Inquest on Miss Sophia Dallett held at Putney on the 8th and 14th July, 1847, printed from the notes of one of the jury : with an appendix / Edited by John Rose Cormack.
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- 1847
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Credit: Inquest on Miss Sophia Dallett held at Putney on the 8th and 14th July, 1847, printed from the notes of one of the jury : with an appendix / Edited by John Rose Cormack. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![REPORT OE THE INQUEST. The Jury having been sworn, William Carter, Esq., Coroner for East Surrey, stated that the Inquisition was held in consequence of a letter which he had received from Dr. Cormack, of Putnev, “anxiously requesting” an inquiry into the cause of the death of the deceased Sophia Dallett. The Jury then retired with the Coroner to view the body ; after which the following evidence was taken. Maria Rose Dallett, spinster, sworn. —I am sister of the deceased, Sophia Dallett. My father is a tallow chandler. I re- side with him, as part of his family. My deceased sister would have been fifteen in September. On Sunday last, the 3rd instant, at seven or eight, p.m., she was taken with shivering. I was with her at the time in the parlour. No one else was present. She had been poorly from Thursday evening, the 1st instant, but before Thursday was not unwell. On Thursday, she had a little simple medicine—pills, which she wras in the habit of taking. They are Mr. Farmer’s pills, and are sold in boxes as “ Farmer’s Antibilious Pills.” On Sunday, when she had the shivering, I assisted her to undress, and sent for more medicine to Mr. Farmer. My sisters Elizabeth and Mary Anne went for it. I desired them to say to Mr. Farmer that the deceased had been seized with shivering, and felt very sick. [By sick, as subsequently appeared, witness meant nausea and vomiting.] Mr. Farmer is not a medical man ; he is a chemist. My sisters brought back a powder and a draught, which I received from them. I gave the powrder to the deceased ; hut the draught, in accordance with the directions, I reserved for the morn- ing. I had no knowledge whatever of the nature or parts of the powder. The powder wras given at nine o’clock on Sunday evening. She then appeared to be very poorly—by poorly I mean sick and feverish. She returned the powder ; at least, she vomited freely half an hour after taking it. At this time, she had no other symp- toms except fever and sickness. She slept comfortably during the night, and took the draught in the morning at half-past seven or eight o’clock. She took it voluntarily. During Monday she wras](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28268167_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
