The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-03-30


not examine lhou fu rlnaelJ ~ d,d on ~
/ dHy, ! made un examination ofthe punclur
/ through tIrr ribs iut1 tiFr rHviiy ufihr ihpfHi
Hud through llo WCH.hrape internally, bt
I cav on gsiIks 81 fracture 90 ihe rhH,
suW rp Indications Of ll,e wound boz lh
side ih'ing rrn mndn wIfli knife, llu
/ ~ ilr uun % night have he'u done Wilh
-lirh
l7lh.- Do. NoopHRpGf HrHosa.-l LnY
been 100 prHciirG siuce lh9O, in li1stOn-
Nhl0 I wac student uf medicine necepte,
cyery opportunity I had 10 practice dissec
tlou, ! have been obliged, sometimes, Il
burn sOinu remains. Once bad lhe bod
Of % pirate HlyrH 90 100 whsH ! was living u
Curnhlll, u WuH very warm weather,
Wnuled ho hunrs, aud desired a. GET lhe ilesl
destroyed had q common fire place, Thu
body WIS mol q large one bui muscular hn'
had some ial, made q IRE at wood Hn,
nerh, mad kept poking aud keeping up whH
was q roaring Gro, II burned all night and ~
10 three in tle morning, and the mass Wnl
rfl hHif irtrurri ur, COURTS bHr ~ turn TIM
wood IN good aud lltle eau he burned ~
tine. Any day wood, such ~ pitch pune
would dO yory well a. huru, Tho smell 10
difficult 10 allny, and lhe operator would be
apt 10 be- found out through H. On QUO dos
ot my visit ! saw parts ufH body on hoard
The dlsscciiou oi the breast WIS done iu tho
urunl manner Of nuntouislri aud ~ one wlio
had not bpcu IN the hnl,O ofseciug disseclionr
could have done lho Thing 10 llo WY IL was
The ulGHrlr- between lhr homes were cat
through hs iar as four luchrs, the distance
thr ilrHh WnH taken rom oil the ribs, The
skin az the piucturc was taken away; mud
SOME one spid, when inquired about u be-
ing sab, ihni II WIS not, noted lhnt lho
aperture sefincd ns ifn tub had caused 10
whgu lIr mulrle waa tight II takes q very
thurp knife ro mnko cot ~ the ribs when
lie nhln h not liglt saw pcrlcclly clean
cut mnlr 10 ns neatly fu srllr Tie ril, which
thought mist hNc been given when the
body was alive, ! thought l might lnyc been
ihr mrrii- Of ilu death NJ q I,orson WA-
stabbed GO lhe heart, something would do.
pend oulhc position of tho wound ~ 10 the
hcmorrhuge, IN thise 1rr IL Would have been
inicfuul IN uie cusc Of these fcmnins the
para were peculiarly bloodlcss II rrmrd
us much Ho M ucW lhntts seen IN the shnni-
Llc-. glseLAc 81 lLg lllll n be- ELgl gL ~ !! n.
tFli, lao tkip Luu Loot tJr rlaaucuy hrlung.
ing Ia tie youug SUBJECT mud its thickness
denoted Hgc. i Judged the remains Com the
hnlr, aud consistency of the carriages, that
the person must have been between 80 aud
60. The body was Unusual ia formation.
ZION, IL natrowncss across the shoulders. it,
nnrroWHsa- nt the pohis, and tie IcuuiIy IN
the upper par. Il coftcspur,ird ~ tiirsu ~.
spccls 10 the late Dr.. patkmnn's general np.
pcnmurc when nliyc, lie had peculiar up.
ponrnncc. There was nothing disaiinilnr 10
what would hive expected Ia have found IN
it,- rbmHtH-. ir ruiur ut the huir on ttr
body was tie same as tint on las head aud
face. II is,uot 80 invariably, IN all cnscp. !
,lUttif FuFi.ll4aT 1.
40. lflhcrr had been my disproporion of
tie parts found, lo indicate that ihcy belong.
ed 10 different bodies, should have seen and
noticed H. never burned up body IN n
furnace. tliiuk thut the density or ihc heat
would hn us great iu tiupUas it would huNu
been iH the furuncu | saW IN Dr. Mchsier'A
laboratory The stove saw iu ihc same
room was better article 10 Tee. INV hut
one furnace iu the college. have uscd q
common stove, when disscctiug, to consume
humnu Arsh, Uloug with anthracite conl,
which ! think Ia NOT so good us wood. A
large Gual FIRE would burn up human nr-h.
II might lc possible that the wound might
hive lrd 10 tho heart, aud 10 hlood flowed
outward. This could bo accounted hr by
and also Toy the sudden stopping The circua.
ton olIhc blood, such as cutting lhc aoria
would effect. noticed The body perhaps
particularly on account oiits being supposed
10 be- rtr,t Of Dr.. pnrkman.
10th shc back aud front of lio body look o.
ed asif Il might have been DR.. pnrkmnu's.'
lslh-DR. FREDTRic :. AiNswoRrn. -- !
am domomsirnlor ofnnnlomy in the Medical
College, ard every body must ruS- through
my huuds before gors 20 tic studcGi7. !
kcopA record Of tho number OF tie bodies,
and Of the disposition olall it's pnrls 10 the
students. My attention was called TO this
duty on the REMAINS being found, tho details
of distribution agreed entirely. ! do not Fe.
member the number ofsuhlects Ind. ! saw
the rcmhins brought from the priYy. and came
to rtIu conclusion tiTut tire body had never
come to me, NJ the College, for dissection, or
was entered on my books. The first thing
we do IL Il inject q pTCscrvntvc fluid Ia solu-
zion of arsenic acid or chloride Of zinc, with
n saturated solution Of alum or saltpelrcl into
tho hlood-vcssels for preservation. Ii is u
vUry EuIrir tiuIrf, 7Tut rrrJrrts iho vrssufU m
slRntly. There were no such appearances
in le parts of the body saw. mndo no n
E#ly si-,-pr,-NNe -kas-He connection
with the College, in the anatomical depart
menI. Tie body did mol seem 10 be dis>cct.
ed for ultimate anatomical purroScAe. u um
of belief that the person who cut II up lad
no anatomical art. Tho person who did il
might have seen n body cut up, but he could
not have had the kuifo in his hand. differ
in this opinion WITH all The other medical
gentlemen way of removing flhc stcr-
mum is the only way it cun bc done by n
knife, and at the only places knife would
cut. The joints at the collar bone were sep
Rralcd by knife. The sternum might have
been removed by breaking tie homes,
Adjourned to next day.
THIRD DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
WEDNESDAY, March DIST, 1850.
lslh--DR. CHAnLEs Il. JAcksoN.-I am Il
chemist 10y profession. / wns one of the
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