The sun., 1893-04-12
VSULLIvAN ON NYCTALOPIA.
BUCHANAN yURr's DAILY DIET OF
MEDICAL LORE

ouesuOucd on the subject OF DrOpptng
Atropine 1nto n Cats Eye-Not sure Afro
pine Was Fouod In Mrs. Ruehnnan's Body.
Yesterdays proceedings In tho trial Of DR.,
r W. Buchanan for poisoning his wife con-
sisted Of expert testimony. except during halt
IN hour before adjournment. when a witncss
was examined whose testimony again brought
the defendant into the minds OF the spectators.
He has been out Of sight for week. while tho
medico-legnl experts have been hotly discuss
ing the effects OF ntropine on n Kittens eyo
and the importance OF blue color produced
by pouring n drop OF something with n long
namo on drop Of something else with a
lonRor name.
At the counsels' tables additional experts
are seated every day. models OF human brains
and actual preserved brains. bottles OF q dozen
varieties OF poisons. testing tubes. and pom
derous medical volumes are scattered about
in places and piled high in others. Lawyers
become irritable. experts nervous. jurors
bored. reporters weary. spectators restless.
but calm as Buddhn. sits Recorder Smyth.
Lawyer and Doctor OSullivan is young and
Irish. and. naturally. is impetuous. An inter-
ruption by Mr.. Nicoll will draw quick fire from
Mr. O'Sulivan. but even he is subdued when
ever Recorder Smyth demands his attention.
Mondays adjournment came with the con-
clusion OF the direct examination Of Prof
gun by Mr.. 0'Sullivan yesterday. Mr.. O'Sulli-
van handed to the witness small bottle and
asked him II he recognized its content by the
characteristics OF the crystals as morphine.
The witness did not. and the examiner then
ondcavored to show that one OF the tests for
morphine made by Prof. Witthaus. which gave
Affirmative results. depended. as to the con.
clusions OF the witness, on tho characteristics
OF the CRYSTALS obtained. This gave
Mat Rs Il as %s epssrnsy HoPsss eSsmsly fsGy
as In pathology. and for half an hour there were
opp;oasng o;a torrents Of technical terms which
experts At the end the net result Of the testi.
found mornhine in R the body body ot Mrs. % Buehsnsn nan
tests which hs scsnSs I as adGped as the
ence OF poison under such conditions.
The next witness was Dr. Charles A. Dore-
ssrs S S1a IL
witness. and his evidence was practically the
the portions OF the body examined he said:
1t Is impossible to determine the exact
We expect i 70 recover a"aniities enough to
Aee ,nS tss bs ss Tya and fstnG
parins those efiess with the the Effects @ "bservei
Of the liquid from the cndaver. we estimated
that the poi ti"ns OF tho body examined con-
tained one-tenth OF grain OF morphine"
was found. because the substance suspected
OF being atropine failed In one test although
Affirmative results werc obtained in two tests.
The suspected substance had the effect. when
drop IN solution was poured on n cats eye.
which the witness supposed atropne would
have.
Then Mr.. O'Sullivnn took the witness.
0-Are you familiar with the characteristics Of the
ir.es Of ny yetaloplas Al did not qualify
Q.But you testified that one OF your Affirmative re.
inv n drop OF nuld in a cn,'. eye' A-Yes ''''
Q-Are yom an onhthonoovist: Al am not. did
Q-What time OF the day 1t you poured that drop
IN the cats eye' A. AFTER consulting note book =
Q.-Ars you that the Chinese tell tho time of
day by looking In a cats ego A-NO
Mr.. O'Sullivan then ask ed the witness IL he
was aware that substance Ia found In decay
ing human bodies which. II refined and diluted
make, tho treated iris OF that unfortunate
nyctalops perform all the tricks that could
rrasonaniy 10 expected !! it hnd been similarly
dosed With ntropinei The witness had heard
led the witness into the byways Of several ex-
act sciences and speculative sciences. and
suddenly closed his examination by asking:
A., DO you Know any more about this case
The Recorder did not permit rhe witness to
give his Impressions on the subject.
Then George Admir- WAS called. He is now
the tenant OF the premises 371 Halsey street.
Newark. formerly occupied by Mrs. Annie d
testified that in February. 1852. when he went
to 2G7 West Eleventh, street to pay his rent to
Mrs buchanan. she. In the presence Of the de-
sns ha, in Nay shs would aFHa
told the witness: I'VE are giving It out here
In New York that We are going to Europe"