The New York herald., 1872-07-10

@. DO You belong to the same school OF practice
their practice is. or school either.
Q. Have you no knowledge OF the school to
which Drs. Wood and Sayre belong A. have no
idea about 1t; never heard what school they be-
l0ngod to.
Q. You never heards A. presume they are
Q. Are you not quite certain on that point A. 1
@. Are YOU in harmony with them in the practice
OF medicines A. am not
OUT OF HARMONY
Q. SO far as practice of medicine goes A. GER
tainly would not have pr0bed the wound, and
would not have given 80 much morphine.
g TO that extent you are not In harmony with
ancient doctors OF New York.
q. Are you In harmony with their general prac-
tice A. I don't know what their general practice
2. DO you not know there is kind Of warfare
going on the @ ha belong 70 and
graduate Of the College Of Surgeons, sir.
A PALPABLE HIT
90 the fact that Mr.. McKeon has been District
Attorney.
and a special litter among the strong minded
and weil-p0sted women, who have never been absent
from the court room day since the trial commenced
Mr.. McKeOn jumped to his legs and presented
himself to the Court as suddenly and unexpectedly
as Jack.in the box.
What s the fact Of my being District Attorney to DO
with the casep
gle, looked almost hopelessly but reprovingly at
JOhn, expecting another scene, but for once, Mr.:
McKeon collapsed without further invective and
O. Is there not warfare between the systems of
general practice pursued by. yourself and Drs.
as between homeopathy and allopathys
Q. No, sir; mean generally the systems Of prac-
A. Wel sir, follow the practice that cures disease
laugntep; what school do they belong tor and
O. Is It not fct that there is professional war
fare fare between your systems A. Tell me what their
g. ! don't know what their system is. A. Then
BY the Court-ls there any professional warfare
between your system and that Of the doctors
LTTTLK PERSONAL.
A. Well, in 80 far as know DR.. Sayre has stolen
some of my cases Qaughter) but he Is perfectly
Mr.. Fuilerton--But he charges you with stealing
some OF his A. No, sir, he does not; If he did he
anything from him. and don't think he has any
thing worth taking Qaughter).
sultation In cases iatelys A. Yes within year or
or. sayre), because he had nothing worth takingS
A. don't know that he ever made step In medi-
cal science.
O. Is he not ON eminent surgeons A. don't be-
lieve sO
@ How do you estimate himS A. don't want
to estimate him let him estimate himself.
@. How do you estimate DR.. Wood A. think
him very good sir.
Stands nigh in his profession A. Yes sir
G. Would you rely on his treatment. A. Yes; but
not In all cases.
in this given case II he had ordered so much NOR
phine A. would not have ordered so much In
that; would have differed from him.
Q. You say you would not have pr0bed the
wound; now, so far as the adipose matter is con.
cerned, would you not have probed that far A. OF
O. If the probe in the case did not enter the
cavity of the bowels no harm could ensue ? A.
O. And when you HV, Condemned nd @ the probing you
predcated it on the suppOstion that 1t had entered
the cavity Of the bowels9 A. Yes, from the testi-
O. You would not have hesitated, as surgeon,
to probe the wound as far as the adipose matter ?
s s. vs. vss' s2 ass ssE% ?as T. stss;, ss s B., s.t,as
when you saw him. A. He was lying passive and
breathing TRANQUILITY; his pulse was at seventy;
paid no particular attention to him when first
went in; sat beside his bed for some time; DR..
Tripler had been there before me-
TRIPPING OVER TRIPLER.
@. Never mind DR.. Tripler; we want you to talk
Witness-I was going to say that remained
passive so as to mark his condition; Tripler must
come in here or must stop Qaughter).
o. Tell us the condition of Fisk and drop Tripler.
A. 1t is necessary to mention him; wait till you
hear; I'll get over 1t In moment.
COuQsel-Then OBJECT to your mentioning him.
Mr.. Tremaln-I insist that the witness, II neces-
sary to his answer, shall be allowed to speak Of
The Court-There is no necessity to bring in
Tripler.
tion Of Mr.. Fisk; Tripier spoke to FISK and
attempted to rouse him; he was then breathing
very heavily, and, after speaking to him some time,
he awoke little aud DR.. Tripler said, "Here is DR..
Carnochan, Mr.. Fisk;" Fisk then looked in my
direction and said he was glad to me, and then
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went and sat for while in the ante-room; while
there S heard him breathe very heavily stsrtor
from shock should breathe SO; it was like apo
pletic breathing.
Q. Was there any evidence of shock to his sys-
tenn while you were thcre2 A. No, except his
palor.
q. Except nothing, please. Was there evidence
of q shock apparent while you were therep A.
Well, his face was quite pale
Q. Did you observe circle under his eyer A. No.
z. Did you look for itS A. No; but it might have
Q. What would that circle under the eye be an
evidence OF : A. don't know; it is evidence of q
great many things; man fatigued might have it,
Q: Does 1t usually follow shock to the systemY
A. Yes, 1t is apt to do so.
Q. Did he appear to be suffering from something
very depressing? A. Yes.
O. What, in your judgment, caused that pallor ?
A. He had received injuries-had received medica-
tion 1t might have resulted from complex causes ;
man falling from height or suffering from some
emotion; you might become pale from any sudden
q. Then pallor is an evidence of shock A. 1t Is.
@. You were at the post-mortem examination :
A. Yes, but took no active part in 1t.
@. Describe what you saw A. lie had wound
OF the small intestines and wound OF the large In
testnes; there appeared to be traces of the pas
sage Of ball through the small intestines and also
the transit Of ball through the large ntestines-
the colon.
Q. Were there no other parts woundedp A. Yes
O. Then state all, Doctor. A. The omentum was
passed through and the mesentery also was wound
ed; the small intestines were perforated twice,
making four perforations; two perlorations in the
colon; six perlorations In all.
Q. Are such wounds dangerous Yes decidedly
dangerous.
Q. Is wound to the mesentery dangerous9 A.
No, provided there is no hemorrhage all wounds
entering the cavity Of the abdomen are dangerous;
but wound Of the mesentery is not per Sc danger.
Ous
:. Q. Is wound to the peritoneum dangerousP A.
Yes.
Q. Did you regard these wounds Of Fisk danger
ousS A. did.
q. Describe the wound. A. 1t entered the abdo-