The Nevada journal., 1856-03-21
ATTEMPTED observation-disclosures

iasl, just AFTER Qafk, as LIT. Harvey III
, was returning to town on foot from pro
tessional visit to the house of Mr.. j. n
Turner, man stepped out from behind
, large tree, and discharged pistol at thu
} Doctor, the ball lodging in the muscles O
his arm. The Doctor, not knowing whc
his assailant was, started for the stage
which was just at that time coming along
when the assassin fired again, without, for.
tunately, doing any injury. Another pis-
tol shot was heard shortly after by per.
sons in the vicinity, and man passing
by, hearing groan, went to the spot
whence the sound proceeded, and found
the assassin dying. DR.. Hunt came to
town, and Sheriff Wright proceeded to the
spot for the purpose of making an arrest,
but was met on the way and informed Of
the suicide. The deceased was Swede
named John Brown. A surgical ex-
animation was held by Drs. Knox and
Lark The muzzle of the pistol was
placed in tho mouth and discharged, the
ball lodging in the back part of the brain,
The verdict of the Coroncr's Inquest was,
"Died by pistol discharged by his own
hand"
About the 9th of December, 1854, John
Brown was injured by the falling of a tim
Der, and on the 18th of January, five wseks
afterwards, the County Physicians, DR.. II.
Hunt and DR.. Alban, were directed bv the
County Judge to take charge of the patient,
who had previously been under the charge
Of DIR. Won Poellnitz. The County Physi-
clans decided that the patient was suffering
from an unreduced dislocation of the left
| hip joint. The limb was shortened from
2 ID to 3 inches, and immovable. the toes
turned in, resting upon the other foot.
showing clearly that it was case of dis
location not complicated with fracture.
On the following day, after explaining to
the sufferer the difficulty that existed from
the socket being filled up, owing to the
length of time that had elapsed since the
accident, and the necessity that existed of
so bandaging the limb after reduction as
to keep it i'll its place until absorption was
caused by the head of the bone upon the
substance deposited in the socket, the limb
was reduced, the patient expressing him
self that it was in its place. 1t was still
found that the left leg was half an inch
shorter than the right, which the patient
said had been the case from boyhood, hav
ing received an injury when quite Young.
The limb was properly bandaged and the
patient left in comfortable condition but
within twentyfour hours the patient had re.
moved the bandages, andshad been ont upon
the floor on his feet The reason he oove f,r
so doing was that the bandages hurt him.;
The socket being SO newly filled with cartil-
eges, the bone, when the pressure was taken
oil, returned by the action ofthe muscles to the
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dislocation was again reduced, and again were
the bandages removed by the patient, and for
the same reason as before, because it hurt him
All remonstrance or argumc1t on the part Of
The physicians was of no avail. They com.
planned to the County Judge of the intracta-
bic disposition of the patient but he reouested
them to pcrseverc Again they reduced the
dslocation, and applied a starch bandare
which the patient ripped off with bis knife
cutting the skin in several places in 80 doing.
Losing all patience, they again informed the
County Judge of the difficulty they had with
him and of the utter impossibility of dong anv
thing for him. The Judge then discharged
them from further attendance on the patient.
A lew months later, urged on no doubt by
some malicious individuals, Brown singled
out DR.. Harvey Hunt against whom he insti-
tu'ed suit for mal-practice in case of"Dis
location of left hip joint and also fracture of
the hone Immediately below it, DR.. Won
Poellnitz having treated the case for several
weeks for this injury. This suit for mal-prac.
tlce has never been brought on for trial, though
Dr.. Hunt has always been anxious to have it
brought on, and has steadily refused all offers
OF compromise.
As soon as DR.. III. Hunt was informed of the
suicide of Brown, he immediately insisted upon
having that hip joint dissected, which by re-
quest of the County Judge in connection with
Justice Niles, the Coroner, was performed by
Drs. Carmen and Knox. The head of the
thigh bone was removed and being cleaned
showed conclusively that the bone was not and
never had been fractured, and that the diagno-
SIS OF the County Physicians was csrrect, it
being case at dislocation.
We have detailed the facts in this case at
considerable length, in justice to DR.. Hunt
whose life has frequently been threatened of
late by Brown.
ANOTHER BIG LUMP. We were shown
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