The Sun.
London, England, 1830-08-26 00:00:00

RESUMED CORONER'S INQUEST ON
THE BODY OF MIBE3' CASIIIIV.

'(Continued from our Paper of yesterday.)

Thiimoll Goodeve, of No /fare-court,
Temple, sworn---I am a physician, and was present
at the examination of the body yesterday. The
wound was very long, and the lower part. was more
discoloured than any other. The spinal sheath was
most discoloured opposite to the lower part of the
wound. I should suppose the 'wound produced by
the application of some powerful caustic, but it is
impossible to say what that caustic was precisely.
I should not consider it warrantable practice to pro-
duce such a sore on any patient, especially on one
in sound health. From what I saw of the body, I
should say it was certainly not necessary to make
such a wound in the body. I should not think the
mere wound in the body sufficient to cause death,
without other symptoms. It might be sufficient to
cause death, but I should think not in this instance.
Not having seen the whole case I cannot answer
satisfactorily. I think such a wound might have
been cured, if properly treated. A burn of the same
extent would have been cured without the least
danger. The wound possessed much of the charac-
ter of a burn—not, however, such as would be
produced by the application of fire—but by some-
thing else which would produce the same result.
No surgeon would be justified in producing such a
wound, unless some disease were present. I saw
no disease of the spine. I would say there was no
disease existing such as to justify such a MUTH' as
that being made. I can't say that I ever knew an
instance of a person recovering from so extensive a
wound. I have seen much more extensive and worse
wounds from burns on the back and other parts.
Those whom I have seen so died. The burns Iso
saw were made accidentally. I never saw nor heard
of any such wound being purposely made on a
healthy subject. I should say that the cause of death
was some severe shock upon the nervous system.
From all that I could see, the wound and its con-
sequences were likely materially to affect the
stomach. Very great sympathetic affection would
be caused by such a wound, and the sickness spoken
of would also be produced. I should say that ad-
ministering mulled port wine, under some circum-
stances, might be beneficial, but it certainly would
not be the beat calculated to allay irritation of the
stomach.

Mr. Adolphus—Have you not known different
medical men prescribe;direetly opposite to each other
in the same eases—the one, for instance, ordering
warm and stimulating medicine, the other cooling
and aperient ? Dr. Goodeve—Yes; but to sick
persons only, never to healthy subjects. For healthy
subjects I know of but one mode of treatment,
which is to leave them alone.—(A laugh.)—Such
a wound as has been described would be likely to
produce a great degree of sympathetic fever.

- Dr. James Johnson examined—l. reside in Suf-
folk-place, Pall-mall east. I was present at the
examination of the body yesterday. The ,sheath
of the spine was slightly discoloured, but the whole
was not thickened. Ido not think the redness was
the effect of inflammation. I think it was merely
tinged by the blood itself. I conceive that the pa-
tient died from several effects, the primary cause
being from local inflammation, which produced in-
cipient gangrene. The next effect was fever result-
leg from that inflammation ; and, thirdly, the in-
flammation of the membranes of the stomach and
pleura connected with the fever. I suppose the
fever to have been produced by the local inflamma.
tioa of the back, and to have been the sympto-
matic or sympathetic fever of the inflammation of
the back and the incipient gangrene.. I think death
was produced by these circumstances combined, all
depending upon the inflammation in the back. The
cause of-this inflammation is kept a secret, therefore
we can only guess at it.
A Juror--Could. you by. analyzation discover
what the reparation was which was used ? Dr.
Johnson—_No; we might discover some portions of.
the preparation, but we could not ascertain what
they were. I did not examine the body internally.
I should not have made such a wound in any disenae,
and certainly not in a healthy subject.
Mr. John Mackelean, of No. 6, Devonshire-street,
Portland-place, surgeon, sworn—l saw no cause of
death in the bruin and spine, but the state of the
back was such as to account for the death of any
person. The structure of the buck was disordered
to a considerable extent and depth, and unfitted by
that for its natural uses. I do not know the cause
of such disorganization, but I think the akin was de-
stroyed by what had bran applied to it.

Mr. Thomas Evans, of Beak-street, Regent-street,
surgeon, was sworn, and corroborated Dr. Johnson
and the other gentlemen in their statements.
Several of the Jury here expressed a wish to have
Mr. Long evumined, on which
Mr. Adolphus said, he had no objection to Mr.
Long being called eventually, but he certainly should
not advise him to be examined now.

The Conortun said, it would be a question whe-
ther Mr. Long was bound to answer any questions
at all—us something was evidently pointed at him
by this inquiry, judging from the turn which it had
taken.

Mr. Patrick Sweetmatt sworn—l am at present
residing at 13, Park-place, Baker-street. Miss Cashin
left Dublin about two months before her death in
good health, and I next saw her two days before
she died. 'When I arrived from Ireland on Saturday
evening, Mr. Long was with the deceased. I saw
Mr. Long, who said to me that the deceased was
just in the state which he wished, and was going on
'remarkably well. It was stated in Mr. Gong's pre-
sence, by Mrs. Roddis, that her stomach had refused
all food. Ile said that would soon be remedied.
He left the house after seeing her back, and having
rz conversation with her mother. He was itlll'Otitteed
to me and he asked me to breekfitst next morning
(Sunday), I told him diet I had arrived from Ireland
to ascertain the state of Miss Cashin's health, for that
I had received a letter from her, in which she stated
that she was very poorly since she hail been in-
duced to put herself under Mr. Gong's coarse ducat-
ment. I said I was going to write to her friends,
and I wished to know what I could say as to her
back and stomach. He told me that we need be
under no apprehension, for that her back was in that
ewe that he wished it to be. Whets I returned
home I told her that I was about to write to Mrs.
Sweetman, in Dublin, to inform her, that from what
had seen other advice roust be called in. The de-
ee*lted was averse to having other advice, as Mr.
Long had repeatedly assured her that she would be
well In a few days. I celled on Mr. Brodie the next
gnornirllg and left a HOW, in consequence of which he
called in the course of the day. The last time 1
saw the deceased alive was nine o'clock on Monday
evening. I asked her to let me feel her pulse, and
I did so. It was very feeble and slow, and would
riot bear the least pressure. Her hand was cooler
than natural. Ido not know any thing else, except
that in a letter I received from her previous to the
WO, she described herself as in good health arid fate
tar than ever she Was.—(llcre the witness was
molds effected, and was glad to avail himself of u
mixture of sal volatile and water, which was pre..
tared for him.)--The deceased was 24 years of age.
have lieterd of one of the family dying
.of con-
-6,411ti0n. This was about a year ago ; was a
10"1-1W. The deceased's sister, Ellen, died since
the CiririllierlefirtiOrit of this int uir tilie was 16
years of We. it was to t 'I yid Mr.
rare that her moon Id)" '"' "" 1°)"$
list. I believe space left Ireland with
hhe 010„ t'o'gr.HancoOlimplatnt was consumption.
I believe sit had elito'agwoui4ol rirhumpit,ivee patient.
never saw it. haat the beginn her . but I
ing he said he could
not undertake her cure,

A Juror—Do you know who or what 'ridu
Miss C. Coghill to go to Mr. Long Mr.B w"et-
d
mart—Mr. Long stated to me the ellOttelt haroeut
thig herselt under his turn. lie told me that
young lady, titre of his patients, hod eked hint what,
he thought of Ow health of Nino; Catherine Ca4ll-ja,
who wto in the habit of going to bin house with her
AisLef Eden; end Mr? Long told the young ledy that