Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1837-06-22


hoard AN hour, or more, and returned in
the boat again TO the wharf At Il little nf-
fef o'clock, =. NJ, Mrs. Wise sent n re-
quest by my son, that would again visit
him with my partner, DR.. james V.
Tuner, as she thought him much worse
for his eXertions, aud she thought he did not
feel satisfied with my advice--alluding, ns
] supposed, TO the restraints it imposed up
On him. Neither of us were Immediately
fodhd, hut my partner as soon as in his
power, between and o'clock, Went to
his lodging, and there learned that he had
gone to the Steam Doctor's To be cured
We Iitard no more of the unfortunate pa
tient until we were informed at 5 o'clock of
his death. Shortly after, two respectable
citizens, Russell Clarke, Esq, and Capt.
Tracy, of the Revenue Culler, came to me
in the street, aud remarked upon the sud-
den death OF Capt. Wise, and spoke of the
prorriety of all Inquest, especially on ac-
count of u suspicion of his son that poison
had been given him by the ships Steward,
(neithef Of these gentlemen, as have since
uscertained from MIR. Mason, the Coroner,
applied fif an Inquest-bnt an individual
ci,izen Of the highest responsibility, with
whom never had amy conversation or COM
munication directly or indirectly Oh the sub
ject,) il was replicdlIi had seen no synp-
toms of poisoning, but that his family GER
tainly had Il right to any satisfaction that
could be derived from an Inquest. nci-
ther heard nor though; more of such II pro-
cedure, until after o o'clock at night, when
! was summoned, after gong to bed, to APP
pear before the Inquest as an evidence, ut
the house of the Steam Doctor where the
corpse lay-there | made ut the request of
the Coroner, Oh oath, II general statement
of the case as far as was acquainted with
it aud afterwards, on hearing the Steam
Doctors evidence, was asked by the Jury,
if thought there was any part Of his treat
ment of the patient that could account for
the sudden death. deliberately answered,
that ms ~ the other parts of treatment in
cludins the steainins, aud the four lmjecs
tions, which then supposed to be of the
ordinafy laxative kind, ! did not find it
necessary 10 make any particular observa-
tinns, hut rs To- the Lrbeiia, should not
have dared to administer it at all, in n
case like that of Captain Wise, especially
in the dose given t. him by Gardeners state
men,i two Of three .poonfnls, (lea-spoonfuls
supposedly dftlie dried Leaf, for fear of the
most dangerous consequences. In reply
IL a further question, what the properties of
LObelia were, 1t W ,s answered that II in IL
diciously administered, either as to the dose
or state Ofthe patient, it had the most death
ly Frustrating influence upon the vital Ell
srgies, and that | should expect it 10 have
such an effect upon such a case as that of
Capt. Wise-and spoke of it us often acting
as n deadly narcotio poison. This was de-
MED by Mr.. Gardiner, very positively.
The opinions Of Drs. Thos. p. Moore
and yames v. Yarnrr, being asked by the
jury npon the subject, both replied that
tl:uy were precisely as | had expressed
mine. Dr. }. V. Turner then necessarily
retired, in consequence of M urgent call,
aud Drs. Moore, Enoch Hazard, and my
self, were then requested to examine the
corpse, whicl, we did. DR.. Moore and my
self found no extraordinary appearances IL
bout the body. did not myself observe
50 much as the ordinary discoIorations, up.
on a subject dy ing in ii state of extreme cx
haustion, al the same period after death.
It is II ~ my duty, l conceive, to make
few quotations from some of the most re-
spectacle authorities upon articles Of the
materia n,ecicn, respecting the properties
of LOBELIA.
Wool f. Baehe's di.pcnsatory of the
United States of America-the highest au.
thOrity that can he referred to-says -
Its effects in doses large or too frequently re-
pcated extreme prostr0tion great anxiety and dis
tress and ultimately death, preceded by COMMISSIONS
Fatal effects have been experienced from It's Enpyr
&c al use.-Its dose, in powder, from five to twenty
grains"
Thatcher, in his universally approved
dispensatOry, says -
=" II is one Of the most powerful vegetables with
which we are acquainted and the rational practon-
or viii have to it but with the greatest pre-
caution. The melancholy consequences resulting
from the ire Of Lobela inata, lately administered
by the hands of naed Empyric, have justly excited
considerable interest and furnished alarming exam
pies OF its deleerous properties and fatal effects
fhe dose in which he said usually toprescrbe II,
and frequently with nnpunity, is a common tea
spoonful of the powdered seeds leaves and often
repeated. IL the medicine does not puke, or evacu
atc freely, it frequently destroys the patient, and
sometimes in FIVE or six hours. Even horses and
cattle have been supposed TO be killed by eating 1t ac-
cidentallyl'
Fire dose administered in the case of
Capt. Wise, allowing it to have been the
least stated by the Steam Doctor, on oath,
1.-TWO tea-spoonfuls,) it will be seen, is three
times as much as the highest authorities,
tfor such are those literally qu"ted,) allow
m he ~ 7hin the limits of propriety.