isssages mutli intlatned, was in corsidtrable distress, and in twenty minutes it died from the effects of the corrusivt sublimate in the stomai 1. givtn fo' calomtl, I examined ex-amined the Ix-ttle w hich was labtled culomtl, but was n-all corrosive sublimate. Mr Hoover said the bottlt had U-in lllleil during his absence, the two uw tiers wtre dillicult to tli-tiugui-h by npjtar-ance; npjtar-ance; M-. Ilnovir stated that Ills Ixiy vias notauthorized to fill hot tie?, I would say there is not a drug store ill the cnuutrv w litre Nils are not cnp't.vcd lio will not ovtr-tep thtir duties. Kert Mackintosh, the bov who filled tht pa-scriitioii in vihitli the mi-take u as made, tustilied tliat lit was in the stre to sell iattut meJi HDi, tlean up the store, tic. Am IS j ears oU. have U-tn about drug Mores for a j ear and a half, t hid no instructions to till lottle". The bottlts ire ill labled corrtctlv. 1 mut hivt made a mistake in tlit bottles. I fill tht Urgtr tattles front the original packages, tut in this in-st-ince 1 filled the retriiilion liol-t!" liol-t!" from the slit If bottle and made a mi-lake Mr. Ferl ould not lie ftHintl, so no other wilnt-s5S.s wire brought. Tht vcruiitwas as follows. In inquisition holtlen at 23 oast I lrslHlh,-leel. in the fifth 1're lim-t td Stlt lAke tVv.on ll.e 1-ih day if Julv, A. 1) !, inforo Ceorge J. Tayhtr, coroner, uui. the Isl of Itex Ierl. bv ttie jurors wliot names nro her-uu'i) sub-erlbed The said jurors on the r oaths thi sa , from tho ev ulenco inented, t"i3t lie died at 777 Fin-t ttrest, in sllt Lae Citj . at 10 jn p in of tho ItXh instant, from the cf-teets cf-teets of a Hrgo tlo-e of etirrosivo subli-mate subli-mate administered bv mistake for cAlointl, which hid been pre-enb tl Ami tiiev furthtr find from the evidence evi-dence presented that the ful mistake was the result of the rmplnvmentof an incompetent prescription rlerk, nnj woull reeomnienil that the city nuncil take immedia'e steps to ascertain ascer-tain to vrhm extent ims)inietent per-kmis per-kmis are now empl Yel in tl.u stores f this city. In icMttmnny vrhereof the said jurors have hereunto set their hands the tint and er tliove written. writ-ten. ohn 11 iseomb, James W. Pitts hmil IZ&u jorors. tJeorge J Tavlor coroner. |