The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1859-04-20
miscellaneous,
More Medical Juggling.
GREAT EXCITEMENT At THE ACADEMY
or MEDICINE!
FALSE THBoRIEs EXPOSED.
MEDICAL. INCONPFTENCY EXPOSED.
THE CAUSE OF WHITNEY, DEATH
sHROUDED IN MYSTERY
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rEESTNmNr eEEES AID Hfs bEAtH.
an1crNuEH a. ts5s-About one In the afternoon ]
was called % see Samuel :. whitney % %lou4u HIln @
surruundedh hy several members Of hi. ianly w ,l
state Of the most intense excitement suffering, anu
terror. in answer to my inquiries A. Go what ai nap
pcucd. be- answered Sit down. Beale-, and VII tell
you the truth; was such fool a. 70 go 10 pr',reen
10 bc operated upon, and the d-d villain has Alle"
me-"
see pr BcaIe'- statement before the academy q
Medeine, IN the city of Ncw York - Puid'shed 20
the M H.aA 1ansas 1850
Tho unfortunatr death N Mr.. whitney Is another
evidence of the uncertainty and unTcln,,y =, ',,e H.,
the Medical Faculty. The death ot tins eminent ala
weil-kuowu citizen created an eEciteineat 1i snch
magnitude. as 70 induce the Academy Of Medirine 70
demand Investigation q the treatment tIle
cd had been under and of the immediate caSs oi MS
death. Yet after a thorough and searhhs post,
eminent Physiciaus 81 the Regular Practice-the
Members II the Academy we're unahle 20 decide ~ 20
the immediate cauSe q death an9, n ',ll ID
admitted their incumpcteucy ot solving thls oheult
problem. The sad ease pre-entedto 90 us ih thc painful
death IT Mr. Whitney, j. by no means an uncommon
occurrence. Thousands of human beings. VINO trust
their lives in the hands Of physicians whose treat
meut and practice j. based upon the theories follow,
"a hy the Mrdlrii Faculty, are suddenly hurried on
-to that undiscovered country. from whose bourne
traveller returns" From the testimony producca
before the Academy of Medicine are not prepared
90 assert the immediate cause of Mr Whitney death
was produced hy the application ~ The nitrate ot III
yer through the tuhe. or by the prulang hut We 90
meutcd Whitney was FASTENED by the treatment
We have always opposed this method of treatment
and IN papers and Annual Almanac, warned the
public against tt.
See our Almanac, Tor lS55-pagc4 =
THE GREEN sYSTEM
There b. another system q practice becoming
quite popular iu the treatment of Consumption,
namely. that - the Green OF Burning method, which
consists ui Swinging down the uraat solution o
nitrate uf silver, Tor the purpose uf burning the con
cretions that may be- there formed.
I'VE hook upon tins practce dangerous as tha
of the iuhang fpr, instead q healing The lungs %
removing cuncrCtiou- Or uhercles rrtate-, and pro
duces sores. uiears. a.. % j. a blind. unsafe an,
dangerous method u treatment and vii MI more
than ID will cure"
h y not onr design. IN this article to discuss th,
correctness Of moderation in the case of Mr. Whitney
under the treatment of Drs. Mott and hoaleS IN th'
various symptoms exhibitcd from the l4th % becem
her Co the time ~ bis decease lli We 10 most o.
hgousv and saeredlv believe, taking Hr. Beales
st,tement-who appears, from The evidence giyci
before the Academy - Medicine knew more ~ th'
physical and constitutional condition of Mr.. Whit
news system than amy one s-e-that Radways Readl
Relief Regulating Pills, and Renovating Resolvent
STATEMENT or DR.. BEALES
~pr. Bealcz said nurng the number Of years tina
| I have attended Mr. Whtney's family ! have no
known Mr Samnel whitney 10 b. seriously 90. 80
20 be confined o. hrs bed but be has Tor long tim
teen subject Co. various arrangements 81 the digest
i've organs, such as want oi appetite torPdUy % tn
bowels, dohDiency of the bilious secreuOus, aud Occa
sanaliy bronchial cough"
There arr thousand- aud tens u thousands. thro'
out the United states. Who have been similarly afct
| ed and relieved from their dfhcutes BY the use o
Railways Ready Relef. Regulating Pills and Resol
vent ln i'ct every day we are visited BY patients
| complaining uf thc same ailments. who becom
speedily relieved from their difhcutss rs the med
| cntiou - these remedies.
