New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-07
THE CASE OF ". /. BISHOP.
From The London Lancet.

From The London Lancet
A more sensational event OF quasi medical kipd
could not be imagined than that OF me destn o. 'To
discussed rediscussed for some centuries p ass
h pmS th c early g5nS Of h che year s Hs
70 the Emperor Philip, he reignel su2reme, a. Pc
through Venice to cypgG G Urn c On mp eienss
10 'h nssUns assso runs the story OF Hubert Laner
That believing young spanish nobenan 10 be dead,
he made Sss Of G Ie Illness S rSG So had DO,
rightly comprehendCa Out mat on s.w 0p rho
ing tho chest Tns nsront. e coming ming aitsrwsra to
knowledge OF the fact, were not satSned VIII
prosecuting yesalus for murcr bnt scsSsea LIN irS
be- FINISHED with more severe riEor By the judges
"a ss , tSa s' %Ss ns1ab hs not the sovereign inter-
posed and saved him on condition that; by wNS ot
aoGng for ever for his e6T Gs iT Sappened
he neEer Ioturicd to his home but. wtcchel Oh no
p s,aa se a1 botS TO fact and fable and @
either in fact or in fable tie SPeicn as TPe.sSbnS
DEATH or, as much more likely. into real death ana
The medical men who made the necroPsy are aeoHeGS
tragic act Of opening the body OF not desd
Tho parent goes so TAR as 70 sdysr b rho nis
who condemn this unpsrtonahic murder 10 attend
without further invitation at tho funeral ,.A.,,
Meanwhile there certain side Issues "hlcn WEST
ever the fnal verdict may he, call for immediate at
tenton In tho first place the question comes up OF
what disease did the sub!ott oi inns f'cl' Wv -,
posing i catalegsy what was tho mode OF death
PRESSURE ~ spopicSy. by sudden vascular relaxation
vascular parcsSi, by sudden vascular Contraction
vascular tetanyll Ptne speaks Of an instance OF
cst4lopsy which terminated IN aPoPleSy and houes,
sSer death congestion OF he vessels ~ thc prsn was
discovered, with slight eSlra'asao on DIV TAE ~
very little Is known which We can re J. ths' sr'n
On son srs
10 mode of death Neither have We any llght tnrusI
on tho subject from the lower ANNA,
tho lower animals there is any corresponding
disease This subject OF study Is followed by an9thst
which Professor Gardner has very properly .a,v
simulate absolute death that skilled and csre pEsc
tifoner can really be deceived Dr. Gardner thnks
not and we arc inclined to sgsee WIN him spS Sa,s
there Is not practitioner living who could give trvn
facts written faithfully down ~ The moment OF oosor
walton. record that would carry home convict9,nss q
20 analyEe the proofs adduced To this also VIC wonn
edd that no one whatever who would take tao psns
wore eSpoundsd ami debated at the Medical socc'y
OF London O. few months ago. could oy any p Sssr
bllty make the mistake OF accounting for dead osay
s Ss1 TSs a WS GsCrT eas %SS pSs
poItance over'Ides all the rest: We inesm m.rffsl
madness OF fostering The doyelopmeht o., Witch
tho late Mr. Irving Bishop cultivated. prseusea ~,
did his best TO disseminate Tho tension Of
70 of What GOOD eoSm /. be- even II It sneolod as
to make shreTd gussses construed rpm shs ave-, an
practice, OF SN N h. !" Vehement Of
what was not appreciable 10 Others less ohserysalS
And wbs, moro Is such tension than an sxaeceis'co
susceptibility what more man me Tn ,bn Slindi
This, and nothing more that without nsces ssosM
brings the healthy mind, for the SAKE o. snd
whereof Is the vanity Of mental alteration and psf''
dissolution. -