Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-24
IN A SCIENTIFIC WAY
A Medical Student Seeks
 Death by Morphine.
IT'S BEARING ON HARRIS CASE

As a Result of n Love Affair. Alfred Stills
 Ives Gees to a Hotel, Places a Young
 Iady's Picture on the Table, Fills His
 System With Morphine and ChloraI. and
 Prcee"ds to Die Sawed by the strenuous
 Efforts of Doctors A Valuable Expert
 naent i'm Medical Science.
 NEW HAVEN, March 24.-A case of in, terest to the medical profession, on account of the. recent trial of Carlyle W. Harris and of the present trial of Dr. Robert w. Buchanan, both of whom arc charged with killing their wives by morphine poisoning. has come to light in this city.
 On Monday, Feb. 27. Alfred Stille Ives, a medic al student. who is taking a post graduate course at Dartmouth college, came to this city He is son of the fam ous Dr. Robert $. Ives, of this city, and 3 grandson of ex- Provost Alfred Stille of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ives is an expert in toNicology and Dr, Stille is one of the most eminent theolosians in the country.
 Young Ives was stud ying toXicology. and has already made great progress in it. He w;ls an expert chemist
 On his arrival at New Haven he tried to enlist in the army, but was not enlisted be- cause be told the enlisting officer that he had run away from college. He afterward went to the Heireblin hotel in Hartford and secured room, to which he immediately retired.
 The next morning the chambermaid found young Ives lying on the bed par t;ally undressel. She looked in at 1I ho young man in the same position. Then she nutifie.l the housekeeper, who informed the cler
 Dr. Wolff happened to be in the hotel atte.ding n patient. He went to the room and found the wound mandying of nor phne poisoning
 On table beside the bed was a picture of d girl and d sealed letter. The original of the picture was the daughter of G. Pier pont Davis medical director of ths Travel CTS Insurance company, of New Haven. Dr. Wolff o.cne,l the letter, It contained a statenlet.J to the effect that the young rnan was disappointed in love, And, there fore, intended to commit suicide.
 He said he wanted to make his death q contribution to medical science. He had, therefore, taken 96 grains of chloral and F grains of morphine in this way: Into ounces of 10 per cent. solution of chloral he had put 12 grains of morphine.
 Of this he took 1 dram at 9:45 o'clock. At 10 o'clock he took one-half of the re mainder, and finished the dose at 10:15.
 There was enough chloral in this to kill several men, and enough morphine to cause the death of several mora. He recorded his symptoms until 10:20, at which time lle stated that he was barrel y able to place the note in the envelope.
 Dr. Wolff began work on his patient at about II o'clock, 13 hours after the first dose had been taken, giving him violent exercise all that day and administering large doses of strong black coffee. His efforts were successful and he saved the life of the young man.
 This gives added interest to the case, since it shows that even after an exceed ingly large dose of morphine has been taken, and so great length of time as 1; ] hours has elapsed before the patients dis covery, the life of one who has not been addicted to morphine can be saved The young man is now at the home of his father in New Haven and is almost fre' from the effect of the drug.