The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1859-06-01
More Medical Juggling.
GREAT EXCITEMENT At THE ACADEMY
OF MEDICINE!
FALSE THEoRIE EXPOSED.
MEDICAL INCOMPETENCE ENPOSEp.
THE CAUSE OF WHITNEY'S DEATH
sHROUDED IN MYSTERY.
TINE TRTE SCTF.N1CE REK.E.yLED.



CONDITION FErlrNG oF NB. WHITNEY BETWEEN MS LAST
1KEArNENr HT DE. GsEEN AND Ms pEArH.
"DECpEm IL, lsss tbuut one IA the afternoon.
was called o. see samuel = Whitney; ! found him
surrounded by several members 81 hi~ family. in a
state %! t" most intense excitement. suffering and
terror pa answer Co my inquiries what had hap
prncd, De- answered: sit down. Beale- and will tell
20" the lfuih was such fool a. o. go To- br.trccn
." lr operated np"n and the id VILLAIN has killed
See pr. Beale's statement before the Academy Il
Medicine. ln the city of New York a. Published IA
the ny. H.f1ih Jan. ~ 1859.
The unfortunate death Of Mr. Whitney j. another
evidence &c the uncertainty and uurciahlity Of the
treatment, Tor the cure of the sick prarfired ly
the Medical Faoulty The death Of tins eminent and
WslEhulWu citizen created au excitement of such
magnitude a- Co induce the Academy ct Medicine to
demand an inyasttian ~ the treatment ~, sa1s-
"a had been under, and Of the iunsi ate cause Of his
death. Yet atcr q thorough and searching post
Eiortein eXuuuaiion by The most able, skilled and
en- u,ut Physicians ut the Regular praarce-the
Members ut the Academy unable 90 decide 90
the "lumeatc cause uf de1th;' and. ia their report
o. the Congress uf wise Physicians there assembled.
admitted their Iurumpetcuey uf solving this difficult
problem The sad case presented 90 as iu the painful
death ui Mr. Whitney. is hy up means su uncommon
occurrence. Thousands II human beings. who tru-t
their lives in the hands 90 physicians. whose treat
meut and prHotiUe I~ based upon the theories follow
ei ty The Medical Faculty. ar, suddenly burned IN
TO ih't nndl-.oycr.d country from whose h9urn.
no tr' elirr returns From the testimony produced
before te Ac'acuy Of Medicine W are not prepared
Co assert the immediate cgu~. Of Mr. Whitney death
was produced by the Application of the nitrate of Ill
yer through th" lutte "r by the prolang. hut We DO
most cmphsirally assert that the death Of the Ia
mcnted Whitney w8S fastened by the treatment
We have always opposed this method of treatment;
and. iu papers and Annual Almanac, warned the
sec our Nuauac. f1r ls55-pagc4 J.
THE GREEN SYSTEM
"Ihcre b. another system Uf practice becoming
| quite popular in the treatment OF Consumption.
consists % Swinging down the throat solution ot
nitrate 90 silver ior ih" purpose of burning tho com
I cretiau- that may D. There formed
1--WE look upon tins practice a. dangerous a. that
q the iuhalng; ilr, instead q healing the lungs. n
removing roucrrtOn- tuherclcs. Irratcs. aud pro-
dangerous method 81 treatment aud viii All more
1t j not our design. IN this article to discuss the
correctness Of medication In the case of Mr. Whitney
under The treatment "t Dr. Mott and lsealsS IN the
various Nmft'in- eN i'ited from the l4th % beeein-
/ l"r tine time of hi- dece1-c; but We do most
hgiUu-y amt -arredly believe, taking Dr. Bealcs'
| before the Academy 0f Medicine knew more 81 The
! phy-i'd and constitutional condition of Mr. Whit
| ncy system than any one else-that Roadway Ready
| Rehci Regulating Pills, and Rrn"yating Resolycnt,
-TATFMENT nF uR. RENLES
| ~lir Beale- ~alds during the number of years that
| ! have attended Mr.. Whtn,ys family. ! have not
| known Mr. ~amue Whitney 10 he seriously 30, A.
