The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-09
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When she body II Nsy Brceksya. the
actress who committed snscsds IN saa
Frsncssco IA Fsbrzsry last. a~rsr~d n
View YSrx city. fhe secretary CT sEe Aesa-s'
Esd Society nes vita greas diszesssy N
Endsag sosae eae-rTnaa wAo vsziG ess-
Cate 81 hsr fansrai. ~ zsay Of The rev.
ersnd gentlemen sssases 70 act. r.vsng %
. yessos sass tbs vc<na- died By hsy oun
hane- FlnsIly . minister sivsrg in Brock
!yn vss procured
Anun6er cf years .ss In PcrtEsn1. Or,
soszs e1As-isY vas fosn9 IN ressing .
clergyman 20 ossczzse ~ fas fznsral Of .
no.ogt0ussY -bad rsan,~ Who hsd either
committed sElcs1s o. had hesn killed Ia -
ARRAY. Finally tie Re~. Dr.. Thomas l.
Kssos. Of the Unitarian eau.ek. wss called
upca and ~ orsce consented, ssyfng that ts
sas his duty - follower aad minister Of
CHRIS: 70 perform the rites Of cnrtssisn
scrias ovss bota the Us; ana the unizss
when their friends desired L.
Tain answer vas ros only Christian hu-
snsn1ty ecs !: sas common sense- What
10 minister Of Chris; for IL be cannes sf-
ford 20 initiate Chr1s:f The rain falls On
TIE srss and uniuss alike: the laws are
rasde sor rich aad poor sliks: for tie pro-
tection Of the bad ss veil - the good, and
hou absurd 70 refuse 70 hold she rites Of
Christian burial over woman Who hsd
coEEit:ed suicide. TIE Woman or man
who commits suacsds 10 sithss insane Or
n 49,
rssponsibss; II they have Suffered greatly
sErssy the sneresf1i and sympa.hstie spirit
Of Christ uonld be insai.sd BY refusing 20
sucA . person tie rites OF Christian bzriAl.
The iahnman code OF clerical ethics u
net more abused than the code Of medical
ethics, which seems 20 be enforced by
some physicians against the code Of every
day Christian humanity. Some ten days
ago Two men focnd tie Rev. George T.
Smith, Q colersd Methods; preacher. un-
conscious II 10 o'clock .. night .. South
Third and Keap streets. WiIliasnsbnrgh.
n. i. They took him TO bis home ss 35s
South Third street, adjoining the Zion A
VI. T. church, Of which he was pastor.
His wife sent messenger 10 Dr. George
r. Leyh. OF tes South Fonrth street DR..
L-yh told the nessenge. that be eouIdn't
answer the cali. because bis wife Vas i'll.
The messenger then went 70 the house OF
another doctor. who, il 10 alleged. refused
10 60 because be expected some patients.
A German physician likewise refused 70
attend the sick man. because Mr.. Smith
Was not regular patient
In the meantime Mr.. Smiths condition
became worse. nsighbor called In Po-
iicsmsn Harry Quinn. Of the Bedford ave-
nus station. 81 30 In the morning and
told him that DR.. Smith was dying.
Quinn sent for IN ambuIance. bat when IL
arrived ~ the parsonage the minister vas
dead Mrs. Smith told the ambulance
surgeon that her husband had not been in
good health for several months, and the
surgeon said that he died Of heart disease:
he was an eloquent man. but IS years old.
Here was q man left without medical
help for several hours. not because neii-
cal help was not promptly summoned. but
because for various excuses no doctor
would come; that is. . man VAS left TO die
because he vas "no. . regular patient"
tina. Is. . man must suffer and possibly die
because Of . code Of medical ethics.
There VAS once q case at . SUM msr hotel
in the White mountains. recorded In the
Boston Herald, where a perfectly compe-
tent surgeon refused TO resieve the suffer
ings Of guest who had fallen and broken
his leg. on the ground tha. be was not his
patient, 50 the man had to suffer for hours
until q surgeon was obtained after long
rsde from a neighboring village.
All ;his nonsense is Of kin 20 the red
tape regulations which strange the hu-
name in.en. Of charity hospitals In grea.
cities