Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-10-16

from the time be was called ia till the en-
peror's death. He denies the allegation
that he deceived his majesty as to his
condition, and states that he can bring
forward unimpeachable proof of this as
sertion. He also denies that he ever
said the disease was not lancer. All
that he did was to point ont that that
conclusion had been arrived at on insult
ticient grounds, and that tho first step
towards a rational diagnosis, namely,
the removal of a piece of growth for
microscopic examination, had been
omitted by the German physicians. This
Or. Mackenzie was able to do, and Prof.
Virchow gave. Sc favorable a report on
the fragments extracted hat the pro-
posed radical operation was abandoned
and the case handed over to the English
physician.
With regard to the charge made against
him by Prof. Gerhardt of having wound
ed the right vocal cord in his second OPP
Grafton, Sir Morell points out that such
an accident is almost impossible with his
forceps. Nor did the august patient aft
EDWARDS complain of any pain or dis
comfort such as he must have felt if
the supposed wound had had any exist
ence outside Of Prof. Gerhardt's jmagi-
nation. DR.. Mackenzie accuses the Ger
man physician of having made q charge
which he knew to be false in order to
shake the confidence of the crown prince
in his new adviser.
Interesting details are given as to the
heroic fortitnde with which the prince
received what was in fact q sentence not
only OF death, but Of prolonged previous
suffering, at the consultation at San Reno
III the early part of November, when the
great crisis in the disease occurred.
In describing the tracheotomy, DR..
was, on the whole, performed by DR..
Bramann in a satisfactory manner, hut
afirms and apparently proves that the
trachea was opened three millimetres to
the right of the middle line. DIR. Bra.
mann inserted II cannula of altogether
unusual size and shape. The lower end
OF this instrument, according to DR..
Mackenzie, impinged on the posterior
wall OF the trachea, causing o destruc-
t1en of the tissue and Intense discomfort
with consequent exhaustion. He COM
plains that the German doctors obsti-
nately refused to listen to his SUCCESS
tions as to. q more suitable tube till IL
was too late. When the case was re-
stored to the English physician he sub
stituted a Durham tube for the German
cannula, with relatively satisfactory re-
suits. But i~rretrievable mischief had
already been done.
Prof. Won Bergman Is accused of hay
ing diagnosed secondary cancer of the
lung from finding dizziness in the back OF
the liver. Prof. Knssmaul had to be
prought all the way from Strasburg to
convince him of his mistake.
DR.. Mackenzie's account of the events
Qf the fatal 10Th Of Arr;l 81, .,o--. ~ " -
ent from Prof. Won. Bergmann's. Dr
Mackenzie does not hesitate to say that
emperor Frederick the III received his
death blow on that occasion. The false
passage by the tube gave rise to an ex.
tensiye suppuration around the treachea.
which steadily drained away the remain.
ing strength of the august patient and
shortened his life by about ten months.
An Interesting statement is made in
connection with this subject, that ar
cept at the time tile false passage was
made, and especially when Prof. Won Berg.
mann thrust his finger into the wound
the emperor never suffered any actnai
pain.. After the death of the emperor
DR.. Mackenzie alleges that an attempt
was made to entrap him into a false M
sitio1 by urging him to give his opinion
In writing as to the nature of the disease.
IN the hope, no doubt, that thinking
himself safe from any exposure he
would return an ambiguous answer. He
disconnected his enemies, however. Inv
stating unequivocalIy that the emperor
had suffered from a cancer Of the larynx.
In the controversial part of his reply
Dr. Mackenzie contends that thyrotomy
In cases of cancer, 80 far from being free
from danger, is in fact a most deadly on
GRAFTON.
In dealing individually with HIS Ger
man assailants DR.. Mackenzie rejects !
the testimony of Prof. Gerhardt as being
that OF atdiseredited rival. HE brushes |
aside hesSeSidence Of DR.. Landgraf on
the score of a want of laryhgoscopic |
skill, which was SO marked that the.i
prince was with difficulty prevented
from dismissing him. DIR. Bramann is
to on the same ground, To the !
evidence eofthese inexperienced laryn-
goscohists is opposed the testimony of
experts like MT; Krause, Or. WolfendsnI
ana pr, HpyeHss sss..44 |
Prof, Gerhardt's ruthless ca~uterizatfons |
on 80 many consecutive days: is con-
fHnaedhal practice and as
being likely to i~rritate the disease. if
originally benign, into malignancys
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