The New York herald., 1874-01-15
BROOKLYN COURTS.
CITY C0URT-TRAL TERM.


of Physicians and Surgeons-What the
Law Requires OF Them-Suit TO Recover
$4,000 for Alleged Mnlepractfce-state-
ments Of Professional Experts-The
Charge OF the Court.
Before Judge Nelson.
Probably no case ever excited more interest
among the medical and surgical profession OF
Brooklyn than that Of Mrs. Luella G. Saunders
against Dr. II. S. Gilbert which was suit to re-
cover damages in the sum Of $50, 600 for alleged
maepractice. The trial was commenced on Monday
last, and yesterday afternoon the case was given
to the jury. Some Of the most distinguished ply
sicians and surgeons OF New York and Brooklyn
testified as experts during the proceedings. the
examination being conducted on a most elaborate
SCALE The court room was densely crowded each
day. the profession being very largely represented.
Judge Nelson, in his charge to the jury, made a
very clear exposition OF the case. He spoke as
tOllows:-
JUDGE NELSON'S CHARGE.
GESrIKnEs OF TIE JuRy-This action having been
the podca attendant Of the plaintiff was wanting in
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ation Of the parties. The defendant bound pos
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ssnssd Moaa Seem % e Ct e ds
saSss 81 have %s sas
bs nsaay a appasd sdh that =, ,sI sA
he esercsea the proper care and attention. and gave
SsyOna his and e
came came to an unavorabie Tssult lhs law peculiar
snd sasp duty Sss. jos. reasonaSs IL
to the m rsa s1ns y earnestly
s%a sSSusS Sn cue may a errors saas
l' care and attention, proper efforts to relieve and
at s S
palm and suffering OF the person coprnng and depending
exacton In the very nature Of the thing the medical
practitioner does o not and In ,..r,, =, .u..
When he has performed In me earnest dischsrse OF his
& do Tie law satisfied You should accept apply the
rule o. law stated That Your duty sTt The QUESTIONS
are conflict and contradiction SO far as The crcdi-
your best judament reconcile the testimony where yoa
can do So sna aere ey You esn1 give ss to st
%ih In ySsr general review % q the y0u WI
oa no acal phefs being s srons @sSe oon
pn,s @ 9s and s s0NS aa oSd %
Sim Of OF xoaa M ,as, n
a1shFs aeTey % Of the chd on the sh of Marsns
any any Tke was IN Ss
ns a s %GS re to s
uce obstetrics Is held in low estimation not
have nave the physcian in stsnaance several Of wit
and the reason assigned : that complcations might
IN this be had Of
msnt; but as they they ;, did not, as nothing
point does not seem to be OF present also
Rgessss s
Of september, 1872 examination made By Drs. Dudley
1Sa = Spt ss'
sen o N n the m a.
10 her sense rSa, of the he movement e OF the
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severance that would be the personal experience be-
sSs s pian you VIII TsnemSsr S SSdi that
CASES OF CHARACTER OCCURRENCE.
It noticed in some mHSia books X I'm in others not But
distnguished physc,ans and snrgeons called Ihus DR.
pude e9 5 S1 rs ia
when he was q student In edinburgh; DR. Wood,
% sad
case Of the Kind Dr. Ayres 81 years II praece met
s years practice four or i've such cases Dr. Miaton il
se %s y,sR snd % ss0s y s Ss
parts Of the human frame and Ct the oloe Of each part
iniormauon In addition TO that yod have seen the
kstS ses M ne S5 ANA e s
of this region aud serving to support the weight OF the
witnesses, il OF three parts bound together
e. points S , S whs h. one S at n
are in immediate contact but connected by thin
o. ad bound ~ ssma ns1 are % sa
81 mis- union i understood io be very great
sns shs causing the e'es o
by the and the structure of this Is demon
sraed by the statement of Dr Carnochan that In
enforced artificial delivery with the OF instru
his entire strength was applied W the
without nhicting injury upon the symphysis pubis. 1t
has been shown that THIS difficulty
necessarily occur when happens at all during partu.
rion but nay take place before or afterwards. DR..
Richardson mentions cases where the rea came
stance where lady had several children this
Intervening II is proper that You consider he svmp.
toms BY which this declares itself 1t Il said
be not unusual tor women after childbirth 10 com
plain OF some OF troubles of which the plaintf com
planspaIn general internal disturbance pressure and
seeming sinking sensations The eption Is the
cared movement OF the pubic bones stated by plaintiff
Ii is quite that that sensation and pain caused
by such movement belongs and peculiar this
turbance. The
state that such Of the pubic bones would
cur In of such relaxation disturbance Accord
Ing to recollection the testimony thus
supports the statement that tins plaintiff was suffering
from that the very sensation which she states the
movement Of the bones aud the pain inc dent that
would attend that relation the pa desg
mated We learn from the experts learn from
the paintif that person thus affected would,
on rising or moving, have that sense of
the rubbing OF the pubic bones Now, although
the deiendent had not had such q case in
the previous practice accounted for by the rarity OF such
occurrences yet in his profess reading found
statements OF IT. He does not appear nave been igno
rant Of tho fact that such disturbances ques-
tion whether such statements OF symptoms were made
to hin pointed directly to his and