The Nevada journal., 1854-08-04
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into more ahenyiable one. If, like DR.. Car
man, had placed mysefin such position from
| professional blunder--from not having adj
vanced beyond the surgeons primer-I would
not seek to "Uindicatc the ridiculous position
through an Imagination more obedient to an
| hypothesis than to truth. The DR.. exhibits
| much questionable ingenuity in bending Facts to
theories but he needs still more to 'vindcate
| his "redIculous position"
Now to the facts---then to the authorities.
deny entirely the statement made by DIR.
! Carman, that the persons at the bedside whoj
of course were best acquainted with all the
! facts, told him that "for one hour after the
blow Mr.. Wood had shown no signs OF injury,
&C." No such information was given. In the
presence Of the others | informed the DR., on
| his enquiry, that | was called to visit Mr..
Wood some two and a half hours before. That
! was informed that previors to my visit he had
been in a conlat0Se and torpid condition for
! half an hour | used remedies to producea re-
action. When reaction took place, bled him
some two pounds tiers tt the bedside
informed Dr. G.. that on being struck Wood
turned two or three times round in a bewidcr-
ed manner exclaiming "Oh me' and walked
| falterngly up the street, an presently return
ed---that his Uncertain motions attracted the
notice of several persons. III reply to relilark
of Dr. G.. that the blow must have been light
one, and could not have dane much harm, a
spectator told him the blow was heard across
| the street Now then the DR.. either manu-
facturcd his "facts," or he preferred street talk
to his own observation. and the information of
the immediate witnesses of the whole transac.
tion. He can take his choice of nferenccS, to-
help him from his ridiculous position" In
the mass Of information he rejected for street
rumor, was the word of Drs. Lark and r NJ.
| Hunt. And my opinion Of the effect of the
blow that it produced contusson, was coin
cidcd in by these gentlemen, and By DR.. Knox.
The extreme courtesy affected by DR.. c. to a
brother physician would have been better
shown by taking my work as to the precedent
fats, even if he reasoned differently from them
than did. His mistatcmcntS in the matter
deem unintentional. lie was selected as
the instrument of the party charged with the
violence, and may be excused for displaying
some partizanship some tendency to do their
work well-to make out their case, viz: that
! the holiday amusement Of cutting people was
a highly cXhilarating and pleasant pastme,
putting mcn, perhaps, in Il passion hut not
physically undesirable He is rxcusabe for
being a willing witness; for the objection
could only go to his crcdibilty. On the con
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several hours before he appeared on the scene.
was acquainted with all the developments Of
the injury had no motive but to restore the
patient. and was attending to this duty when
DR.. G. was announced. | had no objection to
his or other physicians presence, end ire atcd
him with the same courtesy that did other
physicians who called, and who did not deem
it necessary to appear as the officers of any
court, or the counsrllors of any prisoner.
TO my mind there needs no stronger evidence
of Dr. IS bias than his representation of what
occurred during his presence. Instead Of
Woods "mind being preoccupicd by the oc
currcncc' ard his "inccssantly speaking of it,"
he was continually talking of Il nail driven into
his head, through the car, and if not restrained
would have torn the car from the head. He
was only momentarily quietcd by fricud pre-
tending to take out the Dai He also went
through the motions of shooting pistol, and
asked if he had killed him, and ramblcd in his
mind about Il cannon he had ordered from Grass
Valley This was all he said during the cx-
animation as those present confirm my own
recollection, by informing me. These cratic
fancies of the brain constituting Tic pain of the
head 70 the existence of a nail that had been
driyca into it, we're the Obvious results OF the
bloat and not Of the insmt-it was injury in
fiictcd upon the physical system, and not passion
from wounded mind. | challenge the de-
ciSion of common sense. DR.. e.. is compelled
to deny the facts in the case tc commence his
argument; to deny the force of blow that was
heard across the street and made by a man
who coming armed with pistol for extreme
measures, was not likely to be sparing of
strength, because if the fact is admitted his ar
gument is mere stuff. The fact was given in
evidence at the court.
Another fact IN reference to Woods dinner.
Dir. c., says Wood went ito his dinner" and
says after the meal he was seized &c. | was
sitting at the table when Wood came H. He
slightly tasted of SOME soup, and then went ont
There is evidence OH oath that he appeared un-
conscious from the first Only the next NOR
ming did he recover his mind If he went to
his dinner as usual it was because he wandered
into the hotel but Q did not cat as usual This
DR.. C.. did know or should have known, for all
at the bedside knew it. Let any disintercsted
person read DR., C's and my detail OF the facts
and the testimony as given, and sec if 7 am not
accurate in every particular, while he nlsifes
lunlnteEtonally OF course) in every line. On
his false fabric he has hung quotations Those
quotations harmonic with the facts as they cx-
istcd, and confirm my Judgment, that the injury
was conclusion. DIR. Cooper as quoted by DR..
o., says "when violence is applied to the head,
the patient ID Immediately stunned" so was
Wood He exhibited as soon as struck all the
actions of a stunned and bewildcred person.
When first was called in, as | informed Dr.
e., halt an hour after the blow, he was torpid,
and exhibited all the symptoms stated by
Cooper, till my remedies produced reaction
The case OF pr. Abernathy is equally consis-
tent with the facts. Both authorities cited
however, by DIR. c. arc extreme cases of CON
cusSlon, and do not cover the symptoms of a
disease multifarious in its manifestations. DR..
Z: says, if there had been concussion. Mr..
Woods scnsibilhy and pouer of motion would
have been Paraiy@ed,' or partially so, as is
always and invariably the case in conclusion
OF the brain. Take that view of the matter
and the facts, and Mr.. Wood exhibited immc-
dlately the effects of concussion, for his ..scn-
LslbllltY and nnwer of rnnt:a,