Ninth Day-Wednesday, 12th April, 1922.
Dr. FREDERICK SHERMAN TOOGOOD, recalled, cross-examined by
the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—The two cases of acute poisoning which I
referred to, one of which recovered and the other which was fatal,
both occurred in 1899. As regards the case in which the patient
lived for seven days, that was not within my experience; that was
a case from a book. I have known of death following chronic
arsenical poisoning. I refer to the beer epidemic in 1901, I think
it was; there were several cases then, and some of them died. It
was, roughly speaking, about twenty years ago. I am not what
might be called an analytical chemist, but I have made quali-
tative analyses during the last twenty years to find arsenic. I
have not made a quantitative analysis; I have merely tested for the
presence of arsenic; I have not made any examination to find the
quantities of arsenic. I should emphatically place Sir William Will-
cos as one of the greatest authorities in the kingdom on arsenical
poisoning; he is the highest authority I know throughout the whole of
the United Kingdom. As regards Dr. Spilsbury, he is a man who
has had unrivalled experience in post-mortem examinations; there
is no one in the United Kingdom who I would suggest has a greater
experience than Dr. Spilsbury. Mr. Webster is a man who holds
a very high reputation as an analytical chemist. I can think of
no one better qualified than Mr. Webster, on whom I would rely
for an analysis in the positions I hold. I have already said that
between 1915 and August, 1920, in my opinion Mrs. Armstrong
was suffering from auto-intoxication caused by chronic indigestion,
and it was associated with the presence of gallstones, and she
suffered from neuritis and rheumatoid arthritis. One does not
always find permanent and increasing swelling of the joints in
rheumatoid arthritis. In a well-marked case there is abundant
evidence of the joints getting stiffer and stifier, and there is a
bony swelling of the joints. Gradually the patient "becomes
crippled with it.
What symptoms are you referring to in Mrs Armstrong when
you say that she suffered from rheumatoid anthritis?—From Dr.
Hincks's description of the attack she had in the wrist. Dr,
Hincks described it, I telieve, as chronic rheumatism. As regards
the muscular rheumatism in the right arm which was put in a
sling, I believe there was a swelling of the wrist, and it passed
away. I heard that in October, 1919, Mrs. Armstrong was once
more able to play the piano.
Putting those facts quite fairly, do you think that the symp-
toms of Mrs. Armstrong were definitely symptoms of rheumatoid
arthritis?—Tes, I think that attack in the wrist was an attack of