The New York herald., 1872-07-10

opium A. No; II was a case In which would lei
q. When would you give 1t A. There is pccu,
liar sequence OF shock In which there is weakness
and restlessness In which hulf grain might be
g. Then II the irritability continuesf A. would
Q. And II the symptoms continued ? A. You
don't think would go on giving opium, opium for,
everl you may give too much OF good thing and
make 1t poison; might try camphor, or something
Q. Suppose the patient sleeps after opium. and
then after an hour wakes and tne pain ana irri,
case.
Q. And want theoretical answer-theory right
ing an improbabillty; we don't go on sticking II
into them all the time.
.,9 HON. stiG;kngs A. Upodhermsl;oa h mica administra'
g DO you ever stick it ins A. do
g And DO You carry the instrument about you
@. What Is the effect of subcutaneOus administer
ing OF opiums A. Instantaneous-acts like light
O. What is the effect Of half a gain 80 admins
teredf A. never gave half grain.
O. How long would the effect lastP A. For
O. Does the fact that the patient ls SUFFERING from
pain and rritability lessen the duration OF time
O. Does the pain return after the narcotic A..
Yes; after the effect OF the narcotic departs
@, II the patient awakes and complains Of pain
Q. If at haifpast four in the morning the patient
awakes and calls for water, takes the vessel into
his hand and drinks the water would you consider
him laboring under OPIUM or was the effect passed
Mr. Tremain-we object. There is no evidence of
that
Judge Ingraham- There is distinctly.
Witness--I would infer that the effects were sub
Q. Did you observe any peritonitis about Colonel
q. Could he have such wound without sh0ckS
A. He must have had shock.
wnaS: In n your oPhon ad ne edst de or A
die.
Re.examined by Mr.. Tremain-was your impress
being administered that you spoke OF It to your
family2 (Excludedl
of 1t, good or bad practiceP (Excluded)
Q. Would the amount Of opium suggested In your
examination be likely to produce deaths A. 1t Is
possible that thirty drops would; 1t would be dan
Objected to as opening the whole question. Objec-
BY the Courtroom your examination after death
and from what you saw OF the wound and heard
did you consider that wound as mortal A. 1t was
BY the Court-Did you consider 1t mortal ? A.
Q. You considered it very dangerous A. Yes.
q. What were the probabilities as to life or deaths
A. ALI the chances were against him; he might
have chance OF nature coming In and closing up
The Court then took recess.
After the Recess.
The Court having reassembled the defence pro.
ceeded with their case.
Cassius II. Reed recalled-Q. Did the prisoner
express his apprehensions OF being pursued by GER
to defend himself, and that II he were killed it
would be at the instgation OF Fisk
The Court excluded all testimony of this charaC-
ter until the defence connected the men with Fisk.
MEDICAL TESTIMONY CONTINUED.
Dr. Jacobs was then again put on the stand.
Q. You are physician and surgeOni A. Yes, sir,
for nineteen years in this city; am President OF
the County Medical Society; am connected with the
Mount Sinai, the German and Blackwell's Island
Q. What is shocks A. The general prostration
Immediately following injuries; the danger is that
or so prostrate the powers Of the system that any
other consecutive disease will prove fatal
the whole system, especially Of the motory and
sensitive systems; respiration is shallow and super
hcial, alternating with signing; In the large ma
jority of cases the temperature is lower than
g. The temperature Of the bodys viii you please
explain that Tne 81 the
shock, according to the injury, e aH.ccs,ne lne
temperature, thsrmonieter must be used.
@ Are you familiar with the action Of opium ?
A. Yes sir. In the earlier stages Of opium poison
ing, IL Is usual Tor the patient to be sleepy.
A HYPOThErICAL CASE.
pa' seSts TO man IN ~
o'clock-abOut nalfpast four the pulse was very
low, and about hafpast seven O'Clock his pulse was
",
his answers prompt-would you apprehend any fur.
ther danger from shock, for 1t is admitted that
q. In such case II from ten to halfpast ten his
pulse and respirations were normal his color pale,
and at eleven O'Clock the reaction is further es.
tablished the condition of the patient improved
and You afterwards found that he becomes sleepy
though he Is rational as long as he can be roused
plraton, and his pulse up to $780, while his res
piration Is 49, and at ten to ten and three.
quarters In the morning he cannot be aroused,
Of its A. one Of three things-either NOR
phine poisoning, or death from uramfa, a con-
dtion Of the blood in which certain portions OF the
blood are not removed through te Kidneys and
very common In Of disease Of the kidneys; or
OF watery effusOn Of the brain.
THE POsT-MORTEM EXAMINATION INCOMPLETE.
The counsel then read the pOst-mOrtem examina-
tion, and asked the witness what he thought was
| the cause OF DEATH
| A. No man can say, from that post-mortem ex-
animation, what the man died of; the statement Is
have been changes in the brain and in the mem.
| branes.
THE BRAIN HEALTHY, THEREFORE, NOT MORPHINE
POISONING
Cross-examined-Q If the brain is healthy the
man could not have died Of morphine poisoning
mortem paper is incomplete; if the brain was
healthy lie could not have died of morphine poison.
9. When the paper says the brain was healthy,
| why did you say Fisk died of morphine poisoning
A. Judge so because all the symptoms during life
watery euson, and the Condition on Of 9r'd the body %
shows that he did not die of the last two
g From the condition Of the brain-healthy-.
after death would you conclude that he had died
from morphine poisoning A. No, sir.
HOME QUESTIONS.
Q. Did you ever administer opium in case OF
shockP A. No, sir, it is not usual to do so.
q. Arc you familiar with the Surgeon Generals
reports between 1S60-'65 In respect to gunshOt
wounds IN the bowes2 A. have read them, years
ago.
O. Where the shock was followed by Violent
pain would you not administer opium 4. might
II there was no reason why should not
O. II the effect of the opium wore of and the pain
returned would you not administer another opiate
A. The opium Is not likely to lose its effect in an
hour; If It did might give another opiate.
O. And suppose the pain still returned, what
would you dor A. should count the doses had
given, and should certainly not repeat the doses
without limit as 1t Is certainly dangerous to give
large quantities OF opium to person you do not
know.
THE DOCTOR ON HIS DIGNITY.
An amusing scene followed in consequence of Mr.