The New York herald., 1874-11-25
4 COR0NER'S CENsURE.
DR.. Schie1erd ecker Explains the Action
OF q CorOner,s Jury.

DR.. Schie1erdecker Explains the Action
OF . Coroner's Jury.
DR.. G. G. Scnieierdecker, the proprietor of the
nydr0pathic establishment in Twenty. second
street, sends the HERALD q statement OF q case
where, young woman having d!ed, the Coroner's
jury rendered verdict censurlng him. HIS card
Is too long for insertion IN iull. Below will be
found quotations giving his main allegations:-
During the past season person called at my
place lOur or i've times, and under the false pre-
tence that his daughter was suffering severely
from hysterla, rheumatism and overdrugging with
OF my establishment, which Is not a hospital,
but simply house ior the hygenic and hydro.
ing from disease. Is that all patients who are help
iess from their troubles, must have their own prl
yate nurse. ! had, OF course from the begin
my diagnosis, and among otner questions
asked she had any sores on ner
In that direction OF course | could 20 no urther;
out she was deceiying me, PROBABLY rom lear
that that = I'll knew ALL ! would send ner away. I
pleased, kind. devoted way tnat made her seem to
Sne said. ION, ! am SO much better can
naI wnsen and ID - rom n time to time, How KIND
last the parents came. ana, without See
ing me. Installed themselves in my house.
They also brought young doctor to take charge
days later, was Leale. he took entire charge Of
the patient az physician came daily, sometimes
twice day, without consulting with me to know
s1 ana PROBABLY @ % Ss rslaVss
as 1se she w ss PGSr sr deS and
with disease out OF mans reach. II her life were
shortened or not by the treatment she mad for
Jour weeks after threw up the case Is not for
me TO say. some six days afterwards was sum.
moned TO the Coroner's ofice; found a jury, the
Coroner and the doctor assembled. TINS doctor
was placed upon tue stand, and, IN addition to
most OF his testimony, which l am ready to dis.
tunlty, SAID, iound the patient watersoaked," as
i sne mad been sponge-might as well have said
ne found c0bDle stone permeated with light And
again, 'sores caused BY the debiiitatlng influence
OF several weeks application Of water" Now mis-
treatment and iood Ior this patient, whom he had
was for the most part. as hear, onions alco
holic drinks and drugs the disease was Tabes
Dorsats (gray degeneration OF the spinal narrow,
not "bed s0res.n Under nis mnistration the
poor patient sinks into the eternal rest.
and ! am called 70 the witness stand, as II I
had boen her physician, aud put upon the defen-
give, SICK, without my lawyer, without my wit.
nesses, of whom have dozen to prove all this.
and the broken English OF myself and my friend,
German physician, pooh-po0hed aside misrepre.
oner's intention to do me an injustice do not in
the least believe; only think that ne was himself
deceived with regard TO the animus OF all this I
could not explain myself wel In English. but
asked for delay and permission TO have my lawyer.
II was not absolutely refused. but was told 1t
was OF no consequence, not necessary, and judg.
ment, SO to speak, sprung upon me, with the i'm
presSlOn lett upon the pubilc mind that the pa
tent had died through my neglect. Why they
might as Well have placed 1t upon the shoulders or
however, leave an impression upon the public
mind a. false a. dlcers, oRths.