The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-02-10

The Dem1h Of Mr.. whitney and the Probanl
Controversy.
INTERESTING LycrUAs or DR. ROY AT THE C0oPEI
NsTIrUTE-HE ADvo GATES The MODERN PRACTICE
AND THE USE or TnB PRoBAN0 AND NITRATE "
sILyER-His REVIEW o. THE WHITNEY CASE.
Dr. n Eyre Foy censate ~ the Royal College Of Sur
geons Ednburg delivered inAructive and entertaining
lecture last evening the Union h Of the Cooper In
stitute, "the diseases OF air passages and
their treatment" In which he specially dss~ssed The
Of the probang and tube and reviewed the circumstances
attending the death Of the late Mr. Whitney ana the re-
DENY Of Medicine. The medical profession was wei re-
presented and behind the rostrum were hung several
anatomical charts casts, plates and Instruments which
attentively examined by the audience.
The Doctor commenced by stating that some twelve
years since Professor Simpson, OF EinburR discovered
s % hsve BEEN aur%a an n ss
OF the professor The patient laid upon the
table, and the knife In the surgeons hand whom the
patient mysterously died. without any that the
searching post mortem examination could reveal Need
he AJAX what would the verdict Of the world learned and
unIearDed, have been bad Professor Simpson arrived
time and the Effects Of been How
many unjust would have been adduced and might
be argued that because one event followed in succession
70 another that therefore they should bear the relation
OF cause and effect That reasoning would multi
pcity cases. and had Professor Simpson
ch0roform that obvi0us sntid0tc would
obterated from the medical world Just now in this city
we seemed to have acted the ground Of
ing Mr.. Whitney had had his throat incidentally topl-
Gated and Mr. Whitney died. and the world reasoned that
because Mr. Whitney had had his throat treated that he
died Of such medication Out Of evil, however, time
came good. The learned Sidney Smith once said
that "some good would accrue from the killing OF a
bshop but in this democratic county bishops not
q so much account He Dr. Foy) was induced 10 deliver
the lecture from no other motive than desire 70 aay
the panic which had been created in the public mind and
be determined to tell the truth far in him lay,
intended evening describe the anatomy OF the boay
some OF Its diseases and to enter into history Of their
local or topical treatment, and also % give q
review OF the case Of the late Mr. Whitney. He
wished TO in the beginning that he independent of
all partisan feeling, whether be called by the name OF
Beales, Mott Green; his would be uius ddictus
jurdre BY respiration breathing CONTINUED the lee
turer) the blood purified and animal heat was gene
rated The neat Of every animal body in exact ratio
TO the amount OF air that the inhaled and Of the
three great requisites Of fefo0d water and ar-there
OF them OF 30 much Importance to the living
being as air. After speaking Of the functions and
diseases Of the Serious membrane, the Innings OF
the chest lungs, air passages, and describing, from
anatomical preparations and casts the arynx and achea
abe Doctor referred to the several diseases of the lungs
throat &c and spoke OF Group and hopping cough and
throat, which had been successfully treated by
the of the probang and the injection OF nitrate OF sill
ver lie quoted several medical authorities England
Ireland Scotland and this country sustain his position
and paid marked tribute to Dr. Horace Green for being
the first TO introduce the probapg and tube TO the medical
men, not only of this country but Of Europe He then al
luded to the Whitney case, and spoke as folows:-Dr
Green he said first Mr. Whitney the 25th Octo
Der; he then examines Mr. 70 chest finds chest thin
little depression the left thoracle wall with less expan
sion on the left side Percussion gives fat sound all
the upper portion OF the left lung slightly dull right sde
hurried role click heard below the left clavice
in both inspiration and respiration. His epgouis and
ssns Dr. hss cavy exs's
at the upper part OF left lung, and that II was
aoD v % CAVITY TINS will r. me written
animation. On the 9th true cavernous respiration is
heard and that admitted all hands be unequi
Here is the FIRST great issue Was Green wrong and seaes
right or @ he sna US = ~ Dr. Green
tain sounds which al physicians recognize as
failingly symptomatic Of consumption Dr. BeaIes
did not hear but he apostrophses the inven-
ton Of the stethoscope immense benefit TO science
Well it is true i looks scientic many imagine it to pos
however, by those who know Its use. once heard an
old gentleman, nearly az venerable looking Dr. Beaes
praise it in no measured TERMS he could detect any
Thing with 1t. The first time l him apply it, he
turned the wrong side to his ear Qaughter), as il
telescope, and the first time he uses II see him turn
ing the large end TO bis eye. will not say DR..
not Ss os % Ss
good ausculator who in every possible case did not
prefer his ear to any instrument, however chacun d
sos goat. look with suspicion on the man who Is
continually with the stethoscope in his old Peile hat
Let us hope the Doctor meant auscutation the
great invention, not the stethoscope. And now who
shall decide, when Doctors disagreed DR.. Green Is
samsd BY the Ct the profession 70 BE-
k beau nond, confess l never heard before thi
case seldom read the reports Of other than medi
Blu, had Dr. B. contentea himself With simply stating
that he possessed sufficient auscultatory knowledge TO
detect disease, had any existed, would not dare to
question his sagacity. But the Doctor condescends
to give us q reason why should attach importance
to his opinion-thus following the example Of many
Judges, whose bare opinions would command respect,
but, accompanied by the reasons which led TO 3he
conclusion provoke ridcue. II Is to be supposed
that the Doctor gave his strongest reason; and that
IL, that he has been fifteen sixteen years medical
therefore must know something Of the S.eshoscope.
Softly, my dear doctor, the old Stethoscope- admiring
gentleman to whom alluded, held that situa-
the CALIFORNIAN Insurance Company, that saw him
make that egregious mistake. Let us view the mat
ter logicaiiyDr Beales is examiner Of chests for
carts ergo, Dr. B. must know the use Of ausculration
have looked upon the moon and stars nearly every
night for thirty years that they vsbe therefore,
by parity Of reasoning must be astronomer. Or,
indeed, to take clearer case, the Doctor must have
read English works Of the best style, and correctly
spelled, for nearly half a century; he, therefore
must write and spell English correctly. Such s the
logical inference; but rs TO the reality Tell It
not in Gath. The Doctors literary labor enabled me
to appreciate Jobs exciamation-"0h, that my enemy
would write a book" No, If Dr. Bcaes wishes TO give
why bis statement should be credited in contra
distinction to Green's, let him give US a sound valid
son. Let him inform US in what school, under what
ed the authority to place NJ D. after his manner What he
has done for the promotion Of scence Dr. Foy concluded
his eloquent lecture by reeratng the statements of Dr.
and advocating the treatment or rather Of the
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