Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-22

OF u Ieaoiog fnysseseee o. Soe
Consssek say Of she Hsdical
Trsatmsns or the Deceased.
Coroner Brodsk last evening oontn.
ued the inquest upon the body Of Pat.
rick o'Hearon. found dead Thursday
morning. as already publishsd in these
columns. No autopsy VA made in the
case, and the evidence Of the physicians
called was based on an outward e1ami-
nation Of the body and on the testimony
Of DR.. Mathews, already publishsd.
DR.. Kirby. County Physician. was
the arst witness called. The testimony
Of DR.. Mathews was read over and the
examination proceeded. The doctor
said hs had examined the body but had
made no post norton; should judge
from the appearance Of the deceased
that hs died q men who had lived As
no had would die; think be died from
natural causes.
Qussuon-would preparations used
to make the corpse look natural hinder
you from telling whether he died from
the effects Of morphine or other drugs2
Answsr- know OF nothing which
would produce the appearance OF the
face which I saw.
Q.-You have listened to the testi.
mony OF Dr.. Mathews q to the admin
istering OF chloral hydats and hypoder-
milo injections Of morphine. II you
we're called to attend such . case and
administered chloral hydrats would you
administer such large dosssf A.-That
would depend upon circumstances.
OF the patient complained OF over
action Of the heart, would you give such
large dosesf Alt the stomach re-
jectsd II I should consider 20 grains re-
peated every hour would not be too
much. -.
Ola case the ehloral hydrats did
not have the desired effect and you came
to the conclusion OF giving hypodsrmic
injections Of morphine. would you con.
slider II safe to give such Quantities,
taking In view the fact that the patient
had been taking 100 grains OF ohlord
hydrats1
DIR. Msthsws.-I do not like To inter.
rupt you, Mr.. Coroner. but I must In
seii.defsnce. The chloral hydrats was
r~ejected-ths frst two dosss-thsn two
smaller ones were administered.
DR.. Kirby.-whsrs did you get the
medicine?
Dr.. MAJ Coles drug store.
DR.. Kidd you write . prescription
DR.. M.-Yes.
DR.. K.-wss there any Of It lsftf
DR.. Mo.
Coronsr-Did you take any bottles
awsyf
DR.. M.-Yes.
Coroner-why?
DR.. MI took none that had been
administered from-I took q contain.
ing . solution OF morphine.
DR.. K. lin answer to the question
abovs) Il should give not more than 8
drops Of Magends's solution; that would
Be equal to ons.quartsr OF grain. II
il prepared BY using 10 grains to an
ounce OF water. II ! saw . necessity
for IL I should repeat that dose In an
hour, an hour and . half or two hours.
In some cases I might give larger doses;
I should 30 governed by the circum'
stances Of the case; ! have seen cases
where I would give 20 drops whore the
patient was in excessive pain; there 10
NO hxed rule to govern these things; the
doctor must depend upon his judgment
and be guided BY the effects produced.
Q.-Eight drops 10 about one quarter
Of . grain In IL notf A.-That II about
what I should give to start with.
DR.. M.-That would Be your treat
mentf
DR.. K.-Yss, sir.
DR.. M.-That 10 where opinions differ.
Q.-In your opinion are injections Of
one half Q grain given ct intervals OF an
hour between sach-say from 2 to .
o'clock -sxcsssivef Al should not
give 1t In that way; I should not risk III
bat do not think even that would cause
. mans death unless he had other
troubles.
Q.-You have attended o'Hssron in q
similar csss1 A.-Yss. air.
Odd you ind him subject TO heart
disssssi A.-Not any more 20 than q
man suffering under alcoholism would
naturally be.
The doctor here explained that Mr..
O'Hsaron. on the 10Th Of April. was
taken to the County Hospital and treat.
cd till May 8. When brought to the
hospital be did not think the man would
live till morning.
Mr.. Lowery. attorney for DR.. NJ
why7 A.-For the simple reason that he
was very delirious and very shaky; his
pulse was running about $50; his skin
was clammy. and I know that he had
Mr.. L.-Avoid that. From what
cause2 A.-From the excessive use Of
alcohol and the want Of proper nourish.
msnt and substantial diet.
Juror-Do you consider that hs was
In more danger at that time than he was
when DR.. Mathews was called to treat
him1 A.-From Dr.. Maihsws' sworn
statement I should judge him to have
been in about the same condition, with
the exception that. according to the
statement, there was in the present case
Q more excessive action Of the heart.
Mr.. L.-would not the danger Of
death be more imminent from . renewed
attack than at any time you mention
A.-Every successive attack OF dslirium
tremens lessons q mans chances OF 70
covery.
Juror-Is your treatment with NOR.
phins. a. In this case. and II 20 what
amount do you use A.-For the hrst
"a hours after his admission to the hos.
pitsl my treatment VA 5 ounces Of bsei
tea, I ounce Of whisky. and 10 drops Of
the tincture Of capsicum repeated every
two hours. Alter that. when his stom.
ach would appropriate II, ! put him on
anodynes and narcotics and kept him 20
till he got better.
Mr.. L.-E1plain your use Of the mar
ootics.
Dr.. K.-I gave him in water every 8
or 4 houu 20 grains Of chloral, l.6