221.--Any spots on the skin?
A.-No.
222.-When was the first attack?
member of your household?
A. Yes, the middle of July.
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Do you recollect the date in the case of any
You have not asked me but I think it important
you should know that my wife has always been subject to fever.
By Dr. Cantlie.
223. Was Mrs. COUGHTRIE subject to fever when you were living in "Belmont "?
A. Yes.
224.—But none of the children had it there?
A. Yes, I think one of my little boys had an attack of fever there.
225.-Yours was quite a new house when you went in?
A. Yes.
226.-How long had it been built?
A. We went in almost as soon as it was finished.
By Dr. Manson.
227.-The child born in the new house had fever?
A. Yes.
By Dr. Young.
228. And the servants?
A.-They were not so bad as Dr. LEWER describes his as being but they were nearly all attacked. We have had an entire change, except one old woman who has been with us for years. And she seems to have escaped entirely.
229.-Do you mean the nurse?
By Dr. Manson.
A. Yes. [Dr. MANSON.-She had fever].
By Dr. Cantlie.
230.-Was your house damp when
A.-No, it was as dry as a chip.
231.-Is it a damp house?
A.-No.
232. It is raised on arches?
you went into it?
A. Yes, there is a good crypt. You can stand up in it. There is nothing damp in the house. The pictures on the walls are all right, and some perishable painting materials have been put in the crypt from the old house and they are as good to-day, perhaps better, than they would have been in "Belmont."
233. And your coolies' house?
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