The evening world., 1892-01-29
IN HARRIS'S DEFENSE,


continued rom FuS' FrJeN
pIo, Ing all The remedies known IN the treat
mCnt VI such casts. uut Nhr dirH
" An ATT up~N was mad imiu"uiatClN, ana 10
revealed that the patient had died OF Ccruu,
apupcNt aui that there was no morphine
poisoning at an
nIsCWrpI1s THE trTursN
"ln vour ouiui ~. would un autopsy, H0N.
three ,NS, after death On h,LN preserved
with ulhN|miug lnld " arsenic and Al oh l.
reveal 'lu rHllSr "' death tbl .t"'rimt'r ~"
condition u nraIlG T the several ul~Hns''
asked VIZ Jerome.
81 d. not thiuk II would tC possible
II am ,rrl positively ot the opinion Mat
no niScrnscunlral CNalEina;ioh ut the kilu"} -,
nine wrcHN after IN" drata Of the patient.
would have ANY Natuc whatever
\ microscope examination undr. those
conditions, the witness thought, IN II cast
where "mhalmlng Hui had been used wouh
bC u; no yaltic n revealing The cause Ot death.
"Whnt ought to hr the hrst thing done
when u physician IS called to a patient su'Tcr-
ing from opium poison taken iuto the e'um-
ach Z" asked the IaMNtr.
" bN all III ans relieve tn" stomach OF IN"
poison by thr USE NJ the s,omaCh-punp. cinc-
ties or other me ans, a. the glsiri' sNph"h.'
rRorsH TREATMENT u. rDIso> cAsrs.
The witness, speaking very rap'dly, tr,d ur
various way Ot relieving The S;OmnCn. linct-
| might II" given III various ways IN eases
where there was no niu>rulir action. An the
Durtur hat iUund that "mrtlts u,nDSt ihTnlid-
hN relieved the stomach. II" matter hoN deep
the coma.
III Muuil not administer atrOpuc under
any circumstances.
Morphine he slld, was CArecdingl! danger
Gus IN cases Of ulrmil or uirinlo poisoning.
Tnf nrrorlhTiCAL QUESTION: Au,IS.
MIR. jerome READ the hrSt hair uf til" hSrn-
thctcul question Qt \ thousand words that
has before injured In TN, trial
At the close OF the reading he aSkc |:
abr. ward In your opinion. e jud "A judg.
mcnt hc found On that statement ~ to IN"
cause ot atm
No, sir, not in my Judgment
ain your judsm"n., what was the cause of
death indicatcdY
~ could not form an opinion on IT."
Mr. W,liman crusN-eNamlning asked:
"What uii Helen POTTS die or"
81 Iio not know, sir
a. u scientific man do you desire to 20 On
record as saying That case OF morphine
poisoning cannot hc diagnosed -
Dr. Woods cooliy replied:
pTrISiNG 4 rRorgR piAGSOSIs.
"1hc word diagnosis Is abused. A doctor
called to u case makes what Is called I
'workin,; diagnosis II /, a suspicion "f
what ails the patient ana On II he works
Sometimes 1t T. round L" hr wrong 10y the
diagnosis which can only Dc made by post
murtcm examination
III al tp NJ ii.s'lfN'f IN fbl-bN 'ANfN.
Ih, "rOSs-cxanincr drew uut that Dr.
Wood had had only one case Ot morphine poi
spuiug IN hi, hands IN twenty yrerS, ana thea
he asked:
And you come on here from Philadelphia
to swear mat these ply NSician> who are hHN-
Ing cases ~ morphine poisoning almost daIly
-havc had don't know now many hundreds
or such cnsr. aud are having them MI the
tim"--uingnOncu the case oi Iicltn POTTS
wrongly That they d!dnt Enow what they
were doing"
Dr. Woods replied In the affirmative. Mr..
Niliman asked the Witness II IA" ever read
any uuuh but the one Ne wrote hlUSrlT ana
r,nd IRON TuylOrs mtdica! b oh. The case
relied upon by Dr. Wood IA his boO; "a, u sam
PIE uf a case "r uraemic poisoning. iu whi"n
IN, re- was symmetrical COntractio.. oi the
pupils ut the eye" and which Or. huialion
said was owing 10 tht tact that tho patient
Ind but one eye.
The spectators smiled audlbly.
An EXrERT MICRosCorIsT.
Prof Herman NJ. Biggs. OF - East twenty
NTH street, IA patholugist OT much rcuown Tor
thlrty -uyc--took the stand after recess. Dr
Elgss said he had pcr'ormci autopslcs or had
examined with the microscope The Nitals Ia
he eases or ! 900 dead persons.
Miss rutts,'S heart l. said 10 haze weighed
SIX ounces and one dram Dr. Biges said that
an adult tall h 'aithy and muscular as She has
Iecn deserted should have Il heart weigh
Ing eight and Il hall ounces, and thar Miss
dlcnting some CJugcnital disease.
he witness tod OF cases hat had come
under his eye Of death by hrmorrhuscs ui the
brain, and which hcmorrhages were not dis
cuycihblr until powerful microscope had
been brought into use.
prof. Bipgs was sure that tiftS-nye days
after death an autopsy would prove nothing
regarding the cause OF Il ath or the condition
OF the yith!s as to health. He MAS Loubly
sure that a body IN the condition ~ that II
Miss potts, ns described by Dr. hamilton, wa,
too Tar gun" for an autopsy.
lie sald a.sO that the mlcrnscoilcal cNaml-
IA inL of IN" kidncy nine months after death
was vauelcss.
LAWYER JEROME BREhKs BOWS.
several times dIriug the uny Mr.. Jerome
had paused and heSintrd IN his cNaIninIll u.
The lucstiJ ms came from his lirs more and
mUrS slowly. and the examination grew
tedious. The plCadcr was Cvilrutly very
iauch exhausted, and his questions began to
Dc rampling. III, ~ :. 30 oClCri his alter
noon, Mr J"r,mc asked question that was
cntircly unintcl i..iblr.
The Recorder mildly rcprOycd The QUrs-
tiODcr aud MIR. Jerome broke down and cried.
Rrganiug his Cunpc sure slightly, he said:
=" cannot ask c1hCrclt questions. ] plead
lor Il little time.
Thea hr dropped into his sea, again.
ApJOrENEp TILL MONpAy
"Nou shall have II. The case II, be put
over TIL Monday" returned the Recorder,
Sympn' hrtivalp.
The strain had completely una'rung Mr.
jerome, and he tr"nblcd IKE an aspen. lie
said that he had worked himself Oui that he
should 60 TO ne country, and would come
back all right again GA Monday.