New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-01-20


cumstspoe; but / wish to mske fsv remsIks % t'u
"caviy." Wa tbls fsJercld - cavity IL neither
contain any lind of duid por sas Il Iced .lto ynPn,
IOr the ths ttest Appearance OF iass membrane,
nor we're there any remains of tuberculons deposit,
spd al least have lever ,H5ercpOuf cavity sim
liar to it-lD fact although hat word ~as d,td n we
report a. probably mos. IesdIy occurring oo9is
foafcey b. justly called /. was rsther Shallow de-
e.soI or .cooppg out Of tie actual apex or sdpef-
fcier OF tie lung It's surface was not Ike that oil
erHy, but rough and rle sulsr snd had that peca,
liar app eaIance; that al pIeseIt Remarked II iJokN
Is thoulh slough bad separated. Communicating
with perOra.ion in Dc peurs sufficiently large
10 admit the lit fOger of the gelt-msn who had OPP
etaied al other Appearances abo0t the lung were vi
tie most reoeLt disease, the Sas IN It's ear
beet stage aud the sdhesons spOkee OF were 50 recent
n the folds ofthe pleuia properly speakog
rpti together 10 dtered. We did not discover the
Il gLest gn Of chronic disease 10 or about the lung
and 60 striking ves this tact, thas Dr. Mou toa tue
family siitr tie poet mort III e1 uinatlon, tIat We
bad not any disease that nsgh not have been
prodnceo Ekia ~ssk But DR.. MOtt IS here to speak
ior himset DIR. Green says that the epglO Us was
ttiekened ana rs borcer wbiiensd With IGe oil ero-
sioLs. AZ the post Inortem, this psrt vas very mi
LIflg sud Carefully examiLec, ard tJuod ID De extra
ordu ary hesy and Tree from the slightest vstge OF
dsssse. Under all ihese crcumstaIces, sm forced
to believe that DR.. Gfseo euei 10 his Diagnosis ana
that q ess yerioGs ptTatons were unIeccsssry Anu
OIeslec .or. d. Dot say that tie ration OF tuong
caused the diteAse ia the lang becsae confess my
self snOraIt OF tie Cf'ots VI nitrate OF silver ON
the tuDslblSt OF tlt insSrf ONA lvi buS pprihtsoA
itse'f 1 DO Lot hesitate to express my conviction
ihst IT is at bD times attended WITH extreme peril
and risk OF the patients life. | h,ye never
heard C or single case OF pttbi,i' where II has
Effected cure, AID therefore | believe II TO be per.
fecty upiusii6able | believe thst slough escnar
yss formed at the speL Of th. .uDg, involving the
pura ard which, at The time OF tue unfortunate 90
cDuence, became separated by the violent e1-rtons
ard spasnO1c cougbing-the air Iercolated into tue
@ ular substance and produced the empbysema which
formed go prominent a symptom. VIII nov leave
the pant OF the case, ard 90 on 10 that whicl was,
sfier all, undoubtedly the lmme1lite canse oil toe
death a. tee pAtieIt. mean tle lesion Ut the pasr-
yn1. By referring OLce mere TO the post mOrtem ex'
animation, il will be seen that there was l,cerated
optnicg in the phaTypX comm1pic atlng WIZ large
absCess. have heart Il IumoTed, Ind, indeed, 1t ha,
Teen positively stated ia the public papers, especially
In al article in TIE TRIBUNE which Is vide atty from
a suspicious souIce, that this sbs>ess was cbfonic
lrsiuuations we're made as inst De Mott and my
sef IL regard 10 it. H. SIT, the friends ot Dr. Green
have gwen currency to this idea, or intend 10 any way
10 sugeest it-then has the Doctor ample reason to
s8y, " Defend ne from my friends. 1t appears by
his own statement, that nor tso months previously 10
his dfsth Mr.. w. was Under the professional care OF
DR.. Green-fCr my Owl part, l soemniy declare
have lever prescribed for Tor heard him complain ot
bis throat. Early 10 October the Doctor cut on, one
of tie tonsis. Did the chronic sbPcess then exist
If 20 how was il that the Doctor did not discover it
He several times applied the sponge and probang-
did the sbscess then exist On the eth Ct December
DIR. Green states that he passed the tubs down the
iTSche Ibis, at al events, WnhtsNtI VIZ may thnk
OF the o2erst itse requires careful observation
OF the pats; did the absCess hen exist AID tue Doc
tor not discovtrit Bot Sir on the very day OF the
last unfortunate operation, DR. g. was showing 10 Or
