The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-02-13

then requested to the character Of her mslsd My
feelings were very naturally much enlisted In her be-
tigation OF her without entering ct this time
into details rs to the in which conducted the
critical survey most infinitely every
point, stated in broad and Language that
sns. .asr n' reply this o.s
are right" These few words full of meaning and
their import could not but appreciate They we're
ing Of unkindness towards those who had so cruelty
abused her The father was soon made acquainted
with the result of ation but he Indicated not
the slightest emotion His bearing quiet and deui-
fed evident that he had fatered for one
moment In the belief of his daughters virtue and re-
qured assurance from any other living being
that his child had been shsmefuy wronged He asked
be done to restore her to health and thought tho old
mans heart would break when told him that his daugh
ter was In the last stage Of consumption left him
with the pledge that he would inform Of her disso
luticn, and afford opportunity, by post norton
animation, of testing the truth Of my opinion
1Abou our weeks from thist ime received note
nouncng the death Of his daughter and requesting that
would Immediately hasten to the house for the pur
pose Of making the autopsy DR.. Ostrom now prsoti;
assisted In the examination 1t may surprise you but
yet it Is an interesting fact to communicates for 1t
hibts the true character of the that during the
post mortem examination the father stood by and wit
messed every stage of the operation his erect
his face pale and thoughtful and would have
broken tho agony of his grief AS he before me-
he not unlike the stricken oak In the forest which,
though blasted and stripped OF its branches WAS yet
the womb, he seized 1t convulsively, and exclaimed
This Is my trophy, and will return with 1t to England
and 1t shall confound the traducers Of my child"
Here, you perceive, both character and life
rhced by Of judgment the part OF those whose
counsel had been invoked. Without due appreciation
Of their nsibity-heedless, of tho dis
trcssing consequences which must inevitably result
from erroneous judgment of in which charac
ter was so deeply involved the medical gentlemen,
just to themselves and to the profession OF which they
should have been In part the rashy pro-
and lovely being, and crushed the heart of de-
voted and confding parent II the mis- fortune Of
ths young aoy 20 under an affection OF the womb
which simulated In several important particulars the
condition Of pregnancy and whilst the world, In Its
ignorance might have supposed that pregnancy did In
fact exist yet there no excuse for the physician
guided he should have been by the lights Of science
and governed by the truths of sound morality. When
stated unequvocay to the lady that she not preg
nant, gave opinion which knew would stand; my
examination was conducted in way which enabled me
accurately to comprehend that the whole train of
toms indicating CESSATION, occssoned by enlarge
ment of the womb, altogether unoonnected with preg
nancy and produced by the of large fbrous
tumor occupying the entire cavity of the uterus This
opinion, admit not arrived at without some de-
gree of fully justified by the peculiar
nature OF the issue involved in the decision.
Here at once the danger, might say
strongly and it would not be too sro crminaty
Of any medical man attempting to prescribe for any
symptom any disease of female patient unless he Ia
fully of the knowledge which 1t Is the
ofProessor Bedford to mpart in this valuable and in
structve Of lectures We glad the DR. goes
into the subject with the zeal which he has shown
are sure he will confer benefit upon the profession
honor upon New York and its University, and last
blessing upon his fellow creatures by the talent
and judgment which he displays, both in his general
practice and especially In this its most mpor
department