The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-10-27
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been drawn into , sts \, Near. 2, sssSaes
s: s sny charge s' aSanss them They bav.
made n9provoksd charges sen dome he patient il
gu ssfien- Ly me- well rs disposfsisn 10 inlu'e
them. =. ...ar. .ha fact.
In the case and ash the pnblic 4, decide as to the
marftso Of the issues they hare raised! nave never
said the mediclns prsscIicea 6y VI "a. oshsr than
compounded by War1ug reafces Wss o'n.a '-",'
II ia not my business to discuss theirreevant SIDE
raised hy hsss m o the pssns was probably
hastensd Thy his intem peraie habits ! rave
n.ther affirmed nor denied ins sn nj
Of the stomach had set in, aggravated by the oys
I, "a and spiritsn Here. then. Or. W. agrees WIN
me- thu. ans y ns ss wsoe e ssoae
Il nnirsd what cd the patient had taken. wast told
emily little en- cken sour the evening De'ors
taken and Mrs Woody's testimony wiii-how me
symptoms following the administration OF the pills
The proportion Of SpMR sar n0s ssys the pill
mainly consists OF the sniphate OF quinine" but
according to Dr. Warnings statement. the plesciips
csInmei N II we'll known to the profession that
ouinne in certain conditions OF the system ana om
ing to popularity OF constituons' viii oeon ms
Prereira Taylor. Baldwin, and other standard au-
thors show that from six to twenty grams OF pure
nnintne
sSmntoms resulting from the 20 sonous effects oi
auirine are very Analogous to narcotic poisons VI
baldwin, in his admirable treatise upon tne or
GUS properties Of quinire. says 1t 10 governed more
perhars ia It's modus operapdi by inherent idiosy n
cracies Or created predspositiors. than any other
i make these scientific developments in order to
enable the public to Judge more clearly OF The meis
of the case. l exceedingly regret thai my name
the public but feel it my duty to repel the CHARGES
and to present fairly the facts and history Of the
'Io snbinin The statement of Mrs. Woody, which
wilt speak for itself she is highly respectable, and
her fanny slso and they are connec ted WIN some
of the most respectable and people IN the
State. AJ.CVoNc' VI ~ Oh 7'roe''
Mrs. Woolys Statement.
Since the controversy between DIR. Coons and 9th
ora seems 10 have assumed an unpleasant pnase anc
believing DIR. Coons' position to have been design
ed aeaye 70 M WooSV
who subsequently died at my house. and whom l
momentarily saw from the tine he came to my
to the time Of his death very cheerfuIly sate. fol-
the benefit of all parties what know relative to
Dr. Co0ns' position IN the matter:
day. csaber Isi, Mr.. Woody {the deceased) was
brongh. r. my house apparently in very feeble
condition. but continued to grew peter ana 4eeea
he took t,co pills. as directed Of IT. IL aIing
About 10 or IS minutes after taking these pills the
patient was iaed with violent attack OF vomiting
after which he epinced strong and, indeed. uncon.
trolIabie desire to sleep In two hours subsequent
a. DIR Waring had directed, an effort was MADE to
give the patient tac0 more pulls put ne etoutly re-
fused anu would only take one pill AZ soon as ne
had taken the one pill of the second dose, he was
again seized with the vomiting, tJectirg from the
stomach dark and bloody matter e2claimiug, i
am a uued man; DR. Waring is killing me, and u
ever get I'D will gee him about it.. lie fell on
into sleep condition again, and remained 80 until
about O'clock the next morning, tsatuIaay.l ne
then became restless until about ociock, when ne
was taken speechless during this whole time the
natient was unable 10 move limb at all nor did he
make the effort to do SO till just before ne became
speechless He suddenly jumped out OF bed and
took several steps, and was il the act OF 1aiiinR.
when caught him. The only word he uttered was
TO AJAX for his brother-h5 never spoke afterwards
At this juncture, DR.. Co ma was broush' in Dy my
husband When DR.. Coons came in. he remarked
directly that he was iaboriGg under an attscE OF
apoplexy. do not now recollect whether l asked
DR. CooDs any questions relative to the patent or
whether DR. Coons a ked me any when he FIRST en-
tered the room Ireeolect Or. asking me, after
wards VIVA. sort of medicine Mr.. Woody wes taking;
to which replied cid not know,-When Dr Coon,
insisted that Dr. Waring be called 10; an0 90 nor
now recoiiect whether objected to DR.. wan or
nv opinion. DR.. Coons, an confident mace no re-
mark concerning Messrs. Waripg fearce until the
nils were handed to him by some one IN inc house;
and when told that they were put up az the store OF
Waring Pe8rco, remarked he could not tell by
biting them What they contained, but from what he
knew of W airing a Pearce, he thought thsm compe.
tent 5ru ggi-ts and Md be trusted DE- Cons old
remark distinctly that there might be solaethtI0
aprong' but he did not make any application OF the
remark-whether it was the me dlclnF or not. Du.
ring the whole time. c,nsiaered Dr: C0ons acted
very prudenty, and with most perfect Difference 70
Dr. Waring as v ell as VI ssrs Warning Il Pearce.
' Il W Woody.
King William October 2fth, 1853. &C N-ltf