The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-01-03

cuse Tor The act" Or H. bbard said that Dir Cark
| stood gh in the profession, and had been praet-
TONER of medicine for fifteen years.
BY CouYsEL.-Dr. Hebbard, what do You know
| about the manner in which Dr. CLARK treated This
easel
| Answer Il only know from representation
Qnestion-Is sleeping pregnant woman wi,h
| hot catnip tea, soaking her in flannel, and rub
| bling her with horse Imminent, proper treatment!
| Answer-In the early stages OF pregnancy II mat
tersvery little, there is medicine that IS proper
| for colds fever, that would place at hazard tbs
life Of the patient, be likely to create abortion
| nor even In the middle stages. saw Mrs kikeman
in October, and Supposed that she was in the family
way as matter OF course. .
| DR.. ANDERSON, Can aged gentleman) sworn. II
the disease was bilious remttent fever, from what
| have heard of the treatment, il was correct IL
was Of no importance whether she was pregnant or
not
BY CouxsEL-Doctor, do you consider his calling
the lump cold and giving her medicine 10 scatter
| the ''tumour," TO be correct practice!
Answer Every physician understands the
| mode of treatment with his own patients heat
| do rot know any thing about it
| CoUNsEL.-You may go, Doctor; we don't want
| any thing farther frem you.
| Da. JerL FolrER sworn-If the disease was
remittent fever, the question Of pregnancy Weud
have made no difference in the treatment. Bleed
ing ot,cntimes good and of,entimos injurious. 1t
| is no. so easy TO effect abortion as you may sap
pose.
BY CoUysEL-Whea the disease was pregnancy,
would you have rcsored 10 the treatment that
was shewn
Ansxer-Pregnaney is not considered disease.
Question-ls 1t not the duty of physician, sir,
to ascertain the complaint of female before pre-
scribing for her
| Answer-lt is, as nearly as possible"
Question l. not ignorance, In physician, as
bad as intention If he save anything calculated
| to destroy life, would il not be bad practice
| Answer knew nothing Of the case but what
heard from DR.. Clark. would reduce a fever as
| soon as possible. do not think medicine given
1 ... r. ..ntlI
| By a JuRoR-There is a regulation of prices by
| the Medical Society, from which ply sicians are
| allowed to deviate, according to circumstances.
| Thinks where case Is Irrigated, physician
should have than where it is settled IN friend.
ship; supposes dollar, ora dollar anu a half vi
| sit, TO be about correct.
| DR.. TAYLOR sworn-Doctor, you have heard the
| treatment in this case, do you suppose it TO have
been correct, and according to the practice you
yourself would probably have pursued!
| Answor-Bein. married female, should have
| been on my guard how ] treated her; sickness at
the stomach and headache arc common symptoms
| of pregnancy; had been called, should have in
vestgated the further and II found 1t result
ed in pregnancy, shoald have been very particular
in my treatment; should look upon any other
treatme mt as being highly culy able; had there been
| any doubt, should have resorted to the tetbe-
| scope, and If i asccrtained that a woman was
pregnant should have moderated my treatment;
should certainly not have treated her the same as
| if she was not pregnant; it would not be good
| practice to attend a pregnant woman for two or
three months, and doctor her for "water;" thinks
the plaintiffs saying the child was a lump, and
must be dOctored and scattered away, to have been
very bad practice. We need not say that these
| sentences are answers TO questions propounded by
the counsel; both sides, in general, being down up
on the witness at the same time ! should have
| asceftained what the lump was, whether il was
dropsy, or absccss, or pregnancy.
| Question-Was there danger OF using liament,
| such as this, in case Of pregnancy!
| AHswer-lf IT was an actlyeyiniment, should
be afraid OF its getting to the bowels and creating
| abortion. Spirits of Turpentine sometimes acts
| upon the womb. should not have resorted to sti
mna.ins medicines, unless the fever was eXccs.
| svciy severe. Doctoring for an entirely different
| disease from what he woman has, may indace
that was not pre- viousy in her system Very
ders sufficiently powerful to scatter tunior, might
do so; but do not know Of any powders that would
| have such effect.
| Cross examined -Ilcadache and sick stomach are
common 10 bilious remittest fever. Thinks disease
might be produced by very active medicine, but do
not think that bilious remttent fever could be so.
That results from miasma or poison in the air.
do not think it could he acquired in any other way
! Knows nothing about this case, but thinks from
hat he has heard in evidence, that if he were call
| ed to a female with such symptoms, should think
| her TO be pregnant There are certain points that
canAot be mistaken. j can say nothing about this
| particular case. Was called upon by Mr. R'keman
| to testify. A physician can tell best about his own
| patients. Witness is 81 years Of age Has been
nine years in the profession, and seven years in
| practice.
| DR.. Posr sworn.--Tbinks the evidence OF DR..
Taylor generally to be correct. Fever powdersarc
snch as to create perspiraion, and would not pro-
duce fever. Bilious remittent fever arises irem an
| impure atmosphere. Sick headache alone would
| not show bilious fever With regard to hot fer
| meat atoms they may be sometimes used in fever.
Persons might give cathartics in levers when not
| pregnant, that would not be proper when they are
| so. Powders that have direct tendency to pro-
duce abortion, are not given in ievcrs. Thinks
that il other practice resorted TO. i. might 10.
| jure the child and the mother
Dr. FIELD swOrn-Did you attend Mrs. RIkc-
man in her confne
| Answer did
Questios-Ead the child gone its full ,imel
| Answer-It had.
| Question-IIsve you heard the evidence in this
case, and if so, state to the Jury what you think in
| relation to iti'
Answer My opinion agrees generally nth that
Of DR.. Taylor. think, ON visiting Mrs. R'keman,
the frst conrse Of DR.. Clark should have been TO
| ascertain the nature Of her disease, and to have
treated her differently. Thinks he symptoms that
have been described, might have been produced By
| medicine.
| Oue,tion-You attended Mrs. X. in February,
| when she was conGned-what was her situation
| Answer-l found her TO be an exceedingly we'll
formed woman, with good consultation.
Question-liave you had much practice IN eases
| of this sOrtl
! Answer-I have bad good deal Of practice in
| obstetric cases. Had charge Of the lyipg-in de-
| partm ent of the alnshousc, and was with the pa
iients before and nj. er they WEE confined think
| the treatment Of DIR. Clark was imrrudent. fo'
| the few first months OF pregnancy, iii. somewhat
| difficult Of discovery, blu, when the child quick
ems IL is easily asceitainsd. IL physician Is qua
lifted, and takes pains, he can have no difficulty j.
findins out, and if nc gave medicine that weule
be likely to produce abortion, IL could not be good
practice. think from the evidence that mas peer
given, that Mrs. Rikeman didn't show symptoms
OF bilious fever; she would not have been able oi
so long time, to gctup asd go 10 the fire to DC
rubbed, but would have been confined to hsr pea
Her symptoms we're much more like those OF preg
, nancy than Of fever. Remedies wi not aiway'
prevent sickness at the stomach; they may ease
medicines in fcyers have a tendency 10 reduce I'M
| vital powers and tones are afterwards gwen 4
restore them DO not think the treatment OF DIR