The North-Carolina standard., 1837-11-08
STEAM AND LOBELIA.

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STEAM AND LoBELIA.
The following testimony lcondensedl was Civ
en- at The inquest held by the corener. on lne I
body of Mr.. T. b. French. who died on Tues
day of last week, at the Thompsonian Iniirmary
Of MIR. or DIR. Richard Il Frost, in Howard ST.
corner of Crosby, New York. ~
e. d. French, brother of the deceased. de-
posed that his brother, who was - years Old,
and a teacher In the grammar school OF Eolum-
bia College, complained on the Wednesday be-
fore his DEATH Of slight indisposition. which he
ascribed to cold. Witness advised him TO con-
suit physician, but he chose to put himself un-
der the care of DIR. Frost. Ga Saturday wit
ness called 10 see him, and found him SO al that
he requested Dr. Davis to visit him, who di. SO,
and pronounced him in a dangerous condition.
On Sunday witness called again, and found his
brother undergoing the process OF s.eauilng.-l
On Monday called again. DIR. Frost said the
patient was doing we'll. On Tuesday witness
called in DR. Cheesenan, who said that the pa
tient was past the aid of medicine and the same
day he died. Deceased had a good constitution.
and had never been seriously i'll before.
George s. Roleston, an assistant In the inhr-
mary, deposed that when deceased came in, DR..
Frost ordered tea-spoonful Of Lobelia Qinc
lure) to be given every hour Deceased was
steamed on Friday and Saturday. His disease
was typhus fever. A course of treatment III The
infirmary consisted of vapor bath, then dose,
then SCANNING and then an injection OF lobe
liza. A tea ea.spoonful Of medicine was gwen every
fifteen minutes. The tea, or composition EN-
ployed, consisted of bay-berry, poplar, sunaac,
cloves, ginger. golden seed or ucuma. and
cayenne. Witness had practised on the Thomp-
sonsan system before he weat into the mfirmary,
but has never studied medicine. Ga tuesday,
before he died, the deceased bled profusely at
the nose. The lancel;is never used in the in-
irmary. Three persons have died al the mfr
mary within the las. five months. The tlnctnre
Of lobelia consisted of equaI. parts OF the seed
and pod, immersed in alcohol.
Margaret Kay, nurse employed al the inhr.
mary, deposed that she gave deceased q teaeup
full of composition or tea, every little while
She also gave him two pills, and teaspoon full
of lobelia, and on Monday night some thickened
milk She has practised on the system four
years When left alone in the iutirmary, as
was often the case. she administered what she
| thought advisable. When the steam bath Is
given, cold water is thrown over the patient
while III the bathing box, Immediately alter the
steam.
DR.. Wildman Saw deceased a day or TWO
before he went to the infirmary. His iudlspo-
sition appeared to be slight; cold, with head
ache, &c.
DR.. Cheeseman Saw deceased two hours
before his death. He was then undergoing the
steaming process Thought he would Gle. Ills
1 pulse was very rapid and his nervous system
completely shattered Lobelia, is analogous TO
tobacco-a species of poison. Thought the
quantity administered would kill. Dad not think
deceased had any symptoms of typhus fever.
/ DR.. Rogers made post mortem examlnatlon
Disease was not typhus fever. Effects OF lobe
liza similar 20 those of tobacco. Is sometimes
used in practice; from FIVE to thirty grains may
be administered safely. A tea spoonful would
be abou, fifty grains The quantity said TO have
been taken by decreased would kid a healthy
person.
The jury returned the following verdict -
"That in the opinion of the jury, l,e death o
the deceased was oecasioned by general con
ges.ion Of the internal organs, complete pros
trasion of his natural functions aud nervous
system, produced by the administration Of dele
tlerious and improper medicine, while liz the in
i Urinary under the direction of Richard 4
Frost - "a
i DR. Frost surrendered himself. and was helt
to bail for 8 5000. He isa young man, and th'
Il Journal Of Commerce says that two or THE,
! years ago he. was an apprentice to Mr. Pye
learning the trade OF a locksrnith.-S e. Post