The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-17
THE COMMODORE DISSECTED.
PAINFUL DISEASES THAT IMMENSE
WEALTH GOULD NOT CURE
A Physician's P~etcst against bctas Forced
TO Reveal Professional Secret.-The In
mediate Cause of vauderbiIt's nenth.

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William II. Vanderbilt listened with evil
aen' u'stuS, anu in'pa'iehce. yesterday. TO the
description by the Doctors of how they had cut
father. Mr.. Vanderbilt snems IN ,ar a n l..d,na
. i '""u'''' evv'nS W "Ac u 'eau'hs
part III tne management OF MS own case. When
| a question rs 10 course OF action arises Messrs
| Clinton co,,s,,oL and An,..,,. u,,u 49,.
o',n'oh. vonS'oek' ana augustus Scheh put
| their heads together. Then. after whispered
| consultation they turn to Mr. Vanderbilt and
! take bis o,ipio, Mono NJ tho conc ~, tho rau
rond au,nor',, ,,ro a., o W w., =, ."e ,a
roau hutocrat were IN court yesterday Jere-
mah s. Black, counsel for Mrs In Bau. the
cou,ns,an, an, in b,s forn,or oh,ir a,'a ,sa,'
| more oil lion than the Nandcrbits. judging
from the numerous requests to have him
| ,o;,,oJ o,, m - -. .,, IT,.
po'"'" ou'' me room WIS uronged' nut
| owing To Capt. Mclntire's excellent arrange
menis, the parties to the issue the journalists.
""" ."e ""S'rs were comfortably accommo-
dated. Many persons remained from morning
until evening without going ont for lunch inst
! os J,,.i,,,, d., ~. 49, O' w 'N''
w. uu, ,r, NV p''en'r ,r'"'
of the dissection Of the Commodore told in ra-
al, 90 A. ,,ii,,o,, a., ~. :, -. 80
~ " w., |I''i.on 'nu rcsuns OF an ihses''ga
| duration in the anus presented none Of tho
.,,"ns Wsr' Fl, tliose OF chrnnic inflammation. He
1n ,;,s" u ~ VIZ conutlun OF the return was
liz "onn ar nrn iv,as1 us 'le ulcera'ioh oil
Yin ,r '1uh or lnrH.' intestine.
Ln MT. LorI-As ] have already stnted. the
| ia tmm ~ ,, LII no mo"sur'Intnt OF
l,,r , nIins WIS mlde' mo greatest cir
v"',', ,, 10 :" ,i w ~, cal! OF me leg
W, 10y mi .,l'i,l ,ile srehust clrcumt"ren,e
~ ~ W nril' lh'r' WIS u 'ad sore on the body
Trihlhi tn' upper extremity 81 the lett ~ y bone.
nv hn'u,,yS were .oil'ra,ten ana smaller than
cd mir ,nicr We ,hs nnd present
| chronic Bright's disease when il ia ~ tbn soro,
| known ms the contracted kidney; the liver was
| NiTplnlet. ana weighed only two pOunls nina
| ounces. instead 81 three and a half pounds the
usual weight. There was no appearance of
! hernia. or rupture having previously xsted.
| Or. Lewis A. simpson. a young man with
BLACK halr. bright black eyes. and an open. sin
| ct. Alter stating that he had lived in New
York YORK for ten years, md been physician for
ed manner to the court and said: " wish 10
know II | have any choice in regard To. giving
this testimony | have soon an article in II
morning paper TO the effect that | am not
obliged to give II. and wish to escape giving Il
| II lean. The only knowledge have of the mat
| ter has been obtained through the courtesy Of
| one OF the parties TO this trial. consider the
| information ut their disposal. and that have
no right to disclose IL without their consent"
Surrogat"-You have no choice in the matter
! Unfortunately press men are not always as
adept in the law ms in publishing ncwspapcrs'
Mr. Lord Ito witnessl-Hnve Won seen nny
person about the matter Of your testifying in
this casep
Obliged 10 give ovidencc or not. ""'
Mr.. Lord-I won't ask YOU the lawyers name
HA raftl ~
was.
Surrogite-In explanation Of the hesitation
shown 10y the witness. II is but fair to say that
the article in question seems to nlepp TINT the
giving of testimony hv a physician under such
circumstances is prohibited hy statute. and that
m" Court was bound to exclude such testimony,
obeeted. hold that the evidence is compctent.
ana That the witness cannot make an objection.
NJ, c.t ~,
uh ri,',t,,,i ,i"n sh' uNWwfi h'l proceeded
H. said th.t ne hni been ,siNrn charge OF the
uiiuI!.i'r' rcrtuin anus ana huJ9inlng pnrts IN
scribcd hccondition Of the organs eS kan by
Tr,,' ~ iln'ns WIN tne pelNic organization.
"n nddnr a sn9T ,s the rssSs Of chronic IN
49, Si n H. prostnu eihhu WAS nail as
nresented n chsnye If n"I ir,, az me urfnra
III; tounItni ,ro,n hhr vas,ale orinre. The
BERN siven ~ ~, or,,nn c,,n sne w, u, Is
small glands. ana when speak Of the Sriice Of
ali thos" small Glands on ,..n oi me ~ ~, wnirh
III" ne nnu'pus nlemnrhhe hhd a sln'y
s,,' ~ ~" w ~, ~ Nv pms t"re We're dhrk"r
nineo wher, fbrre uns IN IN"
~ H. found no cnnmunination h.twenn H.,
nndd"r nnL ~. di.asa =, III n,'""h tlr
n9thinr abnormal on tie one de OF The bad Ter.
cvs, ,,s - "''' "'"se Vi iocal'Neu chronic
The disonses noticed bv ,he wltnoss IN tho
kii,,.v G;n c va., u h. rn,un, hr.illr
, n,.n's ,Ss'us; win ehlhrsrd pros
"n Srr NE ~, n' tuan, WIN peIlur@t!Hh
oryx tTh Is ' ,r,n mnu "erIsn oil we
small hona ot 10 I,rr n,,i, ~ III ~ u
sn"rmr, ,yhi"r ia,,r -, Ii'uilN -, III" COS
~ ~ n"l.,s Ti , ri,i,S ,i' nst'rlor phlt
r, o,t h ~ -, ,i ''.l " i! IT,. " ~ Hhr-
go 30 va ~ F"'' "'''" i"''ia''S "a Va"
WIZ o.l,,os,.,,, ,.o,..., .........
l .,u IN 49, ~, ~ ~ W., t','lrt Hppearhhpe oi
male LIGHT Yellow tint md mo eurfo 90 : ,,voi
pn-t-mortem discoloration. The muscles 81 the
lower eNtremitirs were much atrophied that is
wasted away On the fundun was a bed sore
one and a-qunrier hy one and a-half inches
on the right side OF the anus was ono unin-
famed external pile. n mulhrrry-likc mass .X-
tending into tho rectunl and the left side was
occupied 10y uberous mass'e.
Mr.. Lord-We have now como q the ahdom-
inal cavity. and that word your Honor reminds
me that II Is sometimes proper 10 take lunch
The ghastly Joke excited general smile. and
n brief recess WAS ordered. after which MIR
StimT~on resumed: There was hole in the
descending colon IN large intestinol nbout
us large as "A silver quarter and in
addition TO the large hole were a few
others OF smaller siz' All the nor
tion II the large intestine below the middle II
tho transverse colon down was dslrnded 10 tn.
width OF three inches with ac'umulRiions in
which were n large number Of concrete masses
Spontaneous rupture occurred at several points
when the colon WIS raised in tho hands with