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sion was that the boy had taken an
overdose OF morphine; if he had been
called to attend the boy he would have
applied pump as a precaution. The
boy would not tell him why he took the
poison
JAMES ROTELER'S STATEMENT.
James Boteler in the course of his
testimony said:
when DR.. Corss came the second
time l got up and went into the room.
followed DR.. CorSS down to the head
of the steps. He said that Lorton was
putting on, but would be all right He
said that Lorton had taken morphine
and possibly an overdose. Lorton told
DR.. Corss that he had taken morphine
and he would die. but the Doctor said
he would be all right and would be able
to attend church next Sunday"
Mrs. McCulloch, in the course of her
testimony. said that she met DIR. Corss
at the door and told him that Lorton
Harrison had taken an envelope full of
morphine besides some he had taken in
his hand at the drug store, and he was
in bad way.
Mrs. McCulloch also testified that she
never told DR.. Corss that he had taken
strychnne.
EXPERT TESTIMONY.
DR.. Aaron Jefferys statement was as
follows:
Il am a practicing physician of this
Wy. L aic ilOl NlloN Lpilotl I1dTIlS0il.
AS rule, when anyone has taken NOR
phine. or opium in any form. in large
or poisonous doses. there is always
contracted pupils. Slow breathing pulse
unusually rapid and small. Some pa
tientS, quite Il large dose of morphine
will excite and make in Il highly ner-
vous state all night and never close
their eyes When poisonous dose is
absorbed into the system. they get
quiet. go to sleep. pupils tightly con-
f1,i,
finally death.
when l am called to 4 case of pos
oning by opium taken by the
mouth. 1 make him vomit or use
stomach pump. l generally use first a
tenth of Il grain of apo-morphine hy-
pcrdermically. which / have found to
| make them vomit. and then stomach
pump. if necessary. l always give afro
pine hyperdermically as an antidote.
AS 4 juror has asked me if | were call
ed to Il case and told that he had
taken morphine would l give him bro
mide or anything 20 quiet him, I an
swered. I would not If n man had
taken morphine and was very nervous
I would let him get out of bed.
If he did not get out of bed 1 would
make him do so. I would make him
walk in the fresh air. and if he would
not walk. I would whip him and make
him walk: keep up the breathing. and.
if necessary, use electricity to keep it
the stomach for hours before it is alb
sorbed. Ten grains of morphine will
kill anyone unless he is in the habit of
taking it, or it is gotten rid
of. empty stomach absorbs more
rapidly than a full one. When
it is liable that he has taken morphine
would empty the stomach"
The jury adjourned to meet at the Of
flee of DR.. Charles at o'clock P. NJ,
~t<.t, ~
were heard. The first was DR.. Charles.
who made the following statement:
DIR. CHARLES.
"I am a practicing physician in this
city. l did not know Lorton Harrison.
The symptoms of morphine poisoning
are drowsiness. contraction of the pu-
pills, itching of the nose, slow breath
ing, and the pulse may be rapid or
slow. AT first there may be excitement,
but later on there is always drowsiness
and more or less inability to walk. ster-
torous breathing. loss of sensation and
motion, and finally, death. Some cases
that are said to have taken morphine
have not taken enough to hurt them.
and if there We're no symptoms I would
not treat at all. ! doubt if these had
taken q large quantity If believed he
had taken the large amount 1 would
go ahead to treat him: otherwise I
would let him alone. Ordinarily. if a
patient had taken it an hour before T
saw him, l would not use stomach
pump or enletics, for generally by that
time all in the stomach is absorbed but
sometimes it is much slower in being
absorbed. / do not usually take a
mans statement for anything in these
cases, and it would depend on the symp-
toms whether l would give Dromides or
quoting medicine. If a person had
taken a large dose of morphine, in an
hour there ought to be marked symp-
toms of it. If there Mere, | would keep
up artificial < coIfee, amme've atropia
m stimu-
* 'an's' THE REASON WHY
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