An inquest was held on the bodies of two of Mr. Tombs's daughters, of Cotes, near Cirencester, one of the age of 24, the other of 8 years, who, on the day before, were, together with a maid-servant, aged 22, poisoned by taking, for a cutaneous eruption, a dose of arsenick, which was sold to Mrs. Tombs for cream of tartar, by an ignorant quack, some months ago.
They were, soon after taking it, seized with all the dire symptoms which usually attend the internal use of that cursed drug and after enduring inexpressible torture for near 8 hours, they all three miserably expired. Their other daughter was to have taken the same medicine, but she desired to postpone it till the next day, that she might go to church; and thus she escaped the fate of her sisters.
This is inserted as a caution not to purchase drugs of ignorant quacks, who, in many instances where there is a resemblance, don't know how to distinguish one drug from another.
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