Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10

The Lste Deefi in Dentists Chair
Some PertinsR Remarks.

The Lste Deefi in Dentists Chair-
Some Pertinent Remarks.
From the Norh -imer:ean, Of .4prrt Sd.
The narrow Office of Coroner Gilbert
was picked with people yesterday
morning at the inquest in the case Of
Mrs. Elizabeth Neely, the resident of
Montgomery county who died at the
Office of DR.. II. g. Winslow, dentist
at 224 north Tenth street, while under
the influence of chloroform. DR.. Chap
man testified that Upon making a post
mortem examination of the deceased he
found clot of blood adhering to the
right side Of the heart organ. The
witness stated that before administer
ing either chloroform or ether the
physician or dentist administering it
should on all occasions make a careful
examination aud ascertain whether or
not any heart trouble existed. He
thought the deceased had been suffer
ing from disease of the heart previous
to having the chloroform administered
BY DR.. Winslow, as the clio. adhering
to the heart gave evidence of having
been there for some time and thought
that she mns, have been unhealthy.
From the fiabby condition of the heart
the chloroform, in the opinion of wit
ness, must have directly scted upon
that organ he thought that ether was
less dangerous than chloroform; very
few cases of death have resulted from
the former, while hundreds of cases are
recorded as having resulted fatally BY
the latter. DIR. Ninslow, upon being
sworn, said the deceased upon taking a
position in the chair to have the teeth
extracted, informed him that she was
perfectly healthy be would not have
administered chloroform had she told
him she was suffering from heart dis
ease. The jury then rendered the fol-
loving verdict: That the said Eliza
beth Neely came to her death March
20, 1870, at No. 224 north Tenth
street, by cbloroform administered by
DR.. II. g. Winslow and they further
find that DR.. Winslow is guilty of Grim
iDal ignorance in administering so pow
erful a remedy without having made an
examina ion of his patient.
When the verdict had been read
William Neely, the husband OF the de-
ceased, became greatly excited and
threw himself upon DR.. Winslow, and
would have struck him had he not been
taken away BY his friends. The Cor
onor addressed the accused as follow.
"Dr Winslow, before discharging thi:
case | must perform duty which
owe to the community as their repres
entative IN this Office, and that is tC
censure you for using SO dangerous q
remedy as chloroform in so trihing ar
operation as the extraction of teeth
more especially when you have at youI
own command much safer substitute
in sulphuric ether, and a perfectly
harmless one in nitrous oxide gas.
You are not only to De censured for US
ing it without having previously made
a cstefcl examination into the ptysica
condition Of the iafiots organs of youl
patients system. Chlotoform is 1
most powerful sedative, aud far more
dangerous to life than any OF the othel
anasthetics. On this account mum
Der of the hospitals have prohibited it
use. The medical profession have al
most unanimously settled down to th'
opinion that it should only be used il
capital Operations, and then only aftel
the most careful examination. Al
though the verdict of the jury and thi
censure will not bring back the mother
to the little ones or the wife to he
husband, il may be the means of di
recring the attention of dental surgeon
to more careful use of chloroform
and the community, who are the partie
most interested, to the great dangc
attending its use. and thus perhap
avoid similar accidents in future" Ii
concluding Coroner Gilbert committe'
the accused to await the action of tn
Grand Jury. Subsequently DR.. Wins
low went before the Court and was zd
mitted to bail in the sum of $4,000
joseph Allen becoming his bondsman
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