New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-03
WAS IT MORPHINE OR HEART DISEASE
THE PILLS PREsCW BED FOR MISS HELM iOAA'
WILL Re ANALYZED BEFORE An
INQUEST Is HELD.


Tho ,c,v Of Mis-, Helen Mary Potts, daughter OF
c>re pit the railroad contractor of ocean Grove
rbn died suddenly Oh sunday al the ComstocR boaro
inc school No. 32 West FJrticth ST. aIfr uaAn6
morphine for in sOnnia prescribed by 'arlylo W. ~
a student at the College Of Physicians ana 7u'to'7
| was removed Ia the home Ol Her P"''"'' 80
Grove yesterday afternoon.
- ,n o,.dcncc in the case, there seems 10 b.
o.b,,c left for The Coroner to do but TO take huol
tens as will determine the responsibility iof 'ne "'
| ,rinistratjon Of the morphine. in the meantime '"O
nrinclpal of the school Miss Lyuld DiS' az" "
potts the dead girls mother, a. well ~ Eou''e ~
,rts assert that Miss POtts's death was not uuc "
| taking the pills piescilDco Wy WI i
said Yesterday , l., NV
:. NJ. pott, came here on Saturday. ana IN my
nresepce sanctioned the taking Of one OF the P "
her daughter. OF course the young laoS may la
taken TWO II the pills instead OF one bu' ven '.
a,nont should not have proved fatal doe. MIS- r"
conld not have taken more than TWO OIL inc pms 80
orv event for she had used two previously ana hAu
| ,, four originally Ordinarily younS LADIES q"
n, take medicines except under our SUPERVISION ou'
| in mi, case the girls mother urged her 10 '~Av Va.
| mills 80 could not very well Interfere MSs f'''
| vas a bright Young woman, who was much dln'"'u
and her death Is misfortune, especially d. sic II '
onv daughter do not believe that morphine caused
Enn dea,h Her mother has told me often that MISS
pct suffered from an organic affection Of the hcHFl'
| anc in M, opinon it was heart disease that caused
|
| her sudden Death
| Young MI HaIli, is overwhelmed with gne' o'ei
| ua vo,,or woman, death. but is firmly convinced
/ ,ba, If was not caused by hi prescription. 90 haV'
laid tbe matter before my prccepior and the pfoio7aoS
-, ,be college said he yesterday, ana lhoF dsiCo
bat the prescription il should have been uhuo'
| +,o circumstances. ] cannot be blamed Tor "ruhs
the nrescription for under my initials wrote hou' Al
.n6cn1, 50 that the druggist would know that Wa
mn. = practitioner. Mis- Potts asked me u get HcI
scnethiuc 10 allay the pain, in her head ana 'o'A
, ,rc.cripti,u 10 the store Of Even Mcintyre " son
| myself 70 have it compounded. / am deeply greVed
over Mis-, pott,s death, but DO not THINK can DO
accused of having done anything to cause IT, Eau"
nil was n contain Onc-sXth Of grain Of moipHlhc'
| and after they had been taken intended u ave nor
| otbor nils with 10 morphine IN them. without ieluhs
bor know Of the elimination Of that drug. have I'o
charge to make against the druggist WHO c0mpounnoo
the prescription Ill,
Mr. Mcintyre said yesterday, that two OF nus cieh9
| h,d commanded Mr.. Harris's prescription Ihey hhd
| III inoyvr him personally and were accustomed 10
az hS tons whenever he came III Tor any uHI.
u ,,tst medical students. Mr.. Mcintyre saiu young
IN tIarris seemed fond Of whiting prcscfplo!a' anu
~ mi. S-asc no thought was gwen a. 10 VIZ ~,
i+endcd to make Of the medicine NO secOhu qudnutE
I I..cn furnished on the prescllpllDl ana nc
dd moi think mat all Of the morphine cpu' 'dNp ~
irso single pill. Morphine. he sad, was hs"' anu
CoIonor schultz. viii analyze the pills t1'eh 10
hin, NV II ,rr, and upon the result OF the a'y 7is viii
| drnepd The question of ordering al lhqucs"