New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-26
PHYSICIANS DISCUSS TIE CASE.
COLONEL sHEP\ED's DEATH. THEY SAY. WAS
rEM>pt, <RI n ONE

REMARK ABLE ONE.
The peculiar conditions under which C"lonei fino't
f. Shepard died have aroused considerable interest
among the ply siolans Of This city. and they arc
unanimous IN saying that from medical point OF
view Colonel Shcrards death Will 60 on record ms
rcmarLabl. and exceptional case. "Ocdcma 81 the
lungs said one Of the leading physicians OF The
city 10 Tribune reporter last night rs no''he more
than dropsy of tho lungs. The lungs become "h''r'
soaked and this closes the mir cells. In Colonel
sbopard', case the ether probably caused the water
In the lungs TO obstruct the air passages and then.
Of course sunocation followed. When oedema occurs
In coscs where ether has been administered II denotes
q weakness Of some vital organ AMI nothing thh'
medical science do will save the patient. II an
ou,onsv Is performed on Colonel Shcpard's body II
NAV he found that octcma vas not the ''"'
cousc OF his DEATH o struction OF blood In one
NJ the valves OF the heart caused by The ether.
DIR. McBurncy said last night that he had Just heard
o,,c one say that Colonel shepard had Iri5hts dis-
cose au that was SOP said DR.. Mcburncy' "the
admins toriug OF ether To him would nave beeh 'a'a,
IN thnt account, but d.. Mclanc ana mys'i io"hu
M evidence of Brishs disease, and am cerhih 'h"'
none OF Colonel Shepard vital organs were n'ee''N
hotorc tho ether was given. We made careful ex-
animation OF tile heart and found It's acton h'rhai'
said We found evidence OF ErigtS di'case' o'.
sometimes n man may have that trouble and yet IL
4 imnossiblc TO discover any evidence oil IT, we are
satisfied however. that Colonel shepard cied lro"
drou.v NJ the lungs His lnbcrcd breathing ana signs
~, chnnc leave no other conclusion. IL Is the only
case M The kind that know Of. although there nave
heen cases cited In the medical works The ether'
Won know In such cases. the lungs to I'LL WIN
water and the air chambers become CLOSED ana 'heh
snnocaton takes place. peculiar thing about Colo
mol stewards case was that such small amount OF
ether was responsible for his death. lie had maze
hut on, inhalation when noticed that hc was
suffering from shortncss Of breath and choking These
vmptoms are not unusual. but never last more IMAM
nuccn seconds. With the Colonel, however, they
continued beyond this time and then we began 10
M. rcstoratlves IL WIS some tim" before We sue
cccdcd in ringing him 10 consciousness, ana even
,bcp he knew almost moth hing. lie made lew re-
marks that we could understand and soon Iapsed
,uo bi, previous condition. 1t would he OF INTEREST
IN The medical profession If autopsy were MADE
nm, The family hive expressed unwillincn'ss to
have It,"
Dr IoomIs would make REMARKS on tie case
further than to say that 1t most Unusual ana
extraordinary one and would he OF considerable IN
,ercs, TO physicians ana surgeons all over the wori"
from the fact that Colonel shepards Vital organs ~er"
s,npos,d TO be- IN a sound condition. lie cxpres-cu
,rca, confidence In Drs. McBurncy and McLane' ana
wus sue that they had done everything 10 save
Colonel shepard.
DR. Weir. the wellknown surscon would ho' COM
mi, himself 10 any opinion the case but ike
uu the other medical men la ue Guy cApfcsseo