Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Newspapers.....Poisoning, 1908 

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DOCTOR'S TERRIBLE MISTAKE 
Took Corrosive Sublimate for Bromide, But Antidotes Saved Him. 
     [Specia1 to The Times-Dispatch.] 

  SUFFOLK, VA., February 17.- After having accidentally swallowed enough 
poison to kill twenty men, Dr. Job G. Holland, of Holland, Va., still lives 
and his physicians believe the danger point is passed. 

  Dr. Holland about 3 o'clock this morning went to his laboratory, intending 
to take a bromide to relieve insomnia.  Instead of the bromide, he reached a 
bottle containing bichloride of mercury, or corrosive sublimate, and swallowed 
seven and one-half grains.  One-twenty-fifth of one grain is an adult's dose. 

  The physician realized his mistake almost instantly and notified his wife. 
Antidotes were applied and doctors from Holland were soon at his bedside.  Dr. 
Franklin Pierce, who lives near by, reached him in a very short period.  Dr. 
Holland is one of the wealthiest and most prominent physicians of the county. 


"Times-Dispatch" (Richmond, VA), Feb. 18, 1908, p. 1, col. 6 
   online as part of the Library of Virginia's Virginia Chronicle 
   newspaper database, at: 
   https://virginiachronicle.com/ 

He survived this incident, dying Valentine's Day, 1931.  He is buried in 
   Holland Cemetery, as are his parents. 
   Holland list, an extension of the Southampton County 
   Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/holland.txt 

His father's obits ("Times-Dispatch," Nov. 10, 1908, p. 8 & donated) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h453r3ob.txt 


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