Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-19
KILLED BY THROMBOSIS.
DIR. EsNGLE'S DIAGNOSIS OF THE
MCCULLOUGH CASE CORRECT.

The TragedIan's Corpse Removed from
its Coffin TO the Dissecting TabIe-Tha
Brain Taken from the skull and Ex@
Rmtned-Many Distinguished PhysI~
CLANS Present.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1s.-The receive
Ing vault OF Monument Cemetery was the
scene this morning Of an autopsy on the
body OF the dead tragedian, John MeCul-
lough, and it is doubtful il that cemetery
every held such body OF men before.
The autopsy was held at the request OF
the family, In order to definitely fix the
cause of death, and to substantiate or dis
prove DR.. Engle's theory OF death, it being
different from that held by the physicians
at the Bloomingdale hospital.
DIR. ENGLE's THEORY.
DR.. Engle's theory was that death had
been caused by disease known as throm-
bosis, which is a gathering OF thrombus
or clot of blood in one of the arteries, thus
blocking free circulation OF the blood
through 1t. This DIR. Engle believed to be-
the cause of death, and always contended
that IL was the formation OF one OF these
thrombii in the br8in that was the prim~
ary cause of the trouble, and when ASSUME
ing charge OF the case.
CONFIDENT OF HIS CORRECTNESS.
SO confident was he of this fact that re
he could but carry Mccullough through
for thirty days without the formation of q
second thrombus he could eventually be
cured. But two weeks had elapsed from
his taking charge of the case when tho
second formed and death ensued.
The physicians at BlOOmingdale hospi@
tai claimed that the cause OF insanity was
from general causes and not from spec
cial, as diagnosed by Dr. Engle.
THE PHYSICIANS PRESENT.
Among the physicians present were DR.
Engle, who performed the autopsy; Drs.
A. r. ROussel, who assisted him, and
Charles X. Mills; and among other med
ical gentlemen present were DIR. Walter
u. Bibby, the family physician; Prof.
Frank Woodbury., DIR. j. NJ. Barton, SUR
geon-general OF the jefferson Medical
College; DIR. Theodore Cruel, DR.. J. II. !
Lloyd, DR.. W. r. ID. BlaokwOod, meurolo-
gist OF the Presbyterian Hospital; DIR. A.
l.. Hummell, Of the Medical Bulletins DR..
B. II. Hardy, surgeon In charge of the
Maternity Hospital at San Francisco, and
DIR. E. z. Bernard.
ON THE DIssECTfNG TABLE.
The body was removed from the casket
shortly after 10 O'Clock and placed on
an operating table In the vault ready for
NuI AhAbbbys Aut DouF WAS lluuu ID Ut1
In most excellent state OF preservation.
not the least sign OF decay being visible
and was unchanged from its condition
when placed in the vault last Thursday.
| DR.. Engle removed the brain from the
skull, and it was subjected to a close
examination by all the medical mem
| present.
RESULT OF THE CONSULTATION.
Immediately afterward the medical
gentlemen, whose names are gwen above.
held private meeting and agreed 10 the
statement that there was disease OF the
blood vessels of the brain due to blood
poison, and that the basilar artery and
middle cerebral arteries were the ones
mainly affected. The result OF the autop-
sy, therefore, fully corroborates the dag
nOsis Of DIR. Engle. Among the persons
present was james Mccullough. son OF
deceased.