, 1877-02-04

took me to the County Hospital and showed me
some cases. The question arose whether any.
thing could be adduced from the blood By an
examination Of the corpuscles. Since then ]
have Joined that to what have been engaged
n-tlifferentiating between the blood Of animals
aud mau, with reference to criminal cases. am
EXAMINING DISEASED BLOOD
both in regard to curative porccss and to 4
diagnosis of disease"
'sWhat progress have you madc?H
"Well, have hardly gone far enough to come
to any conclusion, but the blood l have cxami,.-
cd as distinct characteristics, and am in hopes
they will lead to something detintre.'
s'Whcu you have settled thequestion, sup
pose the next thing will be to dose the patient
with different kinds Of medicine and observe
their effect on the corpuscles to find outa SPECIFIC
for restoring them to their normal conditton.''
al can hardly say IS to that. We must wait
until we ere certain before we experiment in
that direction. do not wish to be understood
Us saying that can tell definitely the disease by
the corpusclcs. It may be ten Ten years before
size, and shall study 10000 or more to find out
the disease. In the examination Of diseased
blood find large preponderance Of oval cor
pusclcs. Usually there are more or less Of them
Il have had blooIs in which there were no mis-
shapen corpusc1es); aud in only diseased blood
have found them fl excess"
"What are the peculiar features OF the cor
puscles Of sick pcople!,
There are 50 many could scarcely cnumcr-
ate them; but those Of healthy people are more
uniform, though they vary in sizc."
"You say you have examined 10000 cor
II have made drawings Of that numbcr''
tsAll from human bloo1H'
"No. have examined the blood OF one hun
drcd individuals, seventy dogs, and about thirty
other auflnafs.n
s:Do you conlnc your studies solely to
blood?n
aNo. t have another department, so to
speak, in connection with the Kidneys and
urinary organs, ,-Brght's disease, whicl. has be-
siilcred necessarily fatal, hut we know it is man
agcablc if found out in season, and it can be By
the microscopic
The Doctor here exhibited slide, saying that
the specimen WAS sent to him by veterinary
surgeon, and that auadrupeds Is well as bipeds
were subject to this disease.
II forgot to ask you how you showed that
the woman did not shoot hcrself!"
"Oh, yes. Well, size had on q light cotton
undcr-garmcnt. and she could not have shot
herself, because the powder would have set
ton on fire even if the person shooting is four
or five feet away. Now, on the garment worn
by her there was not the slightest trace OF
powder or Of scorvhing around the hole made
By the bullet, and consequently the revolver
must have been at some distance from her.
This truth WIS demonstrated In the Court by
III experiment, aud the jury seemed to appre-
ciate it,"
The conversation was reluctantly brought to
close ut this juncturc, the reporter having
taken up over an hour Of the busy Doctors
.in1c, aud not wishing to impose upon him
further. When bidding him good evening, he
remarked that the public would undoubtedly
tulse all interest in the subject, and If the re-
porter called again he would willingly do all he
could to el!liglten them.