The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-10-25
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~ forced, by publication from DR.. Coons 20
s Ss ne paho u a.s s
~ Intended to ~ oduoe fhe PRECISION Thai .ns
of Mr.. woody was caused ~ po,sen eyn.alned, 10
preston he ha already produced on tho attend
In Mr Woody's chamter the morning Ing died VI
has, by his publication plainly rasd the issns.
and its dissection must OF necessity, nreE disg ace
on me who prescribed the medicine. q, mafins
Pearce, Apo .hecares who compounded " Or on
nimself, who has preferred Charge, wfhch, II not
After stating 90 the authority OF Mrs Woody. the
sster-in-law Of the deceased that aIter eIot pa
gwen by her he 1.-THE PATIENT had vomited dark and
bloody matter, ana rs SOON q. the vomiting hha
ceased. after each dose, he had fallen into stupid
or sleepy condition, from which II was difncuit 70
rouse him and for aIi hour two before Was called
in he could not be ronsed. she SAID she tnought
the pills hat injured him, and COMPLAINED OF VI
Waringn DR.. q. PR ceeds to express his own opin-
make these poin' on the superstition There was
something wrong" Notwithstanding DR.. aTlng
and Waring and Pearce say it was impossible"
that any mis'ak could have occurredln CO npouna-
ing the prescription.
there is no doubt on my mind, but that The symptoms
IN thus Wcre greatly agra rated oy some HrHnV
substance taken tnto ne 81 n'0ct ,n ppa.nral
that these symptoms Gould arise IRON ha'uiai
causes.
G to say That the pills prescribed csuseo 'no
death OF the pAtieat. :. .,
Nv reply to this charge is contained in . few
word: 4 furnished no MT dicine to Mr.. Woody; ana
gave writteo prescription for the ,tient. Gallo.
mel & aims. Quinine ~ grains, mix ana maxi pa "a
pills. give every three hours. This was habasIu
to a aten iaut TO be prepared usual ty an apotn
ecary. The family know who prepared it. and csn
easily find il, any other pr scTption may na.
given On application to the shIp at Which II was
nut mn. Tht truth OF my statement can thus be
readily provedor disproved. For the proprlsss! u
the treatment, have the authority Oh bave hen
self as he hes said th at what light TO nave
given (see Mrs Winstol's statement.1 auu ~ ,pnoI
sumo would be difficult for DR. q TO ma u ;n
Or 4ctitiontr whe would differ with nm 10 lbs
I defence -
simple statement-no arguu ent ]. neoeSsy " IL ia
tain it, 1t there Was any error IN the 10 Tor il
app ant that in degree respop Ie ~
The on Iy remaining parties that can be mp
are Aessrs Wsring Pearce. VINO put up NV 10 ID d.,
scription 1t il nUI my business or pufpoeo VI
fsna them they are fully competent to perform tha'
service for themselves. may howeVet. DC p1t ~.
ted 10 oh serve that their reputation lot sh ~; ha
accnracy is 81 fficieat guarantee, but 4 TINS 9e
dispu ed nothing easier than TO srhJect tns I
cine 10 cheslcsl analysis WHICH WIN i''''
ny them nicely discharged The oridit airy duty
of M s;cian TO his patient in writing pIeSop
tiol admitted TO be adapei to the ex'gehei9' y,
the case which prescription ives prepared Dy a
com pete mt atoibecary ithUut PARTNER asshey o
IA mar cannot tie in any way responsible, even
| If ndisonous material were introduced by mistake
or otherwise ] performed my Ousy, ana performed
il correctly The most f.stidIous anhot oeliese .h
Dir C. therefore, to fasten it upon ma NUT De re-
uarded both by the professional and non proIeS
souai public equally UNJUST ana aDsuru. Det
tue pills undoubtedly contained no poisonous suD
stance whatever, and the CONCLUSION Is obvious .a
the diagn5sis OF ir. even with the valuapie as
sistance Of his consulting physician, MS Woody,
wa, CHROME ,u5, InGeeI, There appearsto naFeseen
some difference of opniol as to what was the mat
attendant Nrs W. and Dir. C. In their twenty
minutes consultation no ether. person was III the
room with the patient except to bring wh ~ was
called Tor" Mrs US diagnosis teing that IL Was
the fault of the pills and DR. WariI G; while Dr. y
defended Dr. W.. ard hardy thought he would
have had any doubts about its being case OF apo
piezy hal not Mrs. Woody been confident in her
It ,tsnents aud her answers to my inquiries"
This knotty question appears to have bes settled
Ia Mrs. Woody favor b? some half d zen or more
PROFESSIONALLY 'cientibc aud experienced no
aoust-ali Of whom s5on ned to have some suspl
Coons appears to have welded gracefully. as wet
disposed persons ought to do when. in u medical
consultation. tn re is SO large majority against him.
But let DR.. =. tell his own story: .
Il adopted the appropriate remedies for the relief
of the patient, though ielt be was in dying cnn
ditlon. a u he sunk III about an hoar afterwards.
Dr. {! does not tell US What these appropriate
remedies we're, but am informed By persons who
were present, that one OF them was copious bleed
ing; anu il the patient was already in dying con-
dition, there is nothi! & very mysterious" IN the
face that he sunk in about an hour afterwards
The truth is there was nothing my s:ei ous" about
the or its termination, and all the fuss DR.. q
has msd5 about it il simp ly ridiculous The pa'.n
was, to say the Least, iinprudent in eating aud
drinking, ard had inGul ged 100 freely in oysters
and spirits DR. e. lis therefore correct in the opr-
ion that "the symptoms" Che should have said dis
easel were greatly aggravated ~ some irritating
5ub5tanc tax into the ST. mach. 1t required Dc
ghost to tell that But when he aflirmS that 1T
is Impossible that these symptoms could arise from
natuIal causes" he made assertion directly OF
posed to the testimony of the best authorities the
subject, and to the observation of all experienced
physicians.
The III charge of dark, bloody matter from the
etomach. Iatsgous t. The black voniit of yellow &c
yer, occurs in many diseases, and has been ire
Quently observed in bilious gastlC ieyers, the
congestion Of the brain producing coma the swollen
state OF the stomach and bowels known by ph! NJ
cans meteorism, are all of them iLcldens which
occur by No means unfrequentiy, towards the tel
mination Of cases OF ver Indicating II fata resuit
but without exciting the slightest suspiciol OF
either apcpexy poison. do not mean 10 tiJcuss
these points in newspaper, but content myself
With appeal to my medical brethren for conhr
NATION OF my atements
DR. c. thinks he has "a ted To r0ugh0 out with be-
coming pr0priety," au assumption which it is per
haps rash contradict, as he is sustained by the
h ph authority of Mr.. JnO W Woody. who is no
doubt a. competent Judge of medical ethics, a.
Mrs Woody and the hsif dozen other medical coup-
selor= OF DR. c. OF distinction in disease. have
no disposition to disturb his seltcompiacency, it, i'll
coo rtfieC ton his conduct. he retain this
opinion. l content. | have merely sought to
defend self from unmerited censure, and leave it
TO The public to decide whether have succeeded in
the atielnlt. l.. Il. WARiNG, NJ. ID.
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