The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-06-16
To Deer. HoIT.


To Deer. HoIT.
SiR:-1 notice IN editorial 10
your paper .: this moruing beaded, 'the o'stn
Of Mr.. Feunimore's children" II which you
say az 10 due to sAe community, - ehs rhy"e's"
and Apothccary. and more especially TO the De-
rsaved family that the facts connee;ed With the
d~s,h, should be more fully brought before the
pubic"
Ihsve ever been opposed to holding up Psi
vate gricfs, especially my own) TO the public
gaze; nor would upon the present occasion
have troubled ths community with single re.
mark Of mine, had not observed, that you cir.
prraamins to know great deal more Of The
death Of my children (whom you had never
even ssen,) than others who were with thfm
during their sickness, even to the moment OF
their death, especially the physician who attend
ed them and whose knowledge Of such matters
you will certainly admit, is nearly equal to your
own; had no, observed that you, cir, with
peculiar boldness that might induce some to be-
lieve, that you really did know something about
the case, had either ignorantly. OF Intentionally
misrepresented the very facts you thought il
d1 90 many, that you yourself should make
know to them and here allow me TO observe
that all the facts you felt called upon to make
known to the "bereaved family" you might have
spared yourself the trouble ef writing, ~ they
know themselves to be much better acquainted
with al the facts, than you BY any possibility
can be; but, if it were otherwise. ! frankly
admit, they would prefer applying to their own
Physieian, for reliable information. than to you.
But, cir, do you not observe you have given
ast contradiction to Or. Horr's statement with
regard to the qaansity Of this medicine, tsken
~ my dear children, (pardon this tender cpl
shes, II is 90 naturally By what authority did
yoa this had you his permission or did
you ienoran,ly or Intentionally make this 'ncor-
rect statement Of facts, that it vas 40 painful
yet % obligatory upon you to refer to; will you
forgive me if say you did ii Intentionally !
believe you did, and my reason for believing -,
is that you had true statement Of the facts
before you in Dr.. Iicrs's statement which you
contradict. Nevertheless his statement Is true
and yours is false. He says "the medicine was
given every two hours during the night on
Thursday, and until late in the morning on
Friday before the fatal mistake was discovered. ;"
This 10 true. You say, after speaking Of an in
lant ten days old who has been known TO take
twenty. eve drops Of laudanum at one doss and
survive-that Acre, less than one eth Of this
quantity was given, and repeated at intervals OF
two hours until three or fexr doses, (oniy, i i'm.
Piled, Of course) were given this Is false, pos
Mively false Doctor, for my dear little girl not
saiss three PEARS DID, took her first dose At nine
o'clock in the evening Of Thursday and her
last dose a, nine o'clock in the morning on Fri.
day, and my dear little boy. one year old, com.
meneine at the same hour, took his last dose at
eve the next morning in accordance with DR..
Hosr's directions; now, At intervals of hours
the former took seven teaspoon's full, and the
latter Eve. Aud nov, Doctor, 20 Tar a. relates to
the infant often days old Of whom you speak. you
should know BY your own experience, that
person may take q dose At one time with perfect
safety, which, atanother time, when the system
may b. more susceptible, would very seriously
question il not the quantity Of poison q person
may take ss one dose and survive, when il may
Be very easily removed by means with which
you no doubt arc familiar, but how much may
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survive when the drug has been allowed time
70 did6se itself through the whole system, to
pervade The brain, the heart and lungs, without
any means Of eounteractine its deadly effects !;
this, cir. 10 the point upon which you should
have concentrated your efforts, to convince me,
1t least that the death Of my children, was not
occasioned BY this "fstal mistsks" Of the Drug.
gist; but Why did you not inform us whether
the Is drops of Laudanum, were or were not
removed from the stomach Of that child Of ten
days old Of whom you speak perhaps to refer
to that fact was "too painfal.' and not necessa-
~ to bring before the people.
Towards the close Of your article yeu seem
to justify this act Of carelessness on the part Of
Mr.. Allen and certainly give encouragement
10 the boys in our drug stores to be careless in
that branch oftheir business, which all others
should Be attended to, with the utmost caution.
You say, "the mistake he made was such 4 one
q would rather show his knowledge than his
ignorance Of the properties Of medicine, q the
prescription - put up IN this case was such .
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80 Of cough resulting either from measles or
other cause, and one which DR.. Horr himself
has recently ordered in cases similar to the ones
then under treatment" In reply to this say
that have never doubted Mr.. Aliens knowl.
edge Of the properties Of medicine; ii il not
HE ignorsnce deplsre, but this one act Of care.
lsss~sss, which has resulted In depriving me Of
Two beloved children, and in introducing wretch.
edness and woe, where previously, peace and
happiness prevailed; neither have I harshly
condemned him, eisherin thought or word he
called upon me on Saturday evening. expressed
his regret for what had occurred, mingled his
tear with mine over my dead children and We
parted y We met, q good friends - usual But
Won say this mixture would be approved Of BY
Physicians generally, and one that DR.. Horr
had recently ordered in similar eases. For
whom did he order il! If yoa have the desire
You profess, for the people TO know all the facts
Of the case. why do you mol state all. was
the mixture prescribed By Dr.. Horr for an adult
o. for children know he has ordered this
mixture for woman, that he directed her to be
watched closely, and - soon ~ drowsiness, or
more Of an inclination to sleep should appear
than ssaal, that they were to stop 1t, md this
sAset was produced on this woman after taking
two or three tea spoonfas Of this mixture, At in
tervals Of two hours. Now, Doctor, let me
tell you that my little girl was running about
on Thursday, with the measles OUT on her, in
bold relief, that she was smiling 1t her unusual,
and 70 her, unaceountahle appearance she was
put 10 bed in this pleasant mood, asked for water
in her usual tone Of voice, skin soft and very
moderate fever, at nine o'clock she commenced
taking this deadly mixture, after which she had
to BE- aroused Il every interval Of two hours to