The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-05

WAS SCOETYs, POISONED!
Reply of Dr. BeckNyIth to the Cues
ton.

In the Commercial of yesterday ap.
peared a lengthy item, with the follow
ing headline: "Was 'Scotty' Poisoned?'
The item says that rumor was in cir
culation that Samuel +. SCOTT, Familiarity
known as "ScOtty," was poisoned by
sugar of lead (plumbi acetat. aumnis-
tered to him as medicine, and that Mr..
John 7, Love had said that Mrs. Pom
eroy told him that DR.. Beokwith made
some remark OF that kind. Mr.. Love
also stated that MI. NJ iller. of New YORK
a brother-in-laW OF the deceased, was
about to have the prescriptions analyZcd.
The item in the Commercial coucluues
with the following:
1t only remains to be added that Dr..
CIendenin stated that there were no
symptoms OF lead poisoning in the case
of Mr.. Scott, and he does not think that
he took more than three or four Of the
pills.
1t appears that DIR. Beckwith,
homeopathic physician, was called in to
attend Mr.. Scott towards his end, and
when it is borne In mind that physicians
OF Dir. BeCkwith's sono0l OF medicine
speak OF the medicines prescribed bv
physicians of other sonUols as "pCt
| sons" it will be readily seen how cas- y
| II peculiarly professional remark Of that
! sort, made in the hearing OF dlstres5eu
| family, under the circumstances, would
| piye rise to a rumor such as the one call.
| ing for this pubic notice.
Dr. Beckwith in reply offers card
stating he is not aware that physicians
of the homeopathic school call medi-
! cines prescribed by doctors OF other
schools as ''poisons."
| From his card we clip the following
| Gas rumOr is atioat with many stories
| about the cause Of Mr.. Scotps death,
and my name is associated with it, de.
sire to tell what said and did i'll the
case.
| ION the morning of the 30h ult. was
called to see MIR. Scott; found him ap'
| parenlly past any hope of recovery
! The family desired me to prescribe fol
| him, stating that the attending physi
clan had given up the case. Du ing the
day and evening l made him three
| visits, At each OF these much diss ats
faction was expressed by his friends in
reference TO his medical treatment. My
opinion was asked, and the only expires.
sion made was that haA seen, OIL late,
several cases of tall dysentery, and they
would nave all recovered without medi-
cine by proper diet. AS TO Mr.. Seotts
case l could give no opinion, as l DID
not see him in the early part OF his sick
ness.
"The day after his death Mr. Miller
brought to my flee thirty-one presorir
tions which he SAID had been prescribed
or Scott during his last sickness; he
also had a summary of some OF the prln
cipal ingredrents, which are, as he gay,
them, opium, 1893 grs.; tinct. opium, .;
m morphine RrS,: sugar OF lead, 2
lgls. oil turpentlne, DIR. ,....-
II assured Mr.. Miller that there wa
| not single prescription but what wa
ordinarily used by The regular school
and that they often gave very much lai
. ger amounts, that he could not take ex
, ceptions to the treatment, but l woul'
prefer some other mans stomach tina
} mine should receive the whole, and al
; still OF the same opinion.
Sin no instance have l inferred tina
2 he was poisoned or taken any more med
4 icine than is usu iy given by the ver
best regular physicians.
"S. r. BECKWITH."