Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-07-18

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The greatest medical scandal ct the age
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and treatment OF the late Emp0rOY William
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OF Gefm0ny. Inc herman DOCTORS re.
norris on the case have be4n rn1ile nuhlie
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and Sir MOrell Mackenzie gets such 3
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German Foreign Once IN ICnd0n. The
first il that of Professor Gerhard Of Ber-
lin which 80 M fcIlcws.
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nrsS examined the vocal ccsos q the then
Crown Prince on March 9, 1851 The swelling
Crown Prince felt his health restorod He thcn
went to Ems. From the hrst Pr0fessor Ger
hardt says he had doubts - to whether the
growth was benign one. Hesxpected however,
that after fortnight spent 1t Ems the Prince
would have Thoroughly rcoovered, ~ the return
OF the swelling would prove Il 70 ~ malignant
Reports from Ems were not G0od, and the doc
tors, with the Crown Prince, - wsn - the royal
pair themselves, wished 70 take the opinion Of .
specialist pr. Gerhardt then called upon DE-.
together with Dr. schroeder advised summonins
q specialist In throat diseases. The Crown
Prince was 1t Ems tn May. Is, and then this
swelltng WA larger than before, and his voice
hOarseT. Dr.. 0erhArdt feared the case would
prove to be one Of cancer. On being Informed
that swelling had reappeared Tho imperial pa
cautcry. DR.. Gsrhardt hositatsd, desiring that
surgeon be called in, and DR.. Bergman was
summoned. He examined the throat and at
necessary for the extifpatton Of the swelling. At
this consultation DIR. mckenzie was named a.
specialist. DIT. Bergmann and Dr.. Gerhardt
marking tina. the evidences were 50 clear lear that
no person conyersant with laryngoscOpical ex-
aminations could doubt their signihcanee.
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Drs. Won Lauer, Tobold, Wegner, 6chr0e Ter,
Bergman, and Gerhardt were present. and then
pr Tobold examined the Larry M and declared
case OF cancer. The other doctors agreed to this
opinion un niinously, declaring the op ming Of
the larynx necessary. May 70 all the prepare
was to take place the ne t morning. On the
same evening ID. Mackenzie saw the patient for
the FIRST time and declared 1t was not case Of
was not cancerous, and he should oppose any
operation as long as the swelling was not shown
TO be cancerous by microscopical examine
ton. The German doctors consented to delay
the operation. The next morning DR.. Macken-
zie removed small piece OF tissue, shich
was submitted to DR.. Virchow, who said
But there was no proof that the piece was taken
from the swelling, a. that did not appear to have
been injured. Or. Mackenzie then tried 10 re-
him, says DIR. Gerhardt take the forccps from
bis breast pocket and insert them IN tho patients
hr and 3. ne withdrew them without onainins
throat immediately after, and found marked
redness on both vocal chords. The right chord
was bloody. On the edge OF the right chord. Just
about the center, there was dark red swell
ing, projecting to the CLOTHS. We went to
Mackenzie's room and told him he seemed to
have seized the right vocal chord instead OF
replied that it was possible" From this mo-
ment the patient became voiceless. and SO re-
manned till July 8. Another consultation was
held on May %, when DR.. Bergman and DIR.
Tobold convinced themselves that tho right
vocal chord had been injured, and, according
to the report OF DR.: Landgraf, It was not healed
had assured the patterns family that he could
cure him without an operation nom the out
side. When pressed to explain his scheme
wns taken down by DR.. Wegner, that
he would remove the swelling by means OF
sharp forceps or would resort to galvanic eau
terry. He was In favor of the first method
DIR. Mackenzie repeated his opinion ut the
subsequent consultation on May 5. At this con-
.sultation 1t was agreed that Sir Morell should
cops, as he asserted he could do, aud that the
voice would be restored. DR.. Mackenzie declared
ON that occasion that he regarded the swelling MS
was impossible to remove the growth from tho
outside through the mouth, but Sir Morell said
he would continue TO operate in that manner till
.iignant Or till the sweliing increased. DR.. Berg
MAINS report ID vOlnmin0us. In conclusion he
says:
After the last cOnGulatt0n We had entirely lost
the confidence in DE- Maskensis which induced
us to call him In. We wore brought to this, in
the ffst place. by his manipulation Of the
he had really reached the growth with his in.
struments, and not by chance some other spot
I'm the interior Of the larynx, as for example. the
second place, through the wholly arbitrary esti-
mate Of virchow's opinion, % well as by his en-
deavor to shift the responsibility from himself