/ and endorsed hy nr Mott u the treatment In TIN
rasc. nom p " II the itth of December. The ease
presented. is fully Nated In the Herald - the 2n
of January and We find in this report the patient
| with numerous other symptoms, suffered severed
fpH trriatoa aHd serre paia N ~ throat rs breat
a.. -
cllghfag niosf iacsssanfg speuking rih greaf difficult
nnf pm. IN h0urss ani aHHdfrdl tonc n r0cs. III
beales gave the patient medicine. fur the purpose
| producing a rcarton hut the remedies given.
sscm-. utterly failed. Had he given. on the nstan
/ Railways Ready Relief be would have secured th
six hours later. the Doctor found his patient sufFci
ing pain. -de~crhed to ~ in the larynx dow
/ the corical vertebue.' Notwithstanding the grel
| gGcitement. neryou-ness and terror, With pulse
ia the Iugtor ADMINISTERED preparation of Antim,
nv and Morphine. far the purr1~c ~ cutly of -ootl
ng the PAIN, exciting the skin 10 more natural ~
ton, and nlHyng The nervous eNritahltty II the h.
| fient. Had he applied RADwAY's READY RELIEF
| De would have succecded; his remedies, howevc
had The opposite effect hight hours ater this med
cation. he applied - The throat Of the patient an "a
o.tine LiaiHtsat." II Railways Ready Relief was %
noSiaus % thc Deetor. be should have applied N
AnudyuU Wnimeut - hours earlier.
D. Bsuiss states hnf NJ has fr ilag time hem ~
isrtri y d.raagsasni = ne digeshrs orgaas and o
pdy n ~ b0irfis irhich in Other wrs uaplg diso
drrai s0noH ~ Lirrr aaf ifrag fls e1tili r1Bd
fau 1ffAc J1fcf ~ hFf fsrhprls from ne boi-s
Va thr,s dgs" Hal Railways Regulating Pills tcs
howcls. the effect would have been dihcront-the a
/ ranurmcnt uf the iiver would have hecn corrccte
i and a natural discharge from the bowels the rcsu
/ without causing weakness, OF In any manner e
1 haustIng the patient
Tho ssd and distressing ease Of Mr. whitney vi
| against trusting their lives in the hands of a clql
| Who are hcetEcd to lull the sck IN the unco
| sciou. sleep u death on scientific principles.
W. before stated We are not prepared 10 assert ti
| the cause ct Mr.. Whitney, death was directly owl
| 20 the treatment Il the Green system; aud. n
| thermore believe, had ur Beales employed Radwa,
| Ready Relief. Regulating Pills, and Resolycut in
treatment uf the the life Of MIR. Whitney wou
have been prolonged. A. We have before stat,
the ease Of Mr whitney Is by no mans an except
% the general rule that follows the medication
prescribed ~ the regular or official standard of m,
| teal law. Hal the deceased been an obscure IN
| viduaL his would never have been brought
| light Thousands and thousands Of human hein
have been killed oi through the ignorance of IN
let US again 90 hack 10 the testimony Of Dr. No
| - regards the usual practice Of physlclans in n
king ont their certificates uf the cause Of death 70
| Cty Inspector lfthe doctor speaks truth. the gre
cr part Ofmedcal certificates are medical fasehoo,
and the perpetrators 81 these falSehoods deserve
| hc imprisoned like other criminals undergoing >,
tcuces for false pretences.
"A warm debate then ensued, during which
| Mott was pressed 20 state the cause Of Mr.. Whtne
death. IN reply thereto, he stated that it was "
| known that the profession was ut a loss to define
cause of death from the symptoms presented ID
tors were otten puzzled now 20 fll the necessary
| tfcateS for the City Inspector The ready mani
| in whirh nr Mott described these symptoms. CT
| ted little merrimcut. .'-iSes remarks of d. Motifs
| f,nce Acaf'sntu n Medicine. Jtn. - 1859.
| Some few weeks since. W. invited the Medical
ternity 20 a trl Of skl in the curative art aga
our Railways Ready Relief, Regulating Pills and
solvent guaranteeing % pay the sum 0f S25,OO0 to
| Mount Vernon Fund, five were not more success
ln the treatment and cure of diseases-wth our Thi
Remedies-than All the remedies and medicines q
| plnyed hy the medical ftsulty. We nuw. since
exposure II the nefhcacy, and must add trick
and defective practices of the medical fraternity "
in addition to the sum of S23OOO 90 the Mount Nerr
Fund. pay the same amount toward building VI
daene Hospital II we do not in u fair and lust q
of skill with the Medical Faculty. in the city II
York, cure two cases 60 one and IN less than half
time occupied ny any member Of the Academy
/ Medicine.
RADwAY 4 Cos Medical Ofbce, No. 162 Full
street New York.
N.lr I..rL MLrnh Ia $50 IL