First report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into arsenical poisoning from the consumption of beer and other articles of food or drink. Pt 1, Report.

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Arsenical Poisoning.
Date:
1901
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Credit: First report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into arsenical poisoning from the consumption of beer and other articles of food or drink. Pt 1, Report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to afford you any information upon the subject of this Our Commission ; and also to call for, have access to, and examine all such books, documents, registers and records as may afford you the fullest information on the subject ; and to inquire of and concerning the premises by all other lawful ways and means whatsoever. And We do by these presents authorise and empower you, or any two or more of you, to visit and personally inspect such places as you may deem it expedient so to inspect for the more effectual carrying out of the purposes aforesaid, and to employ such persons as you*may think fit to assist you in conducting any Inquiry which you may hold. And We do by these presents will and ordain that this Our Com- mission shall continue in full force and virtue, and that you Our said Commissioners, or any two or more of you, may from time to time proceed in the execution thereof and of every matter and thing therein contained although the same be not continued from time to time by adjournment. And We do further ordain that you, or any two or more of you, have liberty to report your proceedings under this Our Commission from time to time if you shall judge it expedient so to do. And Our further will and pleasure is that you do, with as little delay _as possible, report to Us under your hands and seals, or under the hands cand seals of any two or more of you, your opinion pon the matters herein submitted for your consideration. And for the purpose of aiding you in your inquiries We hereby appoint Our Trusty and Well-beloved George Seaton Buchanan, Esquire, Doctor of Medicine, to be Secretary to this Our Commission. Given at Our Court at Windsor the Fourth day of February 1901; in the first year of Our Reign. By His Majesty's Command, CHAS. T. RITCHIE.