Poisoning by Chloride of Cadmium; Death

In reporting this case, I would beg to acknowledge my obligations to Mr. J. B. Roberts, Coroner for the Town of Calcutta, for his courtesy in furnishing ice with depositions taken at an inquest held by him on the body of the deceased. Sheik Laljaun, a slender lad, about fourteen years of age, was brought to hospital on the 2nd March, 1865. On admission, he was in a state of perfect collapse, with a cold clammy skin ; radial pulse scarcely perceptible; respiration feeble, slow, and sighing; 110 stertor; face considerably disfigured, owing to considerable chemosis of both eyes, to such an extent as to prevent closure of the lids, completely hiding the pupil; lips everted, the mucous membrane of the mouth being pale and sodden; tongue swollen, greatly resembling the distended belly of a frog; lay apparently unconscious, though when shaken and roused by dashing cold water on the face, he replies rationally, in a hoarse whisper, to any questions put to him ; there was extreme restlessness and throwing about of the limbs ; deglutition impeded ; with considerable difficulty he could be got to swallow