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 coat of the stomach in such cases; have you attended to that?—No, I have not.

Then you have only observed as to the inflammation and so on, but not to the villous coat of the stomach?—Exactly so, my Lord, and not to the villous coat of the stomach.

Witness withdrew.

Dr. Daniel (examined by Mr. Gifford)

You have been for many years a physician at Exeter?—Yes, Sir.

And of considerable practice there?—Yes, Sir.

Have you in your course of practice attended many persons attacked with Cholera Morbus?—I have.

What are the symptoms attendant upon that disorder?—Usually considerable vomiting, affections of the bowels, purging, pains of the stomach, great thirst, and cramps or spasms of the legs.

Where you find a patient violently attacked by those symptoms, what would be the medicines you would administer—I should undoubtedly direct full doses of opium, to remove the irritation, and to check the discharge.

If you found a patient with a frequent and fluttering pulse, should you so administer?—Most undoubtedly.

Have you heard the symptoms which Mrs. Downing is described to have had the evening before her death?—Yes, Sir.

May I ask you whether those be the symptoms of Cholera Morbus?—They certainly are the symptoms of Cholera Morbus.

(Cross-examined by Mr. Gazelee).

Are these the symptoms of Cholera Morbus exclusively—No, Sir; they are symptoms of arsenic, or any poison.

(By Mr. Justice Abbott.) Within what period of time does Cholera Morbus usually produce death?—Within my experience, I have seen it nearly fatal within fourteen hours.

Within what time have you known it fatal?—-I have never