A Case of Poisoning with Nitrate of Potash, with Hints as to the Conduct of Medical Practitioners in Cases of Suspected Poisoning

of priesthood, to inviolable secrecy, whatever may be the nature of the information communicated by our patients. A crime, e.g., cannot be allowed to be perpetrated, so to speak, in our presence and with our cognizance during attendance on a household, and we must not, on any account, allow ourselves to be entrapped into being made unconscious confidants of some one who is bent on mischief. It is a trite observation that no situation can well be