New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-19
DIR. EDWIN N. COX zGLIN CENSURED.
THE YOUNG AMBULANCE SURGEON BLAMED BY A
OoRONFR'S JURY.

THE YOUNG AMBULANCE SURGEON BLAMED BY A
CoRONER'S JURY.
| Dr. Edwin NJ Cox. jr.. a young ambulance surgeon
OF the Roosevelt Hospital. was severely cehs"icd
less than two months ago by coroners jury ana py
the public for refusing 10 take an old woman Brlne,t
Ne,Idp IN the hospital she had been fatally in
iured by being over on Eghth-avc. The case at
The time attracted much attention. but the blame III
curred by the young seems to have left no deep
! imprss sion on his memory, for another coroner ;
jury Yesterday found that he was again derellct Inc
| natient I'm the case a man suffering from severe
burns. The verdict was that DR.. Cox should DC
cen,ured for his neglect of his duties In the treat
ment of this patient
When Coroner Levy read this verdict, the doctor
smiled, and bowling to the jury. left tle room Win
no melancholy air. This time. however, he mas
he more severely dealt with than before, for Coroner
Levy says he l. determined TO teach cruel ana care
less ambulance surgeons lasting lesson lie SAID
that this was the fifth ambulance case In three months,
and that he would consult the District-Atorncy at
once and strongly urge the prosecution OF Dr. COX
He said that he felt that the urys verdict would
receive fitting attention.
1t is not charged that DR.. Coxs treatment OF the
patient accelerated bis death, that being due TO
consumption. ON the night of April 10 the am
bulancc of DR.. Cox summoned to NO. oo3 Wcs'
FoItcthst. t. attend Frederick winters, German
butcher, sixty eight years old, who was consumpuVc
and confined to his bed. \ lamp had exploded III
his room, and before any help could be given he had
been badly burned about the head and shoulders
IL was charged that Dr. Cox took the man TO bcileVuc
H. spal without making the slightest attempt to re-
cve the sufferer by dressing the burns The patent
died In the hospital three days later, ana the autopsy
showed that the immediate cause Of death was con
sumption.
H.: Cox testified I'm his own behalf yesterday
that he had seen at that the patient was
chronic invalid. and that he did not appear To be
suffering Some one, he said han put olive oil on
his WOUNDS and he considered that this dressing was
sufficient for the patient until the wounds could be
properly dressed al the hospital. But Dr. hubbard.
the house surgeon Of the third medical division "f
Bellevue Hospital who received Winters when he
was brought there, said that he not only found the
poor wretch suffering Intense agony, but that there
was no sign Of any dressing his burns. In his
opinion. Dr. Cox had certainly neglected his duty
in MT more carefully attending the injuries Of the
burned man.
The first assistant surgeon Of Roosevelt Hospital.
Frank Hartley said that he considered that Dr. Cox
had acted properly, and that it waa not customary
to dress burns until the patient arrived at the hospital
The Jury then hdrded In the following verdict
We the jury. lind that Winters died Of consumption
FASTENED by the shock Of the fire. and we further
ind DR.. Cox should be ccnsurel for his neglect
II duties in the treatment Of this patient
Then ir. Cox smiled.