The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-12-26

went there ny the request oi Mrs' "ens' "
help her pack up to move TO Chicago. ana
the two children and Jennie Grunden went
with her. This was about Oct. ~ She
went to live at 30 Burin street. First went
to the Windsor house. stayed two nights
there. rented the house for her and
shipped goods from Streator there. went
| back TO Streator and placed my little girl in
the Convent. Don't know where Jennie
stayed Knew that Parks was dead before
| left Ottawa. Stayed at Matt Whites all
Sunday. Don't know why didn't tell the
Sheriff that was here, Ottawa.
DIR. X. NJ. M'ARTHuR.
Reside mt Ottawa for over thirty years
Am physician and surgeon. Have been
practicing medicine over twenty years. Am
\ graduate of Rush Medical College. Have
been during the war examining surgeon OF
this district. Was pension examiner OF tins
district. Said Bull: DR., suppose man was
shot by pistol ball, &C., such rs occurred
to Parks, what would be your treatment of
the wound on the 18th? If there was much
hemorrhage would cut down and find the
vessel. | would cut from the inside of the
wound longitudinally up and down,
taking the course of the temoral artery.
by legation and would ligate both above and
below the bullet wound. If it was large
vein | should ligate the temoral artery to
permit the flow of blood downwards. The
hypothetical question was again put by Bull
and it was asked if, in his opinion the course
pursued by the physicians was bad surgery,
on the hypothesis that the femoral artery
was wounded, to ligate the femoral vein
above the bullet wound when the femoral
artery had not been ligated. 1t would not
be good surgery and would cause septisemia
or blood poisoning. To tie the long saphe-
nous vein and not the artery after he had
endured much suffering would probably
cause death. The continued operations OF
the kind indicated would have very unfav-
orabe effect on the patient.
Cross Examination: A bullet passing through
the femoral artery at the point indicated
is not necessarily fatal wound.
DIR. r. +. DYER.
Reside in Ottawa. Lived here since '65.
Have acted as physician and surgeon for 80
years. Graduated at Cincinnati. Am now
pension examiner. The Hypothetical ques-
ton was put to the witness, Bull going over
the same statement of the case with de.
ton the doctor said it was not correct
surgery consider it an error in surgery
to not tie both ends Of the vessel 1t is
incorrect surgery. In my judgment the
effect of these several operations would, with
the last operation terminate in death. AT
close range a pistol ball will do as much
damage to the tissues as it would ut long
range.
Cross. Examination: If, after the first oper-
alton, there was re.current hemorrhage |
would conclude that | had made mistake +.
On the second operation would go on until
found the bleeding vessel, that is if it was
one of the larger arteries. If had found
one of those larger ones bleeding and tied ii
would stop. While it is quite difficult to
bin the vessel yet it is imperative to do So
do not think that the distinction is made
by medical authorities that both ends of the
artery must be tied when the operation takes
place Immediately after the wound. As far
as my reading and knowledge go fatalities
are from Is to % per cent; where muske ct
balls and shells sever the femoral artery On
the field of battle, from 70 to 80 per cent.
would always ligate both ends of the artery.
DR.. CHESTER HARD.
Reside in Ottawa since 1850. Have di-
plomas from Rush Medical College and Mi
souri, University The Hypothetical question
again was submitted to the doctor and lie
WIS asked what in his judgment would be
the correct treatment to apply to that cOndi-
ton of things nine days later. The correct
thing to be done would be to find the wound
ell vessel and then ligate it. This treatment
is an important line of surgery, To on i.
tieing the lower or distil end of the artery
would be to have "A re-cUrrent hemOrrhage.
The mistakes made in tieng the vein for the
artery was incorrect surgeryand would dam
age the probability ofthe patients recovery.
Placing the patient nnder the influence OF
anpsthetics and suhjectng him to four sue
cessive operations would have the effect of
as many successive shocks to the patient,
and would diminish his chances for recovery
think that the result would have been more
favorable had both ends of the artery been
ligated on the occasion of the first operation.