Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-03-08
THE GREATEST GOOD TO THE CREATES
DAVENPORT IOWA FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH g. 1861

10 permit him {. admit that be had found -
mares nss,"-trestsd the psisnt wrong. and
ubjostly cast . stigms Of rspsoseh opO0 the
ssms Of . Homeopathic physician. He 6cds
email crumb of consolation ia the tset that II
the brain sas hsslthy. and ~ serum found in
shs vsotrie.s Were no said It should be IL
she died from narcotic poison, ssill serum
vs. found so.sssk<ss eI~!
And the stomach toO, though showing 40 trees
Of i.fsmmssie~. % there Ssssg have been, had
death resulted from aconi'e. still Il had soms
smap black spots on Its surface. 10 absence Of
positive knowledge. % to the cause Of this
(Which may Be sn l. terssting case 10 psthol.
oey) one thing 10 certain. they we're M con-
nectsd With any Inflammation. and could s"s
have besn the rs-ult OF aconite poison. II
will 10 et0sObers0 that dark. ala 0ss black
liq id vas found in the stomsch and slso that
d. LANCER had dossd the patient with the
strongest eofEs.s and vinegar. and further
that the post.mortem examination vss no'
made until IS hours sfer d-a,h. Thess Ii tie
grains o. comfort are somstbing certainly for
the poor fellow Who has failed 20 signa.ly in
making out . case Of poisoa agsinst III. Wee
eel; and he may think by these to direct st.
teation from bic Own humilisting defeat. - r.
v-sled by the Important facts in the case. to
QUESTION: collateral aud unimportant ia .
.. .d,co.lseal investisation But in this. he
will hkswi . tail.
Inquirer ssys: "Ths expert meglsets the ex
amiustion Of the stomach" Indeed! The
contents Of the stomach we're carefully exam
ipsd - fer - they oGuli be st the time and
place Of the inquest. and afterwards secured
in bottle, and handed over t. the coroner tor
future analysis il required. Yet one moment
be accuses me Of ignoring the bist.'ry Of the
case before death. and the next. that ignore
the scalpsli HE also neelec, ed /" whines In.
quirer. to cay or hint to the jury. that such
IN examination would be required to arrive at
definite conclusion" Inquirer will plesse
under. tsnd that sucA au examination vas not
required 10 order to arrive st . definite con-
clusion. He further Gays, 'the existence OF
chill and fever vas no where. and at 10 time
established" This is simply falss. - she tes-
simony proves.
Inquirer 10 also meDdscious enough to init
mate thst l regarded the chill and fever -
agMe! 10 be 90 simple OF ignorant - not to
knew that great variety Of fevers
are frequently and even generally
preceded Wy chilli The idea
Of sgue never once occurred TO me but the
intense and violert fever which followed With
the symptoms described BY tie husband and
Or. Vessel, and the teeth covered With dirty
layer, ss stated by Dr.. Larger show plainly
enough to every intelligent ply sicisn. what
was the character Of the fever. The agns
dodge will not do. NJ. Inquirer But do not
despair! The came csiumniatOr gives you
most soothing medic. ne in his next sentence,
by saying :" II do not v ieh to be Understood
ss saviug thai the death may not have been
kastened by other influences. me unknown
Inquirer. may find little eoothing comfort
10 this. when l Say / do notknow of asy
euch Influences. unlres 10 might lie the
treatment praetieed jsss previous to her death.
based .po" a falss dicgnosis. With fever. sc-
coups"isd with typhoih symptoms. extremely
constipstsd condition Of the bowels and dis
eassd heart aud liver, come might be uncLsr-
table enough to think the rolling operation,
de-, would te likely TO hasten fatal t~rmlna.
tion. which might perhaps have been prevent
ed altogether. III .kha. qb ysisiss., ,%.s sndaec~
case. hy his ridiculous idea Of poison. 10 the
matter # proper Indications Of treatment. Dr.
Vessel showed his sups iority to the ply sic's q
Who succeeded him. His indications tor treat
meot we're very proper. to give something to
allay fever and crsmp. and something elss I"
relieve constipation. The means he used for
thi. purpose, we're Of course usei se. DR.. L'n-
ger made no effort to allay fever, and relieve
| 9. ns,ipstion, and of eouyss the patient died.
No person With such condition OF the bow sls
| could possibly recover from snv attack o'
fever. unless properly relieved. Had an svsc-
ustion been produced by large ensnss and
proper med cine, even 1t the time when Dr
LANCER was fret called. it 10 possible that The
| patient might yet be living. Certainly. thai
| was the only rational method Of tresta,cot ap
propriste to the case, 10 accordance with "th'
| present etandsrd OF medical SCIENCE, ant
/ commsn sense.
It will not b suspected by any one &C
quainted with the writer that he can be guilty
uf spologixing 70. the practice Of Homo rathy
and yet it will not compromise his fidelity 4
the profession Of which he 10 mesber. to say
that Hon eopsthic ply s'cian msy BE- gen
tleman, and one who has rights which sre T.
be respected ss we'll 80 any other. In 81. r.
spects, Dr. Wee.el dsportsd himself with grea
prorriety. and csndidiy answered all ques
tions. even such - were of q character unfs
vorsbls to his reputation; giving an impression
highly favorable to the truthtulnsss Of ell hi
testimony.
One thing more in relation to the "prssen
standard Of medical ecienee."
One II the jury. Mr. Cisussen. . Germs
and sn accomplished gentlemen. by profess.o
. lawyer and come VI hat acquainted vith met
icine (though not physic'au). put the follow
ing question
Q-"Coud the symptoms which we're pre-
. I ent, in your opinion. have been produced b
the action of aconits or nux vonica Z
; A.. 10y Dr.. Lsngerl-"Ibs symptoms y bic
| ! saw in this case we're siuli'sr 10 these pr
duced BY aconits in Al over dose !"
The gent'emsn's know ledge Of the "preseI
. standard Of medical science 10 soms hat d
| H..
ing bv aconite, "sevsYs vomiting and pMr0iw.
3 from inflammation Of the ssoa ach aid bov.
a,e the most prominen, (vids Tsylors Medic
Jurieprudeoce( Butth%rs never vac the lee
= sign Of vomiting or purgiog in this case.
:. truth there vss nothing in the history
y symptcms which would j-st'fy even the ~
= picios Of poisoning by scoDite or y,h,ng el
y in the mind Of any one acquainted With I'll
present standard Of medic.l science.
u Again Mr.. Caussen ask-d:
l. "Whst dose of aconite would be required
produce such symptomsf'
n This wss too much Tor DR.. LANCER. who ha
D pened to know nothing about aconits, eth
" - medicine or . poison and had to wait u
.. iii he could get out little book from HE poe
sr et! From this he reed ost the dose Of diffsre
t preparations, and he also read. mot used
!; ternslly;" whsreupon he enlightened up vi
. an air Of confidence and saad:
my opinion b that II 10 very poisonous .
y ought not to be given at all internally l
'e not know Of any experiment - TO the sm.
ne nsss Of the quantity which would sodasl
ID life"
ID will recommend him to read The reports
Dr.. Flemming on aconits 70 learn the histG
10 Of many sucL ezpsrimssts. and various stAI
at ard works on Mster's Medics and practice
no medicine for further information concerni
r. THE valuable medicine