The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-11-13
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fcsnytb. Gmoison---Mr. Se'jesnt Waugh
al stated tha, this was most painfu aud dis
tressiog case; Il involved an impu,stiou a.
gsiost The defendant that he had conducted
himself unskilIully in taking upon himsell,o
oct as surgeon, snd tho, IN consequence OF
his exuemely improper shd almost brutal
conduct tho plsinliH had lost Hnb. Thr
plsinlh was coachman at l.ooth !. the defen.
dant, when he chose TO confde himself TO his
proper connection, was q farrier there, but he
had cho'ento take upon himself The character
OF surgeon. Tie plsin,If met with an &c.
cidsnt by which tho Iemoral artery was ipjur.
ed; % sneurism was formed, end the sr,eiy
was enlarged. The only cure Tor this ws,,
that the 'vesssi should be tskeo up--a prsc-
,ice which was now commonly and successful.
iy resoued 70. Tho plsinliG called in Dr..
Clarke, physician In Louth, who said ,ha, j,
was case for . surgeon. The fsrrier was in
the room dosiog tho copve, ss,ion, lying BY
for . 5ob, and he oGieiouS,y had been p,epar.
ing . poultice before the doctor came, AZ
soon - the isuer withdrew, the plaintiff was
disposed TO send for Dir. Wing, . surgeon OF
the town, bu, the dsiendan, sald II was ell non.
sense 20 do 20, that no had had many such CO.
ses, shs, he cooid make the plaintiff vel in
8 or a dayss and would Torieit bis head il he
did not cure him in . fortnight. Defendant
then spplied too poultice, which OF Ill ,hings
was the most improper In the case Of nen.
riso. The pain to the patient ihsh Began in
esrnss'. Defendant was quite hot ON per-
forming the operation but Go there WAS no
suppr,a alton In the limb, he LEFT IL for smother
day, when he said he mus. DO II, and drew
commoo penkoiIe out of his pocket, which
he stuck into the thick part OF the plaintiffs
thigh, up TO the very hshdc OF The knife, TO
reach the meter, ss he thought; bu, no mat
ter came, and not much blood on which he
ioser,ed his Iiager and thumb in Tho wound,
and ,urning 4her, round and round In the
thigh, he suptuted tho !e,noral artery, end
occasioncd blSed to how SO p, oiuseiy than In &
short time sbseh pin,s wete csught. The
patient tainted and was supposed TO be dying !;
upon which the isriier became Highlened,
and s,nt for = surseon, who on bis coming
thought the pisio,iiT dead, a numbncss had
eosued, sud ~ viisli,y was apparently gone,
The detendasss merely observed that no had
"msde : bad tob Of shis" by the spplics-
,ion ot sss siasneqess the suEgeon stoppsd
tho eEdson Of blooJs and by sdGio'sterins
support, The ps,ien. was revived. In = day
or two il xas found tina, Tho defendants had
msdc u snsverse incision in the thigh, sod
nothing tcrnsined 10 be done by the surgeon
but to smputa,e the linbos to take up the az
tevy. On CONSULTATION Of medical men it
was de,s, mined to try whether the ieS nigh.
no, ,be saved, and accordingly the arisry vas
tied up, but The exhaustion ot blood wss iound
to have been so great that the ,e. pssished,
snd !, became necessary to AXE II OIL Tho
plsiniiN laaguishsd Tor some time, bot uIu-
ma,eiy recovered. he DOW had got wooden
leg, fich merely having been afflicted with
an sneutiso,, winch might have been &c eG,osed
by skif,h person with little trouble. This
csismiy hsd been brought on by The brutal
ubskiliulness of the defendant, and his prom.
isiog TO make the cfedu,ous men weh 10 o
fortnight. As TO damages, The limb was gone
for ever (; and the expense 10 the plsiniiG had
been more than SO goiness ID moderate psy.
menis 10 his professional attendants. The
defendant was a man of subsistence and proper
~, and the learned sergeant hoped tue jury
would, by making pay 0mpensstioo sds.
qus'e to the injury he had committed, put
down the species Of bafbarous prsctice 10
which he bad INDUCED, alleviate the expense
10 tho unfortunate patient, and make him
sone fe,utn tor The iofture 10 which he bad
beeo put. This cause lasted from ~ o'clock
on Monday ill the some hour on Tuesday ;
several Of ,bc rseu!,y were csIled in.-Dsma-
ges for the plainnG, loi.-Lon. hafer.