The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-08

muty ethics aud Nm overweoning ambition
| for personal noiOriety but what can lie sale
IN defense Ofthe position takcn by the mcf
| who, when there no longer remained dues
| lion OfOplnlofI and When science was claim
/ Ing her tindlsputed right a. know the fncts
for ihe'bcnefit Of humanity, refused 10 trust
| their case In the hands Of 20 Jury Of their
| professional peers, even OF their own sccc-
tom They were urged--and proprcty GER
tainly did not oppose---to call two eminent
Psychologists from the great hospitals Of New
York and two from philadelphia to assist at
the autopsy. IL would have been eminently
proper 10 let these men, whose business II Is
to dissect dead men In lighthouses, make a
scientific examination Of this case in which
whole world was interested, and report'the
result. But these surgeons would not con-
sent. They claimed il would
REFLECT UPON THEIR SKILL.
And perhaps it would. But do they not in
all cases. in their private practice, send for
such pathologists to make post mortems,
where svch examinationSare necessary? If
so, why did they not do it in this, the most
important and interesting surgical case this
S sss show WAS ther k sR as 80 1 pS,
biologists? Why did they not be-
gin their examination at the wound and
trace the course of the bullet to the resting
place? Instead of so doing, they open the
abdomen and search for an hour or more in
the artificial pus channel. Not finding what
they are after, they then remove the stom-
ach and intestines and deposit them in q
ash-bowl. They then resume the fruitless
search and finally turn to the wash-bowI
with the double certainty of finding the OBJ
ject of their search without being able to
tell, with anything like professional GER
tainty, where they found it. The common
est butcher could have done as much. FL
nally they proclaim that the bullet was
found behind the peritouem, and in the.soft
parts to the left of the spinal column.
If, as the surgeons claim there is no rea-
son of complaint, let them answer the fol-
lowing
QUESTIONS, FOUNDED UPON THE FACTS
in the case:
First-What good reason can be given for
the unprofessional and unauthorized dis
missal of the eminent surgeons of this city
who We're in attendance the first day?
Second-If by the authority of the presi-
dent, give the name of some witness who
heard the authority given, and state the
hour when there was not some personal
friend present who would have heard
it if given?
Third-Give some good reason for debar-
ring DR.. Baxter from the well-established
right Ofseeing bis former patient?
Fourth-By what known right were bull
letins signed by parties who did not ex-
anime the wound or count the pulse rate?
-.Fitth-Why was not the bullet traced
along its course, at the autopsy, until
found?
Sixth-Deny you found the bullet in the
basin, and explain, if this be true, how it
could be behind the peritoneum?
Seventh-Describe how the position of
the bullet was determined after it was taken
out of the cavity of the abdomen before
findingit? s|
Eighth-Reconcile your official statement
that portions of the wounded vertebra were
driven into the soft parts, with that of DIR.
Hanlilton's when he said it required the aid |
Of the microscope to determine whether it |
was bone or not. !
Ninth-Explian how the wound of the bone
could have dones harm if it was not ulce-
'ated, and the whole track of the bullet
healed.
Tenth-Why did bloody pus ooze from
he lungs when they were cut, if there was
10 .metastatic abscess caused by pyemia?
md if the lung was not hepatizned, why
lid the piece you put in water sink?
Eleventh-Why did you claim an abscess
If one kidney when both were alike af-
ected?
Twelfth-How did IN encysted ball rup-
ure an artery, when it is well-known those
Thirteen-EXplain the presence ola four
~ six inch abscess' below the liver, if 1t was
lot caused by coagulated blood which
ormed the day he was murdered? Also
i've some kind of reason for not evacuat-
ng it?
Fourteenth-Wa the Blood you found in
he abdomen, and which you SAY caused
lis death, ante-mortem or post-mortem
lemorrage and if il occurred before death,
xplaln why the embalming fluid did
lot, when injected into the arteries, run
nto the abdomen if any of the mesenteric
rteries were torn?
Fifteenth--Do explain why pathologists
we're not allowed to make the examination,
nd some other surgeons, who had previ-
usly been in the case, witness it2
Each and every one ofthe above questions
mply facts as they existed, and without
satisfactory answers the public have a right
o complain and criticise the treatment.
The answers should not be evasive, or state,
S was given in excuse, that the bulletins
we're made hopeful because the president
cad them, when in fact he only had one
cad TO him on the 9Th of July.