Wise v. Morgan

Defendant in error recovered a verdict and judgment in the Circuit Court of Hamilton County, against Harry Wise & Co., for the sum of $3,000 damages for tbe negligent killing of his daughter, Ella Morgan, a child about three years old. The facts of the case are few and practically undisputed. In August, 1894, the child, being troubled with- her eyes, was taken by her mother to an oculist for treatment. After an examination of the child’s eyes, the oculist handed her mother the following prescription, to wit:

“ Sulphate of atropia, -one grain; acid boracic, two grains; water, two drachms; -…