New-York tribune., 1872-07-02

anxious restless his eyes rolling. his extremties were
him 1 left him to go into the consulting room; Drs
ecScop tsn Fsk sSoTd wssG be his Condition
in other words make his will; although many persons
thought proper that Fisk should have an .oop-
pOrtunity OF making all his arrangements In this
world, in he should die there was lawyer, Mr..
Field, IN the adjacent room, and Dr. - said, Mr.
f1ed You lad be- ter make the VIII then all returned,
and the treatment was talked Of cold water applied 10
the wound recommended, and other remediesi L
Fisher ana b per carried out the Views Which sus
gesed; my second visit was at II o'clock had CON
Fisk was in a better condition than expected !;
lion found his PGlse 90 and his rdstIpnpt gesPTa
should be discontinued; Fisk cOnversed with me- he said
he hoped everything would be done that could be as
he was less feeling the effect the remedies;
directed that stimuants should be given TO him; DR.:
Col Fisk next morning at o'clock found him in
sensible; he was breathing heavily his pulse was ISo
Marsh aud Dr. Janeway made the postmortem; there
re a gScq many present. sqSn death
@ Well, what was the cause Of death-shock OF IN
duoe DEATH but there was not enough OF Inflammation
O. Then il must be shocki A. can account for death
in no other way; nothing about the wound in the
arm that was mere flesh wound, understand; that
had nothing TO do with the cause OF death.
q. Would the shock of such an injury Of the abdomen
you have described ordinarily cause deathf A.
think not but could find nothing else by which death
Q He was alive you saw him the next morningS
A. Yes, out he was dying
CAUSE DEATH
CrOssexamined by Mr. Townsend.-Q. see, doctor,
that the DEATH in the opinion of the Coroner caused
by perotns, and ask you, did he not die from pero-
tims A. There was not enough to DEATH first
Col. Fisk about o'clock Dr. Trpler sent for me;
he was not pupil Of mne; as said before found Col
were present with hlm-Dr TTiper, Dr. Steele, ana DT:
Fisher; ordered the room to be cleared remained
ab lNf an /
NeatOn probe; the wound had been prObed before by
Dr. Trper; he got an Impression that he touched the
ball but IL was the muscle he touched.
O. think it was mentioned that the adipose tissue OF
the abdomen about two inches thick, how then old
you insert the probe four inches without passing the
walls Of the abdOmenG was the wound dagonalY A. IL
was obqne; felt part of the Ieet9s muscle prac-
ced surgeon could at once tell the difference between
the probe touching that muscle or the bali FISK CON
Tweed while there Fisk appeared to be entirely
radOnal he very anxious aDOut ms wound; he
wanted TO know whether il was fata-whetner he would
recover; there no movement OF bowels or unatiOn
that j know Of; noticed no fecal odor; sineit the
probe, but noticed nothing OF the kind
@ was il not thOugt At first that the wound was
mortal wOund-IneTely a flesh wOundf A. My impress
sion from the rst that was fatal and therefore
advised his Will to be made; could not say that at
either OF the Interviews had with Linn he Appeared TO
wander in his mind; hc talked 70 me nteigeuty; when
the probe introduced lie given 30 drops of chic
rOfOrm at his own request.
@ Is it safe to give choroform in Of shock A.
We give II in capital operation to prevent more shock
but IN this II given more to please Col FISK
ii had followed my own judgment would not nave
given Il.
@ Does not chloroform paralysis of the heart1
Q. Now, when you saw him the second time. did you
moi think he would rally from the shocki A. Well, L
hoped
O. Wasn't he of what we outsiders call an apopectc
buildf A. Yes; but ne had not much blood III Linn; he
had been unwe and taking medicine lately; nc weighed
in the ncigbOrnOOd OF 2G0 pounds; lie was very lat at
tie pOStmOrtem felt considerable interest in reear TO
the brain, as II was very large one 1t weighed 6S
ounces; the heart was also large.
@ Wll you please to give us definition OF shock and
definition of cOlapsef A Shock rs depression of the
system, followed depression IN the sanguine
and clrcua Ory system OF the hcat It's extent depends
upon importance of the organ injured tine human
economy shock from lear and joy and shock from
a wound act on the body in the same way
O. The saOCk tnat Mr.. FISK received at that tme-do
you consider il a mcntal shock OF shock from the
wound ne had received A. tmnk from both ana that
produced the symptom of fanXety; distinguished that
feeling In Mr. Fisk from his general appearance; the
pupils of his eyes were dilated.
O. IL has been stated that COL FISK was perfectly in
sensible Tor hours before his deathi A kno6 at 81
O'Clock ne not nSeuSlOe.
q. Was there any probing done at that second inter
view you had No, Sir; the last time saw INN ms
respiration Is; tie natural ratio Of the Pulse with
respiration 10 or 50 pulse and from IA To S respiration
q. what was IT, IN your opinion that sent tLo pulse
TO $50 and kept the respiration at lSl A. opium
there is distinction between the large and smaller III
testncs the former remain almost dormant, while tine
latter always in motion; So from That fact II per
should introduce probe mo a wound IL would be
almost impossible 10 help touching an intestine.
q. wOud ike to have you give your d-1nitiOn OF
what shock Is: explain II in tns way aftcr railroad
accident surgical OpeIatOuO they differ In any Way
out Of shOck; have known people to die
from a pen-Ane touching the peritOneuin.
q. COdld not prOJe produce dedthf A. Yes SIT the
the probe would be very likely 10 produce cavity
where II was inserted.
q. Were there any symptoms during life OF internal
bleeding at all2 A. No Sir
O. Have YOU not TO believe that when post
mGrten eXminai have been made minute alterations
have caused ueah3 a. Sometimes probe might pune
ture intestine, but IL would require gOod deal or
force To- make a hole III an Intestine ..,,,
TIE Court adjONuned 10 this morning at 1880 O'CLOCK