El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-21

| forces. Men nave been Killed by th c
bichloride but we are not charged with
| that.
Could you kill q man with bi.
chloride if there was no movement
through the veins?
| No sir; the man would be dead.
WITNESS MASTER OF THE SITUATION.
The witness was then closely ques-
toned by Mr.. Turney in regard to
pulses and temperatures and proved
himself equal to the situation. He
could not be tripped or ratified in spite
of the most searching questions and ap-
peared to be thoroughly master of the
situation. His answers were prompt
and to the point and it was evident
that his practice had been extensive.
"Frorn this chart car yon say what
killed Hanwsy?" asked Mr.. Turney.
"No. sir, was the reply.
From what you have been told can
you say positively what killed him?
No,sir, can only give my opinion as
surgeon. In my opinion he died from
bacteria poisoning.
Can a surgeon tell absolutely what
killed man without an autopsy?
No, sir.
Can you or anyone else say absolute
~ that Hanway would have lived had
he been operated on on the 18th?
been struck by lightning. My opinion
is that he would have lived.
Are not deaths from operations be
coming less frequent than in former
times?" asked Captain Beall at this
point.
Decidedly so,' answered DIR. Govt
well.
This is caused by the methods of
modern surgery, suppose; by the uses
of bichlorides.
Yes, by the methods of modern sur
gerry; but the usage of bichlorides is
fast becoming obsolete.
"As to your methods of practice, doctor
have they not been succeessful?" Mr..
Davis asked at this point.
Three attorneys for defendants OBJ
jected instantly in one voice and wit
ness was excused. q.
DOCTOR Villas RECALLED. =
DR.. Villas was recalled and asked if
ever in ell his practice as physician
of fatty embolism. He replied that he
had not.
"In the Hanway case, where man
who had never been ill day in his
life was injured and taken to the hos
pital, with proper treatment apd with
the operation performed at the proper
time, what in your opinion, would be
the chances of recOvery?", asked Mr..
Davis.
Captain Beall objected, but with
drew his objection.
1.-THE percent of deaths under such
as the result of the
operation or the accident would not
be greater than five to one hundred, !"
was the answer of the witness. 81 do
not refer to persons already diseased or
with their vital forces weakened by
alcoholism. Nor to those brought in
weakened from hemorrhsge.
Will you examine the hospital chart
and say If the condition of the patient
es described therein between the hours
Of and o'clock of the morning of
the 18th, and on the morning of the 18th,
would suggest to your mind the adviss-
bility for delaying the operation until
later?
would not have hesitated, judging
from the chart, to have performed the
operation at any time between those
hours.
Is there anything that would suggest
to your mind that it would be danger
GUS for the surgeon to have made the |
operation between those times?
No, sir.
Mr.. Turney cross questioned the |
witness concerning pulses, respirations |
and temperatures, and DR.. Villas said |
that while he would be governed by all |
these things in deciding when to oper-
ate, yet he would be governed more by |
the condition of the pulse.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
DIR. Schugt was recalled to the |
stand this afternoon and on cross ex-
animation said that he was not en-
ployed by the Hanway family to attend
the patient.
DR.. HOrsely was called to testify on
behalf of DR.. Turner and at 3 o'clock |
be was still on the stand.
Stoves, ALI Kinds.