Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1909 — GIVEN POISON BY MISTAKE [ARTICLE]

GIVEN POISON BY MISTAKE

Drug Clerk Gave Student Carbolic Acid Instead of Pain Remedy. Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. 31.—William Thlmler of Fort Wavne, a sludent In the medical course of the University of Chicago, is in a critical condition in the hospital here through the mistake of a clerk in a local drug store, who gave him carbolic acid when Thimler asked for a remedy for pains in his stomach. • When he realized that he had drunk acid he hastily called for the alcohol bottle, remembering that this is the antidote for the poison. By drinking a large quantity before he sank unconscious he saved his life for the time being.