Arizona republican., 1897-10-29


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 Judge Truesdale leaves a wife and two children Accompanied by his brother, MT. w. H. Truesdale, they will leave tonight for Minneapolis, where interment will take place. The rsmains will be escorted to the> depot by the governor, territorial and federal officials, by the various secret societies to which the judge belonged and by ''R" company. N. G. A. /FIags on the public buildings will Aoat at half mast. The district ecu room and the district clerks office will he draped, and by an order, of Governor McCord, issued late Last might, all territorial offices will be closed after 12 o'clock noon today.
 Unusual interest attached to Judge Truesdale's illness, not only by reason of the prominence of the patient. but also on account of curious professional complications which arose during it's progress. AS has been stated. on Oc- tober dn operation was performed for the removal of a bony growth within the right nostril. An attempt was 2hade some years ago to remove 1t, ht it was abandoned on account offthe unbearable pain attending the operation. The last operation was performed by Dr. Lang. From pro- fessional point of view it was quite successful. Two days later an in- tense headache. attended by s fever, set in. Whether the fever indicated an inflammation of the brain could not at first be determined. The patient grew worse and paralysis of the left side of the face and the upper left side of the body appeared. Drs. , Wylie and Duffield were called in con- sultajtion. The physicians all believed | at this ssagc that the trouble was meningeal Dr. Wylie believed fur ther that it was cerebral and that pos sibly it was septic.
 Dr. Purman was called in consulta- tion shortly before change of phy- sicians occurred. It was his opinion that it was septic meningitis Be- lieving it possible, though, that the abscass had not yet formed he recom- mended the employment of active rem edies. The -four physicians now in the case had practically agreed upon the diagnosis. They were equally unani- i nous as to the prognosis. If the trou- ble was cerebral and septic, as their investigations had led them to be- lieve, death was inevitable. The col lapse might occur early. The disease might run a fatal course in six days and the patient might survive thirty days, but not longer. Though they had not utterly given up hope, the prognosiS was so nearly devoid of hope that the friends of Judge Trues- dale insisted upon admitting physi- clans of the homeopathic school into the case. The regular physicians were prevented by ethics from asscciating with them. MT s. R. H. Robinson, who had assumed cha rge of the pa tient, was inlsistent. The regular phy- sicians withdrew and Drs. Beldem and Goodwin were called in. Their diag- nosis was widely different They pro nounced the disease typhoid or noun tain fever, and Dr. Goodfellow of Tucson, who had also been summoned, agreed with them and endorsed the treatment which they had adopted.
 There was an apparent improvement in the patients condition within the next two or three days. The progress of the disease after that has been. made known from tims to time. A symptom which the retiring physi- clans had predicted would be preva- lent until death, was manifest, head ache, either constant or recurrent. The physicians in attendance pro nounced it to be neuralgia. The two corps of physicians even hold diff rerent opinions as to the immediate cause of death. Those in attendance believe that the patients heart, worn by the long course of the fever, gave way. The others believe that the pre- diction made two weeks ago was veri- fled, that respiration was cut off by the closing grip of the palsy. As no post mortem examination will be held, none of these varying views can ever be adjusted.