The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-27
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corpse, and from thence TO the dissect.
! ing board and onto the floor. Alto
gether, the sight is far from being q
| prepOssessing one and faint hearted
/ individual would involuntarily turn
! away.
According to the terms of a will. Mrs
! Marsh 'beques thed her remains TO tie
! medical students of Denver - be util-
! lied for scientific purposes. The state
university has just come into posses
| sion of the cadaver and the students
VIII Immediately begin the work Of dis
/ section After a thorough examination
of The different parts of the body the
skeleton will be cleaned and the pOr-
lions thereof aTticulated.
The late Mrs. Marsh was a native of
Michigan. Her father occupied a prom
( inent Presbyterian pulpit and she was
brought up according TO the Presbyter-
ian form Of belief. In younger days
Mrs. Marsh, whose name at that time
was Eastman, was educated as a
teacher in the public schools of Michi-
gan, and taught in different institu-
tons for several terms.
Later she took up the study of medi-
cine at the Ann Arbor, Michigan, uni
versity, and soon after graduated with
high honOrs IN the homeopathic depart
ment. In the year 1879 Miss Eastman
came to Denver and at once began the
practice Of medicine A year later she
met and married DR.. Marsh, the well
known practitioner Of Greeley. Soon af-
ter the wedding ceremony the pair took
up their abode at Greeley and practiced
together al that place up to within the
last two weeks. About one year ago
Mrs. Marsh executed a viii by the
terms of which her property, which she
had accumulated while in Colorado was
bequeathed 10 the Ann Arbor univer-
slty, with the exception Of her resi-
dence at Greeley. Her possessions in
cluded lands in Colorado, Phoenix,
Ariz., and in the east, besides considera-
BILE personal property and notes of great
value. The Michigan university, how
ever, was the sole Gevisee, outside of
ner husband, or her entire estate. 4
very singular clause was inserted in
the will. 1t provided that after death
the remains We're to be sent to the
homeopathic department of the Ann
Arbor university, for the purpose of en-
Tightening the minds of the students of
the human body. She expressly stated
that her strange action in thus dispos-
ing Of her mortal remains was for the
purpose OF aiding science in her re-
searches.
Soon after signing the will. the idea
or conveying the remains to Ann Arbor
met with disfavor, owing to the dis
lance and the expense attached TO it.
She therefore told her husband. some
time before her death, that her body
was TO be sent to Denver for dissection
and cremation instead of TO Michigan.
If the students of this city could not
utilize the remains for the advance
ment of science, she gave it as her ex-
press wish that her remains should be
cremated
A week ago last Thursday evening.
while in apparently good health, de-
spite the so years which had whitened
her locks, Mrs. Marsh received stroke
of paralysis which afterwards caused
her death. On the evening named she
had been sitting with a patient giving
when she was noticed to sud
denly act queeTly. 1t had been her in
tention to remain up all night with the
sufferer and she had collected various
bottles of medicine around her to ad-
to the patient. About mid
night she suddenly opened her vaIise of
bottles, and took therefrom three walls |
Two of. these she opened, inhaled the !
and then replaced them, I'M
corked, back in the valise. The third.
however, she uncorked and swallowed |
part of the contents.
Immediately after she reeled into an |
easy chair and laid there until the pa |
tent summoned assistance. DR.. Marsh I
responded to the call and removed his |
stricken wife home.
For one week Mrs. Marsh lay in an |
unconscious state. She failed to utter |
r sound and upon several occasions. it |
was thought, life had departed from |
her. Her right side had been paralyzed |
by the stroke and death was looked for |
at almost any moment In one week |
life was pronounced extinct and the
srIeVed husband sent word TO Denver
to DR.. Durham, asking if the body
could be used for scientific purposes in
his city. He said he desired to carry
nut the wish of his deceased wife to the
etter.
Dr. Burnham replied that the remains
I sent here. could be taken TO the state
for examination and could
De put TO very good utility. According
Y, Friday morning last. DR.. Marsh ar
lived in the city upon his sorrowfuI
,rrand and had the corpse sent to
Rogers & Son for preparation. Later
n thA day, under direction of DR.. Burn
lam- the body was conveyed TO the uni
'erslty IN behalf OF the homeopathic de-
'artment of the state university.
Before departing homeward. DR.
Marsh remarked that it would he wise
% hold a post norton examination
'Ver the remains He said that he was
bout assured thar death had resulted
rom apopleXy or hemorrhage of the
rain. but that an official examina tion
vas practicable. Accordingly DR.. Lob
nsier performed the autopsy last night
ne result Of which showed that death
.ad resulted from a clot OF blood upon
ne oFaln The head was sawed com
letely in two and the cIot as LARGO as
half dollar removed. The cavity VS.
forwards filed up with a preserving
liquid. -9
How low FAST we learn in G day of sorrow.-