Fey how he spped the spopg to the arynx and Showed
why il only entered the pharynx- OF course the
the organs we're closely obseIyed-how was II that
tie DO tor did not diagnose this chronic aDscessi
Why, cir, the reason thai DR.. G.. did not see tnis
chrome ahscess bcc5use It did no. exist SIR, do
not .eye that among sll those who no listening
To me- there are two OpiuioBs. AT al events, to my
mi1d tie evidence is irresistible that IN the as IN
fortunate operation the fth Of December, thai the
phtrsnx accidentally lacerated by the pr0oapgi
ii fist oects as have seen We're excessive IRE
taton Of the parts, and severe stock, Increased no
doubt by the nervous temperament OF the Paen, AMI
lis oLvictlon that the Injury was fatal AtteHard
doubtless portions of the various foreign bodies he
attempted to swallow foodehd medicine, were torced
into tue wound After three or four days s0ashy
abscess began to be fornet, which, gradually IN
crea sing in size, formed mechanical obstruction
10 swallowing; by pressure the adjoining parts,
prevented the epiglottis from properly ellsing aud
produced the strangula.ion and re6urstauon ~hicn
have noticed, till at length the unfoItucate
patient saLk fromtsxLaustion and asp1yxia. wish
now, Sir, with your kind permissIo@, TO mako
few remarks with respect to the .stnortem examna-
tcn. lperceye by statepen.s 10 the public papers,
the source Of which easily DO understood, that We
are ce1sured for not having Dr. Green present l
reed ray that as the case progressed the excite
n mt and feeling II the fanny did not diminish 90
not 4 Ik that this point have the night ID Judge
IL.
the ma teri but had he, by sending inquiries, or show
ing any sympathy with the mist rtune Of the family
il would have afforded occasion TO DR.. Mott And
mys. TO bsve Introduced him; that he did not 50 act,
was repeatedly remarked by may OF the family. NoS,
under these crcumstances, II was no pie Asant thing
to ssb permission Of the family, aud frankly ALLOW
We cid not. Bot for myself solemnly declare that
went to that exsIr alton without the slightest idea
OF crmnating Dr. Green, but with the e.rnest desire
10 ascertain nature and extent Of the injury Bot
let NE AK, What do these irs!nuatOns mean L Will
tel YOU bow the post-mOr'em examination WAS ar
rsI ged. l a.ked Dr. Mott who he would wish to per-
form Il; he REPLIED his son, DR.. Alexander; ana on
tie oay Of that operation was introduced ard spoke
90 THAI gentleman for the first tire il my life. The
insiI ustous 10 which have alluded either mean that
were rot competept for tie examination Ut SO, let
the truth be tool or that the examloahon OF report
was distorted 10 me. particular views TN tins point
shall m. rely remark that DIR. Alexander Mott has
never till tonight heard say word ~ to ing views
Of tie case. / do not know his. We h.ve never ln-
tercbapged word on the subject Both he and ms
stber hold such positions in the profession and in So
Getty as ought to place them beyond such calumnies
As for myself thoss who know me- Sir will not, am
I'd 10 believe, inisg CINE NE capable OF misrepre,
ting solemn facts, for any pnpose whatever; ana
this s all Sir think il needful to say in ans yer TO
these unmerted and cisgraceial innuenioes.
coSDITIoS AND FEELIsG o. MR.. WHITNEY BErwEEs
HIS LAST rRLAIaEST BY DR.. GREEN AND HIS DEATH.
DECEMBER H. ISS-About | in the afternoon
was called to see Samuel ;. Whitney; found him sur
rounded by several members OF his family, ID ot4'e
Of tie mo-t intense excitement, suffering and terror
in answer 10 ny inquiries a. TO what had happened,
be answered. a" Sit down Beales, and VIII tel you
the truth was such fool as TO 60 to Dr. Green 10
" be operated upon, AID the id vllsin he's killed
"ue," Bis courtensnce vss pale and hagg.rd and
hsd az tie appearance Of a man whose nervous sys-
lem bad received severe shock; b., Dreaming vas
oecs.iC nsy suar and almost spssnodc, coughing
almost Necessarily ard speskcg with great dithcaty
end psin, ID tosrse unnatural tone VI yocsi hls