The Archive · 1936

Sister in Box

'Mrs, Dalton, sister of the deceased 'Mrs. Colbert, was the next witness. She said she saw her sister every day, and denied that she suffered from chronic gastric ailment. She was very healthy except for' constipation, Her sister, she continued, objected to Dr. Colbert's friendship' with the present Mrs. Colbert, and there were: frequent quarrels over this. Her sister frequently spoke about going home.

Witness added that the trunks of the present. Mrs. Colbert were. sent] to the house when the effects of her deceased sister were still there very soon afler her death, Mr. Dalton, the next witness, gave evidence that the deceased Mrs, Colbert went Into hospital on her birthday, and that a cocktail party was held before her entry at which Dr. Colbert stated her "condition was desperate, and he did not believe would survive. Dr, Colbert ture ther stated that she had acquired the cocktail habit and suffered from toxinia, Army Use Not Common Major Clune, USBG, who is attached to the United States Army garrison at Tientsin, asserted that} Aeetanelide and antipyrine were commonly used by the Army at] present or during wartime, and that the allowance was 1 1b, of acetanelide per thousand men per shalt year.

Three pounds were issued to the US, Army hospital in 1928, of which 2'1b, wore at present in the pharmacy and 1 1b, at Chingwangtao, During this period the turnover had. been 28 oticers.

Acetanelide had not been pre~ scribed by the United States Army: hospital in the past eight years.

Normally, he added, it, was considered unethleat for a United States: army doctor to treat any member of his own family, Referring to antipyrine, he seid' this: was not allowed for a post of 5000 men, and only 1% Ib. was allowed for 25,000 mer

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