The New York herald., 1867-02-07
THE DEATH At BELLEVUE Rose-. "a,


diet of ~ ~Seek Gamoic-Vsr-
o..,as 80 Jury, dks.
ooon'' o yesterday held IN Inquest at Bellevue
nosphA ..es the remains OF Ann NcGl,nan, the woman
no died on Tuesday by nhaling chlGoform while Dr.
Hamilton and others wsre performing painful surgical
operation upon her some Of the particulars Of which
were published in yesterdays HxRALn The testimony
Of Dr.. Hamilton and other medical gentlemen present
at the administration Of TIE ohloroforn interesting,
and We give il In fall below
FznMoHv OF yoHN HAnPscx.
John Hampssn being duly sworn, dsposed and said:-I
register csrk Of Bellevue Hospital and that on the
LIST day Of January, 1867, ohcer ". Relsy, Of the
Eighth precnct Metropolitan police, brought to this In
situtton woman said TO be Ann McGlsnan whose nose
had bean bittsn s6 by . negro 10 La street;
she immediately examined and admitted by DR..
Charles Ludlam, who ordered her 70 ward 1S, third
surgical dvisoa, and the sugesn 70 attend TO her I'm
msdiassly
rnrmoxY or DIR. coKY
David n Cory. H. D., being duly swors, dcposed and
saidI house surgeon Of the third surgical division
Of Bellevue Hospital; tho deceased Ann McGenan, was
admitted Bellevue Hospital the lst day Of Janu
treatment; saw her in few minutes after beiug ad-
mitted, and she stated to that her had been
Wound mG found sha the eartlssss had BEEN COM
plessly nom the nose; the 7th Of January
DR. Hamilton performed an operation ON her for
the purpose of MAKING nose; at the deceaseds
own request she placed under the influence Of
chloroform and kept under IL during the operation,
which lasted about half hour On the lth OF Febru.
ary che deceased again taken to the amphitheatre
placed the operating table for second operation
by tho deceased's own permission about half an ounce
and held by DR.. Walker about two inches
from her mouth; second application Of ehloro
form was made In the same way, lasting
altogether about minutes when the deceased sud
denly ceased breathe; efforts were made by artificial
respiration cold dashed upon the deceased TO
restore herr during these efforts several inspirations
took place. every measure was adopted that was neces
sary to restore the patient oIs without any favorable
MINUTES after the chloroform was first administered;
the choroform was judlciousiy administered and was
manufac ured at the United States Army Laboratory,
Philadelphia In 1858; the ether vas manufactured by
Edward K squibb, Of Brooklyn, N.Y; was present at
the post mortem examination; / did not any
that would be sufficient death in my opinion
death was caused by the inhalation of chloroform; am
graduate Of the College OF Physicians and Surgeons,
and assistant surgeon for ten months; have admins
tered chloroform thirtyhve forty times with bad
effects.
Henry +. Walker, N. D.. being duly sworn, deposed
and sad:I am senior assistant surgeon at Bellevue Hos.
pal graduate in medicine; graduated in March,
1885, and have boon on duty IT the hospital since April
have given chloroor as many as twelve or fifteen
times without untavorable results administered the
chloroform the deceased the second time, and with
good deal Of cares gave her but one drachm OF the
chloroorm rst but the patient did under the
influence OF il; then gave her ether for about two
three minutes she did not under the influence Of
that and Twas directed TO replace It with chloroform
folded towel and held II about two inches from her
mouth about the Same amount placed the towel
OF ~ the chloroform was then replaced BY ether and
administered in the usual way after the ether had been
6reathinr suddenly. a T and Efforts at artificial
Inspiration were resorted 70 10 restore her.
and continued fer three-qusrters Of IN hour; was
present the post mortem examination and examined
the organs after they had been removed, and saw no
LESSONS sufficient % cause DEATH in my opinion death
was the result Of the Inhalation Of chl0roformL
.
Charles Bcruf being duly sworn, deposed and said:
am assistant mt apohscay p The & Z. Bellevue a HoSpsl % the
pure Il. reason that ihs ohioroor T labeled = mad.
some Of Dr. squibb in tin cans which poured into
these bottles q coming from rhladelpha and which .
x. the g e. used !. tho M opera
TESTIMONY oIs Oh BRADFORD.
Theodore D. Bradford M. D., being duly sworn. do,
at the College Of Physicians and Surgeons In March,
1885, have been duty at the Charity Hospital and
clan a Bellevue Hospital; have adminstsrcd cSioro
form about fifty times; have only occasionally given
ether never had any bad results from the use Of chic
given 70 the deceased the 4th day Of February
from my experience in the Of chloroform think Il
udiciousy administered did not assist In giving
TESTIMONY OF DR. yrsHER
VIM. r. Fisher, NJ d., being duly sworn deposed and
said II am graduate Of the College OF Physicians ana
Surgeons since last October; am assistant surgeon
Bellevue hos nnys ns n
ave times, without any evil effects; administered the
chloroform 10 deceased the first operaon present
when 1t was administered the second time think the
choroform given the second time the that
administered tho first: in my opin on tho choroform
judiciousy administered and at the patients own
TESTIMONY or On. HAMILTON.
Frank Hastings Hamilton, M. D., being duly sworn.
deposcd and said-I am Of the surgeons Of Belle.
vue Hospital Professor OF the Principles OF Surgery
Military Surgery, SC in Bellevue Medical College; on
McGienan, was admitted to Bellevue Hospital having
lost large portion Of her nose said TO have been Bit
ton S Sy meg negro IN ooeoson ossw o4 upon
should be made; accordingly the 7h OF January in
the presence Of the class Of Bellevue College as
sembled in the amphitheatre OF Bellevue Hospital
had her placed completely under the influence Of an
anestheto and made the operation by dssecting por
tion Of integument the forehead and transferring
IL to the nose: III effects followed the Of the
anesthctic the operaslon the intcguments united
speedily and every circumstance proved
columna nas and modelled more completely the top Of
the without using anesthetic; February one
complete tho operative procedures BY separating the
pedcie by which the remained attached the
been removed, is my custom In similar cases; ten
O'Clock A. NJ the patient walked into the ampitheatro
accompanied by the female nurse two house surgeons
and myself, and laid upon the operating table, her
clothes loose about her waist and there nothing
about her neck; blanket was thrown over her body
aud extremities and I directed the house surgeons
to give her first a little chloroform and then
tho ether; Is my aim ost uniform prac,ce
when ether be obtained TO i've alone as an anes
thec, using chio.osorn for few exceptional cases an
then givng only moderate quantity; this has been
practice and my teaching the introduction
OF this latter agent notwithstanding the opinions enter
tanned by large proportion OF my professional brethren,
that choroiorm be given in entire safety: army
field practice choroiom, as Is we known has hitherto
been used almost exclGsively for devatlng
from my usual practice IA this was that owing
TO the wound tue forehead aud the cone con-
tanning the ether could not be made cover the entire
face TO exclude properly the atmospheric air with
out expos ig tLose raw and sensitive surfaces
to its vapor; the cone, made or napkin roid
ed diagonay, was six or eight inches In diameter
ai its open extremity and being applied only over the
mouth she would continue TO nhale pure through the
nostris aud through the open and expanded wings Of
the cone believe that these circumstances would
greatly delay not absolutely prevent anesthesa from
ether LETT the a moment look after some OF
the preparations for tho operation, and returning
found the patient making good deal Of noise, talking
and throwing her hands and feet about usual when
the ether has taken partial effect; OF the
surgeons was then holding the OF ether over the
mouth only the choroform, as was informed bavine
been given previous to my return to the operating room