Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-09-12

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| to our moving him, for fear of its bringing OF
ano Their spasm, but asked us to rub his arm and
body. which we did for some time, and then in
sisted on removing him into the house He haze
some twitchng when we moved him, and somt
time afterward very severe spasm. After re
covering from it asked him if he was con sclous
at the time and he said he was, perfectly His
wife reached us fan TO fan him, but he objected
to it. It was then after I O'Clock, and, Mr..
Parkins having arrived, | left | heard from
him frequently but did mol go to see him until
Thursday, when found him vomiting, which he
continued at short intervals. He would rinse his
mouth and drink some, and then vomit again. =
| did not see him again until Saturday, when
found him dying. On the Tuesday evening
when first saw him thought it might be in :
lammation of the stomach, and asked If ne had
any bu rning there, and he said he had not
The spasms jerked his arms and legs, particular
ly his right leg, in which he was wounded. lie
requested US to rub his arms and legs. saw
him on Monday evening, the day before he'was
attacked, and was talking about doing some
hauling for me next day. met his son, and he
told rue his father had been taken sick the night
before | never, duril his illness, heard him
say how the attack had seized him. heard that
he had had q spell TWO weeks before that |
don't recollect that the tanning, or attempted
tanning, produced any spasms am IN no way
connected with Mr.. Aliens family. knew Mr.
A before he was married. They have lived in
the neighborhood some Ia years, and in harmo-
ny, as far as | know. The wound on Allen S
ankle has existed since the war as running sore.
When he asked us to rub him we rubbed him
very hard, sometimes on the flesh and sometimes
on his underwear. He did not complain of any
DIR. WIN. S. M CHEsNEY
Examined have been assisting Dr.. Fauntle
roy in the post mortem examination of Mr. Al
ems remains. I have heard his testimony =
was not there all the tine, but saw
the test made with sulphuretted hydrogen gas
when the portion OF the stomach threw down
yellow precipitate, which caused us to suspect
the presence OF ars enic. There is no other sub
stance that 7 know Of that so tested VIII
throw down the yellow precipitate named. 1t
was once considered by Chemists certain test
for arsenic, but see by recent cases that there Is
now mode of obtaining the metal-a more con-
elusive result We tested the matter outside OF
the stomach with sulphuretted hydrogen gas,
which threw down no precipitate at all, but
when the stomach was tested it threw down the
yellow precipitate. The symptoms described by
DR. Craw ford are those OF person suffering
from poison. Arsenic is generally found IN
crude bismuth, but whether it is not thrown OF
in sub-ni tie of bismuth, am not satisfied. =
Any other corrosive poison would produce SIM
liar symptoms to arsenic. An old wound might
cause the tetanic symptoms which have been de
scribed. The spasms described by Capt. Webb
might have been caused by an old wound. SO
might the same spasms result from a nervous
shock to persons who had no wound at ALL
The sensitiveness to touch might result from a
disordered nervous system. II the system was
sufficiently under the influence of 81 corrosive
poison as to produce tetanic spasms, it would
generally De sensitive to the touch.
We took an ounce of the contents of the sto-
mach and put it in an ounce of water and boiled
it, filtered it, and applied the sulphuretted ny
drogeu gas, and it turned the whole quantity in
to yellow precipitate. regard our experiments
so far as we have gone establishing the proba-
bilty of the presence of arsenic 1t is impossible
to say what effect an old wound, or any wound,
may have on the nervous system. | have seen
men die, whose skin was not broken by bullet,
solely from the nervous shock. '-t
STATEMENT OF j. W. MooRMAN.
Examined was at Mr.. Parkin's house, talk
ing to Capt. Webb, when some one came there,
and asked for Mr.. P. being told he was not
there the voice asked if "any gentlemen were
there,'' and being told there were, said Mr.. Al
len was very sick ana we must go there, and
ad ed, ''run 7! The voice was that, learn, OF
Mrs. Allen started, and as got opposite her
she said :
s'PLEAsE RUN, 1 AN AFRAID He IS DYING
I Immediately ran all the way to the house
where found him lying in the door WITH his
feet Inside the door. Some one was rubbing
his hands-I think one of the ladies in the
house At their direction, commenced rubbing
him He objected to being moved into the
house for fear he would have another spasm-
After we gol him in he had slight spasm which
be said was the slightest one he had had
That was about Is minutes after we got
there. We moved him into the room
and just as we were moving him he had right
severe spasm After we got him fixed comforta-
bly, with a chair and pillows, we rubbed him and
after while Mr.. Parkins came, and went home.
/ know nothing Of Mr.. Allen and his family,
having not been long in the neighborhood. Did
not hear him complain of any nausea As | tried
to fan him he caught hold of my hand to stop
me. n.s
STATEMENT OF MR.. JNo. H PARKINs.
Examined-I went to Mr.. Alens house and
found Capt Webb and Mr.. Norman there as
they have described. After they left he had
slight spasm or twitching. I asked him if he
was suffering any pain He answered no In
an hour, as near as I Can come at it, Dr. Craw-
ford came there The Dr. examined his eyes
and said there was some effusion about his brain.
He asked Mr.. Allen whether he had a blow or
fall or other hurt the head, all of which he
answered in the negative. Mr. A had twitch
ina at the intervals of five 10 ten minutes, the
right leg being more affected than any other
part of his body. got little out Of patience
and said /: Doctor. he did get knocked on the
head by spent ball at Port Republic and he has
been imprudent in his diet and his stomach is all
out of fix The doctor then gave him some
medicine and he drank it, The DIR. said it was
bromide of potassium, and W as to quiet his
nerves. Very soon after he drank that vert
home and took my wife homesay 81 o'clock.
I returned Immediately and found Mr. Allen
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