Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-05-29
VOLUME 45, NUMBER %

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to her chances of recovery? A Well,
for ultimate recovery, the chances
were excellent. The case required
close surgical care. Q Would the
fact, if it were fact. that these in
| jurieS went twelve hours or more,
without any treatment. have any
bearing on her chances of recovery.
and the dangers of the injuries?
A Certainly. q In what way? A
The chances of Infection were greater,
because of the time that would have
IiDtervened from the time the injury
was done. In other Words the longer
those injuries remained unattended
to, the greater the dangers of infection
and infectionwaS the main danger at
the time. Q After you had treated
her the first two days, you turned her
over to the County physician, as you
understood it? A Yes, the case was
taken from my charge on Saturday
night, October the 5th. Q And from
that day on, you did not visit her
professionally? A On Sunday morning
[ went to the County Jail, and saw
her then the last time. The Court:
That was the 9th? A Sunday of Octo-
Der the 9Th. Mr.. Marsh: That is all.
Cross examined by Mr.. Wickham, as
| lOllOWS. " Iou obdUSo. uooVol, UlldU
| there was an impoverished condition
sallow? A Yes sir. Q Explain what
you mean by that doctor? A Well,
| by an impoverished state of the
blood, 1 mean a defect. either in
the quantity of the necessary elements
of the blood, the essential conStitu-
entS, red-bloOd cells, or a defect in
quality. particularly with reference
to those ingrediments on which the
value of the blood depends: the hem
Oglobin, for instance. Q Explain
what you mean by that sallow COM
pleXion that you mention. A The
Sallow color referred to is quite often
| associated the anaemia, OrimpOveriSh
| ment of the blood. 1t is indicative of
two conditions, that usually 60 hand
| INLAND; irSt, impOvcriShment in the
blood itself, and secondly defect-or
[ would rather say, deticiency-in
elimination. That is to say. a failure
on the part of the organs of elimina-
tion to rid the body of certain waste
materials, which clog the circulation;
in other words, condition often
attendant on constipation, either of
the kidneys, or the bowels. Q Did
that sallow appearance, indicate
jaundice and bile? A The peculiar
yellowish hue of the whites of the
eyes indicated a certain degree of
jaundice: slight. Whether, of course,
that jaundice was dependant upon the
reduced condition of the blood, ur
whether it arose from obstruction in
the bile ducts Of the liver, or in the
excretory ducts of the gall-bladder, [
did not determine at the time. O l
wish you would explain what you
mean by anaemia; or have you alreadv
explained that in explaining the
impoverished condition of the blood?
A | would use the word ''impOverish-
ment'' of the blood: condition of
the blood in which the essential con-
dition CT the hlone are reduced either
in quality or in quantity, or in both.
@ That is called anaemia? Yes sir.
@ No doctor, do you mean to be under
stood as saving that the impoverished
condition IF the blood, or the sallow
color of the complexion. was at all due
to any recent injuries which you dis
covered-marks on the body? A No.
O Do you think that those conditions
of the blood and the sallow appearance
or color were due to other causes? Yes
sir. You said, doctor that, consider
ing her entire condition, you con-
sidered she was suffering from a
moderate shock? Yes sir. @ What
is a shock? A Shock is a depression
of the bodily vital forces: condition of
lowered vitality. @ And are they
divided into moderate shocks and
severe shocks, in common parlance?
A Yes sir. Various adjectiveS
are applicable to the condition
according to the grade of severity. @
Would you say that the blood was de-
ceased, doctor? A No sir: except in
negative way that it was defective
either in quantity or quality; and
that would have to be determined by
blood examination: simply condi-
tion of impoverished blood. as we
ordinarily find it. @ State whether
or not, slight bruise or injury to the
skin, in the case of person of inn
poverished blood, would heal up as
readily as in case Of person with
healthy blood? A 1t would not heal
up SO readily, no sir. estate whether
or not, that condition of blood, would
end to aggrevate an injury to the
skin? A L am not prepared to answer
that definitely. There are SO many
Sideration that / do not think it
possible to answer that off hand.
last question read) A That is to
say, as compared with others, more
robust, in better physical condition?
Q Yes, as compared to person with
healthy blood? A Perhaps 1 grasp
your meaning a little more plainly.
and could say that-Well, l do not
know whether the answer is called for,
1 am sure. @ Well, If you want to
add anything to what you stated, you
may? A The extent of the signs in a
bruise would probably be greater in a
person whose blood vessels have lower
resisting power than in one whose
tissues were more robust. On the
other hand, the force and volume of
the blood current would be leSSened,
in one of impoverished blood; and
whether that consideration is of more
avail than the otE er, / am not pre-
have to balance those two factors. If
a person should receive several Slight
cuts and bruises, l mean being cuts
and bruises of the skin, or to the outer
portion of the skin. would the general
appearance Of such bruiSe, some hours
afterwards, to casual observer, indi-
cate great deal more severe injury to
a person of impoverished blood and
person having that sallow color that
existed in this case, than would exist
in case of person with healthy blood
and healthy color? A Yes sir. 0
Under such conditions as have men
fioned in my last question, state if
the condition would not look to be
worse than it really was? A To the