The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1859-05-25
More Medical Juggling.
GREAT EXCITEMENT At THE ACADEMY
OF MEDICINE!
FALSE THEORIE S EXPOSED
THE CAUSE OF WHITNEY'S DEATH
SHROUDED IN MYSTERY.
THE TRUE sCTE.7'CB RBp,E1LBB

CONDITION FEELING or BETWEEN HIS LAST
TREATMENT BY DR.. GREEN AND HIS DEATH
"DEcENnER Il. ls5S-About one in the afternoon, |
state OF the most intense excitement. suffering and
terror m answer to INV INQUIRIES as TO what had hap
pcned lac answered: 'Slt down Bealc~, and viii tell
you the trlth was such fool a. 10 TO Dr. Green
to he operated upon, and the id villain has killed
See Dr. BeaIe's statement before the Academy Of
Medicine, IN the city Of New York, a. published in
the Ny Herald, Jan 20, 1859
The unfortunate death Of Mr.. Whitney Is another
evidence Of the uncertainty and unrelablity Of the
treatment, for the cure Of the sick practced by
the Medical Faculty. The death Of this eminent and
welIknown citizen created an excitement of such
magnitude as to induce the Academy of Medicine to
demand an investigation Of the treatment the deceas
I'd sd beeB Hder, AMI Of the Hnme edate cause Of hs
death. Yet, after a thorough and searching post
mortem examination. 10y the most able skilled, and
eminent Physicians Of the Regular Practice-the
Members Of the Academy were unable 10 decide to
the "mmedate cause OF death" and in their report
to the Congress Of wise Physicians there assembled
admitted their incOmpeeucy Of solving this difficult
problem The sad case presented to us IN the painful
occurrence. Thousands Of human beings. who trust
their lives IN the hands Of physicians whose treat
ment and practice = based upon the theories follow
ed 10y the Medical Faculty, are suddenly hurried of
TO that undi-eoyered country. from whose bourne
No returns. rom tht leHulhoh4 produced
before the Academy Of Medicine. We are not prepared
TO assert the immediate of Mr. Whitney's death
was produced y the application OF the nitrate Of 81
yer through the tube or by the pruhang. but 30
most emphatically assert that the dca.h Of the IA
mented Whitney Was fastened 10y the treatment
ana in ar,r ,I,ar. Tp5,a ,i, ~ " - =, i ~ ~
~ m i i anu ''l''l'''" .NiiAhl'' N-Iilth lit
/ -, - ,i,,,.,.., g. ,e--
THE GREEN SYSTEM
! There J. another y stem Of practice becoming
| qmle PoP"!W m te treatment Of Consumption,
@ @l' 'l't oi '.ls ,IIttil, OF burhh9 method" when
S@l,!S'S 9. 90 4lLH-'hs d,"h the throat solution oi
nitrate 81 silver Tor the purpose Of burning the con-
! creuonS that may be there formed
! We look upon tins practice as dangerous as that
OF the udling: Tor, instead Of healing the lungs, in
l 'lo> 1 l',btI'leS itIi5te@ ana Pi o-
duce9 sores, ulcers. &c. II is blind. unsafe. and
% In 'i treatment ana VIII XII more
| it - W. a,,. lg:, 10; .lf. .;, -. ,.- 4 %
y - I'' ~ u',-lsI ih lhl- aTucle. 70 dlScuse the
i,Nt ,'-. "a l-S An't ana i2tiueS IN tiie
k"i"us y SAla,ed rom jhc l4th OF Decem'
" ~ '1''' :" r. b'St''He, G'll we 40 most re-
t.,s,t - - ~ ~ e 'ahl'l1 "a. bgaICs
"Il' ~ 'Pit ~, from iile evidence gwen
p-tI"it - 'IiS ~ AI'u"I! vt Ht'cne kht" more 81 tne
~ Ps. 80 IN % M IN, C'','ut.' NV "a u. III NJ " ht
ntI system tiiah any one eiSe-hat Railways Ready
nenti' hrSuI.ihE rus, ana hehoVatlhg kesolVeht
"Vuiu ia, n, ~ , l ~ nm
N, 7, : : Al ~ ~ y / " l'i bf,NLtS-
~. b.aitH eGa l4IlH. the hGInber oi years tha
| ! nave attended Mr. Nhihey ianlly, have no
hh9"h VI oamhSl whitney 10 be seriously ILL., so "a
70 Dt tnlilhtn 20 ~ bed but ne mas "r long tlnt
been subject to various arrangements Of the digest
We "i -a-. N'' II want OF "PpeNt' l"IPuty ot tht
Dow - uehelthyy @I tle nious serfehohs ana occa
siTlai'ly uIohC.ilAl @ 'ou-h;
ont the United States, who have been similarly act
ed and relieved from thor difficulties by the use o
|
| vent In TACT every day We are visited by patients
complaining Of the same ailments who hecom'
cation Of these remedies.
Let us again refer to the statement Of DR.. Beales
and endorsed by Dr. Mott of the treatment in thi
case irun T. NJ OF the l+th Of December The case
as presented l. fully stated in the Herald Of the 20tl
Of january; and We find in th, report the patient
with numerous other symptoms, suffered seycrel,
from Irritation and sererc pam IN the throat his BREATH
iaJ occasionally irregular and almost suas0odc
coughing almost acessaatg: speaking nth gredt dffcpt
! and RI HJurSe aud unnatural 0f
Beales gave the patient medicine. for the purpose O
producing a reaction: hut the remedies u1'yen
seems utterly failed. Had he given, on the instant
Railways Ready Relief he would have secured tn
desired result
SIX hours later the Doctor found his patient suffer
nE pain "de>cribed to be in the larvnX dow
the corvical vertehrR." Notwithstanding the grea
excitement. nervousness and terror. with pulse a
H. the Doctor administered preparation of AntimC
ny and Morphine. for the purpose evidently Of sootl
ing the pam exciting the skin TO a more natural az
ton, and allayng the nervous eXcitablty Of the ?:
1 tient. Had he applied RAILWAYS READY RELIEF
} he would have succeeded; his remedies. howeye
had the opposite effect. hight hours after this med
cation. he applied 70 the throat of the patient an "A
oitre L6Ds5at.' If Railways Ready Relief was oI
| noxious to the Doctor he should have applied IN
. | Anodyne liuimcnt - hours earlier
Dr. Be1icS states that "hc has a Iona time been sd
sctai 10 dsraageeat Of me dfgctirs orgqus and 4,
piditv II tts Bocci. ULcb IN other uorfs a DISC
dsred condition of the Lirer and during this critical cgnd
tioa o the pq,ist he hui not discals from N Jotrr
| In three d1ys.' Had RadWayS Regulating Pills lae
gwen u hours after ,ho previous operation Of n
bowels. the effect would have been dtferent-the d
|
T. | and natural discharge from the bowels the resu
Z | without causing weakness, in any manner e.
! haustng the patient
+ The sad and distressing case of Mr., Whitney wi
9 we hope and trust serve a warning 20 the publ
q against trusting their lives in the hands of a cliqu
q | who are licensed 70 lull the sick in the unco
, | sclpus sleep Of death on scientific principles.
: We before stated. not prepared assert th
- the cause Of Mr.. Mh,tueys death directly OWN
q to the treatment Of the Green system; and we fl
thernoTe believe, had Dr. Beales employed Railway
Ready Rehet Regulating Pills. and ReSolycnt IN b
treatment OF the case the life Of Mr. Whitney wou
| have been prolonged. A. We have before state
J. the case Of Mr. Whitney is by no M ans excepuC
y 10 the general rule that follows the medication
D prescribed hN the regular official standard