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Show CENSURE THOSE WHO GAVE 010 Carelessness Cause of Rev. Morrison's Death Says Jury SEATTLK. August 4. Censure for , ifH' nss contributing to the death ot Rev. R. Cameron Morrlsop, rector of tho CJhurcn of The Bpiphany, who died WodnoSd&y after Lakinx bafium sulphide, a poison in mistake for barium ba-rium sulphate was plared on Dr. C i' Bryant phyatclau; M. P Dhc, drug-Kl.st. drug-Kl.st. and the state drug inspector by .i coroner's Jury which returned It3 erdlct Thursday .afternoon. Coroner W H. Coraon Itnmedlately turned tho verdict over to Prosecut-jing Prosecut-jing Attorney Malcolm Doufflaa, who bald he has tuken th CMS under ad-! ad-! vlsement. I'RDK T OF JURY The verdict read "Wo desire to Censure the- druggist for selling this ("rug without Inquiring as to Its use la censure the physician for giving an oral instead of a written prescription j in so dangorous a matter and to censure cen-sure the state drug Inspector for carelessness care-lessness " I Dr. C. P. Bryant Monday instructed Mr. Morrison to buy and take barium I sulphate in preparation for an X-ray examination. Tuesday Mr Morrison' went Into Dlx's drug store. After t he j purchase he expressed his satisfaction satisfac-tion that he hod obtained what be wanted In the first place he entered He swallowed the drug that evening, j and began to suffer pains and dlz1-, n.'sq. Ho was under Lr. Bryant's '-are until death. DEXIICS IMPLICATION "Mr. Morrison asked for barium; sulphide and that is what ho got." said Dlx. "I had no barium sulphate In the store, and would have told him so at once." "Wo use barium sulphate dally in X-ray work " said Dr. Bryant "When I discovered the label on the bottle I D as amazed. In fact I knew nothing about the sulphide of barium, nor did my associates. We looked up the latest lat-est works on toxicology and could not I find any reference to barium sulphide although barium sulphate was a subject sub-ject exhausthely treated." |