New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-14
DR.. Mott was called ia. The principal gmp

Dr. Mott was called ia. The prndph SYM np'"ms
p,s.er,sd, a. We understand. We're great ds' 'ress
10 tie throat snd great imitation OF the BODY
csll-d by medical men empsysna, and caused IN
ttis case, by air filing the cellular t.sue. ln
week the patient died. Dr.. Green, ooSever, vas
Dot botfed Of bis death; nor vas he called IN 70
zee his patent during his last lll0ess That prooA-
bly, was the will OF the family. But be vas
not, ror was any friend Of bis, on his
behalf, invited TO be present at the p's
mert,m examination which was msde by
the attending physicians, disregard OF pro
f,rsiob,l courtesy as well as Of common fairness,
which We doubt not those gentlemeo must oy this
time most sincerely rrgrrt. For, before ine death
Of Mr. WbitBes, rum)r had put on her saaials,
and 1be nnme dimiiis had not been sad for the
dead. ere she hsd whispered to thousands of people
that the unfortunate gentleman had died from a
perforatlou Of tee windpipe, Inflicted by DR..
Green. TIE tmphysemG Was easily accounted Tor
on this suppo.IrioD, as the air was Supposed TO
bsye rushed Through ite hole made by the probang
into the trunk. The death woud seem shocking
enough at sDy rate; but this painful nfAtlon lent
70 il Lew horror Where the story originated
we Of course, cannot pretend to sag; bu', oayng
gained currency and etedence, and apparently on
good authority, il must have been source of re-
greet TO the attending phys,ciau', when the post
nort,m examination revesled the real Cause ct
death. that they had failed to extend the usual
pi OF, rsiobs courtesy to DR. Green in case where
peitaps even more than his professional reputation
wss at stake.
Had Or. Green's method Of operating. and the
instruments used BY him, been generally under
stOcd-and We hope we have made those pJlnts
clear to cur readeTs-ihe idle tale Of death from
the cause alleged cOu'd never have been believed
But, unfortunately, ignorance AID pre- jldce CON-
bned TO II axe It ere ibe. Nor will 1t be nov an
easy task 10 dicIedit it, for intolerance and stu
pldty ure hard to conquer. But the post nortsm
examination ought to kill such a tale past al
resurrection, and We cannot withhold our surprise
that the geLtlemea who have that document IN
their possession should withhold 1t from the public
when they know toat lis appearance would alay
the public excitement and do justice to profess
sional brother far, at least regards the Story
of the probaDg That examination showed that
there ros no lesion rhqterer 10 Mr.. Whituey's wind
pipe; il showed also that on one side, and a little
behind the wind pipe, was abscess rs large as
large tgg-aud such an abscess in thst particular
spot, We are informed by surgeons is sure to csuse
death by sufocation unless lanced in season; and
il also showed that in one of the lungs was
another abscess, which had eaten through the
wolls Of that organ into the cellular tissue
fact quite enough to account for the
tmphysma; for, through such An orihce the air
would naturally escape, as the difficulty OF breath
ing through the windppe, from the pressure OF the
sbscess there upon it, became greater and greater.
Such are the facts established by the post mortsm
examination. If the public should be naturally
Indignant th,t an unnecessary draught has been
made upon their credulity and sympathy they have
only TO tbani those who have permitted them 70 De
so long deceived. Perhaps, at the meeting of the
Academy of Medicine, next week, some light may
be ,bed upon the long suppression of so interesting
document. In the mean time, it is safe TO be-
lieye that Mr. Whitney died natural death, and if
any Of US shall zee a surgeon approaching US with
caiheter or pIObaDg we may be sure he carres no
fatol weapon, aud submit to an operation with
either without fear Of speedy death.