Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-28
NELLIE FORD'S DEATH.
According TO the Finding OF the Cor
oner's Jury IL was Caused by Ty.
phOid Fever.

PhVhu rover.
The coroner's inquest over the remains
of the late Nellie Ford was concluded on
Saturday evening.
The first witness called was DR.. W. a.
Ludewig. He testified to having been
called on the 10Th inst to attend the
young lady. She was suffering from
pains in the left chest. To witness she
stated that che had three teeth extracted
before he had called, and that the dentist
who extracted them had put something
on her gums and had told her to go home
and lie down or she might die. The pa
tient had remarked to witness that she
was afraid she had blood poisoning. She
described her pains to the witness as
having begun in the abdomen and
working upward, finally settling
in the chest. The doctor made physi-
cal examination and did not arrive st any
diagnosis except treating her systematis
cally. The following day pains continued
in her left chest and the patient showed
symptoms of pneumonia. She felt bet
ter during the forenoon of the day fol-
lowing, but about noon pains began to
develop on the right side of the chest
Witness then suspected double pDeumo-
MIA and treated the patent accordingly.
On the occasion of his next visit, which
was the following day. he found the pa
tent in about the same condition, the
pain and fever continuing with
decline in pulse. He made the remark to
the family at the time that unless the
action OF the heart could be kept stimu>
lated there would be slim chances for her
recovery, The nj xt day he again called
and found his patient in about the same
condition and told Mrs. Ford that he
could do no more for the patient than he
had been doing. On his way to the
house the next day, which was his sixth
visit, witness met DR.. BenhsrGi by whom
he was informed that he CDR. BernhardD
| had been at the Ford residence, but had
not pre- scribed as he remarked that the
girl was dying then DR.. Bernhard also
informed witness that DR.. KinYon
| had been at the house previous
to his (Bernhardi's) visit. Witness
then went to the Ford residence where
he was asked if he had not received a
message not to GENE again, to which he
replied that he had not. He made no
examination that day as DR.. Kinyon had
been employed 10 take further charge OF
the case.
DR.. C. B. Kinyon next testified to
having been called in to attend Miss
Nellie Ford, and described the condition
in which he found her as regard her tenn
perature, but stated that she was in no
immediate danger of death. He made an
examination and from this concluded that
the patient was suffering from typhoid
| fever. He visited her twice day from
that time until her death. In the opinion
OF the witness the shock received from
having her teeth extracted would have q
tendency 10 hasten the disease, she being
in q typhoid state at the time.
DR.. s. C.Plummer was next examined d,
who testified to having made pest NOR
| tenn examination of the body and de-
scribed the finding of unmistakable evil
dences that her death was the result of
typhoid fever. No signs of any other dis
cease, that would produce fatal results
were found.
The jury after few moments deliber-
alton returned verdict that Nellie Ferd
came to her death from typhoid fever.
The funeral of the late Nellie Ford
ives held from her home to St Joseph's
church at . o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Rev. Thomas Mackin officiating The
fun eral was very largely attended and
| the following acted as pail bearers: ].
T. Shields, John P. Dolly, Joseph O'Nelll
Edward thurman, John Lineh4n and
Thomas Mcdonald.