% D. confined Co his bed but De- ha- fur "a long time
bevu -u1cvt Co. various arrangements of the digest
i've organs. such A. want of spp,ttc arriity II the
bowel deficiency ui tue bilious -"crctlon~. and ooc
| There are thousands and tons of thousands thro'-
ont the United States who have lsyu similarly afct-
ell and relieved from their difficulties ty tho use Of
| RadWay's Ready Relief Regulating. Pills aud Rcsol-
I
| complaining of tie same Hilrnruts. who become
speedily r,eycd from their difficulties by the mcdi-
Let us again ref,f o. the statement Of pr Bsae-.
and endorsed hy ur. Mott OF the treatment in this
presented. - fully stated the Hcrgf of the 2Dth
Of January and W. find Ia this report the patient
IRON irffN1 met ssCfC pm tn NJ throat; hts breath
nq occasionally Irregular 08i almost spasnaOiic:
ont If'" '' hoolsc old unnatural tome et ro'cc lr
Beags gave the patient medicine for the purpose Of
producing rearu9ni tut the remedies gwen. u
seems. utterly tuli'd Hal he gwen. On the instant,
Railway Ready Relief Dee would have secured the
| desired result.
ing pain "d--crIled 20 h. IN the aryux down
the ceryical yertehrp' Notwithstanding the great
! Cvcitemeut. nervousness and terror with pulse at
ll2 the Doctor admin -tered preparaou Of Autmo-
ny aud Morphine, f"r the purpose evidently Of >ooth-
ing the pain. exciting the -in 20 q more natural az
ton, and allIying the nervous eNctaty If the pa
| ticnt. Had be applied RAbWAN = READY RELIEF,
! he would have succerded: his remedies however,
had the opposite Eject hight hour. after tins medl-
cation. Dee appsd Co the throat Of the patient an ~An-
| ssiy4s Liasaiifr II Radwlv's Ready Relief was oI,
| noNius Co the Doctor. De should have applied the
Auodyue lnimcut - hours earlier.
Dr. EsGs states trt ne h1s for long time bocn sub
frfo ~ derrHqe5sut of The dgesfUc organs and TOR
pgitgaf fs L,srsi. ulich 0'l5r r1rfs a,y disor-
oerei coalition gffs Lrs1 and during this eitea ooaii-
tpa ~ fbs abaf he t0i not dscdgs from M bosls
IN hT.s duH,' Had Roadway Regulating Pills been
gwen y hours after The previous operation Of the
bowels The effect would have been dterent-the de
| ranaemput Of the Liver would have been corrected.
and natural discharge from the bowels the result.
without causing weakness. or In any manner eX-
The sd and distressing case Of Mr. Whitney viii.
We hope and trust. serve ~ warning 10 the public
against trusting their lives in the hands OF clique
who are licensed Co lul the sick in the uncon-
scious sleep Of death ON scientific principles. A.
we before stated. not prepared to assert that
the cause of Mr.. Whtney- death was directly owing
to the treatment If the Green system; and fur
1 thermore believe, bad pr Beales employed Badway
Ready Relief Regulating Pills and isesolvent in lis
treatment of the ease, the life Of Mr.. Whitney would
have been prolonged A. we have before stated
the case of Mr.. Whitney is by no ans an exception
r 90 the general rule that follows the medication as
prescribed ty the regular or official standard Of med
| ical law Uid the deceased been an obscure indi
vidual. his case would never have been brought "a
light Thousands and thousands Of human beings
have heen killed of through the ignorance Of then
Let " again 90 lark to the testimony Of Dr. Mott
, ~ regards the usual practice ut PLY Sicaus n ma
KING out their cerhrateS Of the cause Of death the
city Inspector Ifthe doctor speaks truth the great
and the perpetrators Of these l~phoods deserve q
hc imprisoned like other criminals undergoing sen
= tencps for false pretences.
! a warm debate then ensued. during which Dr
Mott pressed 90 state the cause uf Mr. Whitney
/ death. Ia reply thereto he stated that il vel
known that the profession was 81 loss TO dcine tl'
. ! causc Of death from the symptoms presented. Do"
tor- were oieu puzzled now 70 h the necessary Ger
: nh'gie, TT The CITY Inspector. The ready manne
/ in which lr. Aiott described these symptoms. crea
ted little merriment'Ses rrl1rks y d.. Moffs de
! some few weeks SINCE We invited the Medical fra
. tenlty % trial Of kill n The curative art aeans
/ our RldWay'- Ready Relief Regulating Pills and Re
solvent guaranteeing tn nav the sum Of S25t0 60 th'
J Mount Vernon Fund, if We were not more succssi'l
= n the treatment aud cure of de7-cs-with our Three
| Renedcs-than an the remedies and medicines en-
| ployed hy the medical hsulty We now, since tn
exposure of the incficary. and must add rlcSerl
and defective practices of the medical fraternity will
n addition to the sum of s2iooo 90 the Mount Vernon
, ! Fund nav the same amount toward building Mag
. dalene Hospital 10 We do not in fair and Just tra
of skill with tho Medical Faculty, IN the city Of New
York, two Co and IN less than half th
time occupied by amy member 81 the A"ademy o
Medicine
o RibWiY a COS Medical Office, No. le2 Fultoi
; I street New York.
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