The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-09


|or Conservatives, put in Office, (npd much
In this direction has yet to be done ere
|thereipmuoh to hope for,) we will see q
revival Of the material, moral and social
prosperity. of our State.
A SOUTH CAROLINIAN.
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POISONED ny HEMLocK The purticu-
lars OF very singular case of poisoning
by hemlock were developed in Brooklyn,
Sundny, the victim being Professor +.
w. Walker, n we'll known scientist, who
was victim to his own devotion to an
investigation of the methods of treating
nervous diseases: Prof +. w. Walker
WAS proprietor Of the Eclectic Baths, Mt
No. 800 State street. and had for Il long
time suffered from spaSmodic contortions
OF the muscles of the fnce, and had been
treated by DR.. BroT1-SsduaY1, vi New
York, who is now in Europe. The strych-
nine treatment was first applied, but
without SUCCESS Professor Walker then
placed himself under the treatment of
Professors A9new nnd Webster, and they
adopted the method of Professor John
Harley, of St. Thomas Hospital, in Lon
don, which lis the use of conium, or the
fluid cxtrnct of hemlock On SATURDAY,
h. visited DR.. Aynew's office, in New
York, where the drug was used, but with
no satisfactory result. AS Prof. Walker
was leaving the Office the physician in
strnctel him to procure some of Pro-.
SIuibb's tiuid extract Of hemlock nnd
take FIFTY drops at dose. The doctor
described 70 his patient whit SYMPTOMS
would appear on his taking the dose
Professor Walker then visited DR..
Squibb's manufnctory in Doughty street
Brooklyn, and procured m ounce vial Of
conium. Returning to his home he be-
gan taking the medicine, but the third
dose resulted in his death. He took the
first dose on Saturday afternoon, and i'm
mediately afterward instructed his wife
to sit by his side with writing materials
and note his symptoms rs he detected
them. He then dictated the following,
AMI contiaued his description till he
died:
AT ten minutes pas. 1 z. 81, ffty
minims SIuibb's extract Of cpnium
Twenty minutes to 2. NJ, effect very
dccided-dizziness and relaxation of tho
muscles and limbs; fifty minims more
then taken, and Immediately difficulty
OF walking and want of power to control
movements; forced to lie down, bat no
mitigation of spasms; limbs weak, una
BILE to hold up the head; speech thicken-
ing some, pain and heavinGs in top anil
back of the head, pulse fitty-six. Fifteen
minutes past T. NJ, took fifty drops;
some nausea, some tremor at base of
claviclc and in muscles across the chest
no dimlnution of spasmS about the eyes,
more of photophobia Dislike of light }
Twenty-Five minutes past 2. b., drow-
siness, inclined to sleep. Twenty mi
nutes to 6P ~, eyes difficult to open
and speech difficult; difficulty in the
throat, prostration nearly complete;
diplobia double sightedness) vastly in
creased. Ten minutes past 6 =. M,
nausea, twitchings on right side, unable
to articulate, eyes closed, fullness almost
to suffocation in the throat, pulse about
sixty, in fact, six-water! water. water!'
These were the professors last words
His wife, seeing that he was dying, left
the room to get some coffee, and when
she returned, he was dend. DIR. Gilfllin
der my assistance. Professor Walker
died Of paralysis of the spinal marrow.
Previous to his death, he stated that
before he left DR.. Agnew's office, the
doctor told him that he might expect all
| those symptoms. Coroner Simms says
TINT the third dose was the cause of the
fatality. The professor, while taking
the drug, WAS very deliberate, and said
to his wife, Take down just az I die
tate" Coroner Simms was notified Of
the case yesterday, and sent for DR..
Agnew. DR.. Webster, his partner re-
spondel, and said DR.. Agnew was very
busy. but would come ii wanted. Prof.
Walker had been treated by DR.. Agnew
for several months. When his case was
in the hands of DR.. Brown -Sequard, tho
knife was used, but to no purpose.
Prof Walker was sixty-ive years OF
nge, and hns resided in Brooklyn but Il
short time, having previously resided Mt
Plainticld, n. j. He was at one time the
Washington correspondent OF the New
York Express, and WAS intimate with ex-
President johnson. He wns one of the
persons poisoned at the National Hotel,
Washington, on the OCCASION OF the in
auguration Of President Buchanan, in
1857. During the rebellion, he was
commissioned BY Gen. Mansfield to 90
to the village OF "r g." in Charles
County. Maryland, to capture Con-
federatc spy. named Emack. With the
assistance of regiment of cavalry he
captured his man. Emack escaped, and
in doing so stabbed Prof Walker in the
abdomen, inticting wound from which
he only recovered after long stay in
the hospital. This Ennck was after
wards placed in command at Dibby Pri-
son, and was knowns rs Bowie Knife
Emack." Since then Prof Walker held
several positions under the Government.
In 1871, he was knocked down by O
brick in William street, N. Y, and his
fnce WAS badly cut. This accident caused