Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-03-02

She could not talk after gave her the third
spoonful. About 8 2 o'clock p. j. On Monday
/ / then mixed . powder marked No. :. vith
foor tablespoonful Of water - dissstsd by De
Wessel, and gave her . spooniul st 10 IL
o'clock the came evening. After ] gave The
spoonful st 10 IL o'clock she becsms more
siek. could rot talk. In two hours moee
gave smother spoonful from the first cop,
which Vas oil that remained 10 the cup at
tha. time. then mixed asoshsr powder mark.
ID No !, 10 four speoosful Of vster % Greeted
By I)r. Wssssl, and in two hours gave her sn.
other spoopful. that wss o. 2 o'clock A. Il.
ful from No. !, at 6 Ia gave anoshsr spe0n-
fol Of No. l. l then vent up to DR.. Wssssrs
house. and told him that my wife Vas worse.
and asked bin 70 come down and see her, !
then returned TO my house and waited until
the dsetes came. which think wss between 9
and 10 o'clock A. n After the doctor came
know that my wife took spooufol of the mig
ture from the cap soatsining The powder
msstsd No. Z. end think the doctor gave il
himself. The doctor said she vas better. She did
not spsAk. aud vhss spoken TO made no sigos
Of consciousness, | think the Doctor vas here
about 30 minutes. I could not see that che
wss any better. she vas more quiet than she
vss It l91c.ock in the night. Atl3 o'clock Oh .
appeared - have eraDp ssd spssms, OF con.
vulsions she had some symptoms fspasm be-
fore 10 IL o'clock. but much worse aftsr that
time. Abous o'clock she shrieked or cried
ont and started 20 that l vas obliged to bold
her. after that time che began 10 b. more
quiet and easy Whom the doctor vss about
leaving he told me- 70 give . spoonful Of the
| mixture containing the No. powder in On
hour snd . hall, which did. th,pk che
sealInoAA nAaslv ali Nho unnAiNina
which was given up 70 this time. say about IL
| o'clock n. yestsrday. After the Doctor lsft
shs had slght spssm. but not severe. I then
rave 20 more Of Dr.. Vessels medicine.
then went after DR. LANCER, thinking that
she vas getting No better ! vent to Mr.. Hir-
sehls and waited until DR.. Lsngsr came, and
then went home with him. | think it WAS
about 2 o'clock. l don't think che wAs any
| better when We arrived at the house. DR..
LANCER sent up town to ,hs drug store and got
medicine tor my wife. These are the medi-
cines the Doctor obtained. Here the witness
brought for ward three email pbis!s. marked %
follows: :" Ether Sulphur" Chloroform.' .
. Ammo. Csust," and which % Coroner.
have marked No. I, No. 2, Nc. 5. l gave
ncos Of these msdicinss The Doctor gave
some Of these msdicinss; I don't know which
he gave. DR. LANCER took charge Of bic med.
ieines and gave them and applied them himseIt
He never directed me to give snx medicine
He stayed with my wife until about 8 -
o'clock. She seemed easier when Dr. LANCER
thought about my wife, when he Was about
leaving. He said be could not tell what to
think about her. She could not speak while
DR.. LANCER wss here, but before he left !
thought che could understand when | spoke to
her. Dr. LANCER came back during the even
ing sometime. DE-. LANCER gave coffee during
the day while he was with her. and ordered
me to give the came when he left. When he
| returned he ordered me to stlll give the coffee.
every half hour . spoonful. aud occasionally '
some cold water. After l.3 O'Clock p n.
yesterday. gave her only two spoonsful. A.
ter DR.. LANCER left she appeared to sleep She
lay 10 this manner, and went to bed about
3 o'clock. l g.t up again about 10 or IL
clock. and sat down near her head. and the
syss. Of my wife would sometimes rcll up to-
wards me. l thought she wss conscious. be-
cause when l spoke shs turped her eyes TO-
wards me, She continued in this condition
until lev minutss before she died, which was
bet ween IL and o'clock ct night. DR.. Ian.
GER directed me aud others present to rub my
wife when he first csma We did rub her and
applied warm cloths to her limbs the DR..
ordered, and % he showed us how to do. The
DR.. directed 10 to continue to rub her and ap-
ply warmth to her when he left, which We con-
tinued to DO for some time. The Dr. rolled
her from side TO side for some length of time,
! and directed me TO continue such manipula.
tions.
Question BY Mr.. Tayler.-Do you know tha:
your v fe vas sick for some time before gov
married her. and how longi
Answer-I know that she was sick for two
pears before married her. She had OCCASION
to pass her urine often and with difficulty, At
| tended with cutting pain-complalned Of head.
ache with dry tongue, and heat rising to the
head. with paine aud sramp in the side, re.
turning more violently 1t times. She has had
10 6ts or convulsions since vas married. and
do not know that there were ever any before
I knew her. During the last two months che
hes grown woree. and hes frequently told me
that shs must die. J. II 1vENs.
Ds. H. WEssr1, SwoRx :-T have seen the
person whose body here Ees dead, before. l
knew her - the wife Of NJ Ivens The first
knew her VS. on Aobday last at O'Clock p.
n. vas called to see her. - physician. I
have studied Homeopathy. and sm practising
IN the city Of Davenport. have no diploma
from any medical Institution. fhave . csrti.
dcate from another physieian Who vas former
y physician In regular practice. bnt aftsr-
ward. or when be gave me my certificate. be
vas practicing Homeopathy. l practiced 10
Germany about eight or nine years. snd have
been in Davenport since June. 1860. Ireceived
the message to come and zee Ars. Ivens come
time Monday A. NJ. do mot remember the
hour did not come ct that time. % had
other patisnts In the aftsrsoon nr. Ivsus
sams 40 again, and then came with him.
found Mrs. Ivens With fever, With . tongue
dry and red. pain in the tight side over The
region Of the liver. She bad pain with crsmp
in the stomach and breast and difficult breath
ing. She sssmed to breathe with 50 much diff
her mouth. She could epeak at some titSss.
but 1t Vas difficult to understand her. She
told me Of the pains and difficulty Of rsathiog.
- have stated sbove. The skin dry. The
fingers and feet cold. The pulse Was intermit.
tisg. The iussrmission occurred aftsr every
third pul.ation. sometimes for two palsations,
and sometimes With only one omission. TIE
patient suffered from constipation. The bus
BAND told me che vas prsgnsut when he came
after me. The bowels were quite tender over
the stomach particularly. l cannot tell from
what the pains arose. put my hand over the
right side, and found 1t very sensitive. The
paper and contents m6rked A (as 10 previous
testimony) are medicines which left for Mrs.
Ivsns. prepared them - they are there. and
marked the small powders, No. l, No Z ]
prepared three of the powders Of l. and two
Of those Of 2. directed one Of the powders
masked II should be pot IN . eup and four
spoonsfal u vateE added, and then give one
spoonful Of the solution every swo houss.
gave the 6rst spoonful while l was here. /
dissetsd that of No. 3. sns powder should Be
dissolved 10 tour spoonsful Of water, and one
spoonful given every moruins and evening.