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London, England, 1826-02-27 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

INQUEST ON TEI BODY OF M. B. LOUSA DA, ESQ.
On Saturday last, at the hour of two o'cloek, Thomas Shelton,
Eaq. the Coroner for the City of Landow, and a highly respectable
Jury of merchants, met at the Saracen's Head, puhlic.house, Ca.
momile-etreet,Bishopgate, to make Inquisition touching the cireum.
stances attendant on the death of Moses B. lamsads, Esq. a gen-
tiernun of the Hebrew persuasion, and lately a leading member on
the Stork Exchange.
By the evidence then adduced, it appeared that the unfortunate
deceased had. fin some days previous to the perpetration of the fatal
deed, been in a desponding state of tuind, owing, combined
with some other circumstances, it it said, to the elupentent of one
of his daughters with a clerk in his employment. Ou Friday last.
about twelve o'clock, he called at Hadley's warm baths, in
't. Mary Axe, and ordered a bath to be prepared for hint ;
his orders were complied with, and bating c!osed the door be
and went in. The person in attendance perceiving that he re-
mairied longer than the time 'tidally occupied try bathers, rapped
repeatedly, but not receiving an answer, his suspicions became ex.
cited, and he burst open the door. On entering the aparttnent,
most affecting spectacle presented itself. The deceased was lying
in the bath, the water of which was completely dyed by gore, with
Lis throat severed from ear;to ear, and in a perfectly inanimate state.
Dr. Price, a medical gentleman, residing in the neighbourhood, was
at once sent for, and was in immediate attendance, but all human
aid was useless, as the vital spark had been for sometime extip-
guished. A determination to execute his dreadful purpose seems
Whams actuated the unhappy gentleman, for be ca tie provided atilt
a razor, which on after examination was found in the bath. y
The Jury, after hearing the evidence, returned a verdict, of
" Insanity.'
Pin Saturday evening his body was removed to his house in Fins.
bury.equare, preparatory to its Interment.
UNsieterge TIMATMENT Or A PATIEST AT THE Lox-
DON HOSPITAL.—On Saturday afternoon an inquisition was
taken at the Kling and Queen public-haunt, in Cliapel-atreet, St.
Oeorge's in the vast, before J. W. Urrwir‘, Esq. and a Jury of
the parishioners, on view of the body tef Mr. John 31`Call, a
respectable inhabitant of that neighbourhood„wlmse death was awl.
tutted to the unskiltul manner in which lie had been bled by a me-
dial pupil in the London Hospital. The evidence adduced yes as
follows

Mrs. Alarthe ersmined—l am wife to the deceased; en
31oedlie the Bch inuant he went to the London Hospital to get
medical advice for a severe cough and cold which he laboured under.
lie opiesthed Dr. Robinson, one of the physicians of the inadto-
ties. who ordered him to be bled, and wrote out a wresorptiao for
sem medicines. lie was bled by one of the pupil* of the hospital,

and got the medicines. In the course of that night he told me that
the tiltading had relieved him, but complained much of the sore-
ness of his arm. 1 request-it him to allow me to remove the
bandages, thinking that perhaps their tightness might have caused
the pain; but this he objected to, fearing that the wound would re-
commetwe blcedirg. lie was in dreadful agony during the entire
of the night, 51.1 on my removing the bandages on the Wednesday
I was much surprised at the size of the wound or orifice in
the arm ; I mild have turned the top of my linger 18 it ;
It was eneiderably larger than any I have ever seen after
bleeding. Pchilticer were applied, and every thing done to
allay the pain. but it continued to Increase until Sunday last
when Mr Sterling, a surgeon, wee called in, but he was then
so tar gone that that gentleman could render him no assistance.
Hi died on Wedeeeday motning. His sufferings front the day on
which he was bled till his death were indeacribuble. Ile was tiny-
four years of age.. In answer to tome further questions from the
Comer and Jury. Mrs. Al`Call said, that on Thursday, the 16th,
the demised called attain at the hospital, but Dr. Rubinson not
being-in attendance, the house-apothecary gave him some linseed
meal to make • poultice. to be applied to his arm.
Thomas MsCail examined—l tun son to the deceased ;on Sunday
last I visited my father, and found him so bad that I instantly
amt for Mr. Sterling. On Dlunday, the 20th, 1 waited on Dr.
Robinson at the London Hospital and told him the state of his
arm. He requested me to hare him removed to the hospital, but
I told him th tit my moth r would not consent to it.
Juror—Did he offer to go with you to see your father
tVituesa—No, he did nut; I told him at me time that I sup-
posed the situation of his arm was produced by Ins being bled by a '
foul lancet; but this lie laughed at, and said it wan en erroneous I
opinion.
Coaotern—What reason had you to think so?
Witness—l was not the only person who thought so, and our ,
opinions 'were strengthened by the circumstance of there being
two other persons who were bled on the same evening affected in a
541111158 way, sad who are now suffering under great pain. One of
them is present.
The person .alluded to was next called and examined. He had
his right arm bound up In a large thaw', and appeared to have
suffered much. His evidence was as follows:—My name is WID.
!rimy; I ant &porter in the London Hospital. On the 6th inst.,
having a bad Old, I was bled in the arm ; it was on the same day
on which the daatased wets bled, but I Cannot say who it was that
bled him. My arm has been very bad up to a few days since, but
it is now getting Bette*
Juror—ti hot was the name of the person who bled you ?
The witness (after some hesitation and much reluctance) said it
was a medical student of the name of Bash.
Mr. E. Quigley corroborated tire evidence of the first witness as
to the size of the wound, and the consequent inflammation.
Mr. Sterling examined-1 am a surgeon, and reside in Wellclose-
equate. On Sunday, the Mt instant, 1 was culled on to attend
the deceased. On examination I found that gangrene had taken
place in the wholetof the acm. The orifice of the wound did not
appear to be larger than that usually caused by bleeding. I ant of
opinion that his death was produced by erysipelas, which produced
mortification.
This being the whole of the evidence, the CORONER briefly
summed up, and left It to thalurreo return the verdict.
A considerable difficulty here presented- itself as to how tney
could return their verdict, white:it cremating the person who had
operated on the deceased. Coupling the cireunts.ances of his
death with those of the two persons who were suffering from similar
causes, all of whom were bled on the same evening, and at the
sante hospital, they thought that something must be wrong, and
required Tunica.
the Conorern remarked, that as it was not in evidence who
the person was that op rated on the deceased, it would bt rather
severe to implicate a number of persons. where the blame, if any,
could be only attributable to one. For his own part he thought the
phblicity of their proceeding would attain every objet they had in
view, as doubtless, on its coming to the knowledge of the Gover-
noel of the Hospital. an inquiry would be instituted, which
would completely art the matter at rest.
The Jury then returned a verdict corresponding with the words
of Mt. Sterling, the Surgeon.