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

| yellowiSh in color. At the hair-line,
near the center of the forehead was a
cut, the exact character of which I do
not recall now. The upper and lower
eyelids of the left eye were swollen
and diScOlored, condition commonly
| called black eye. On attempting to
remove the dress from the little girl
| gave up, because of the pain that it
seemed to cause her: and Sitting up
| the sleeves of the dress, and the front
of the waist and laying bare the body,
| noticed that the upper part of the
trunk, to point about two or three
inches below the nipples, was compar-
atively free from any signs of injury.
But from the shoulders, about the
junction of the shoulders with the
collar-bone iD front, and mostly along
the front and outer side aspects of
the arm, the shoulders and arm and
forearm, the skin was pittea with
cuts and weltS and bruises A little
distance above the wrists of both fore
arms were burrows, indented and
blanched, showing that there had
been some construction in the shape
of rope. Below these depression in
the skin surface, the diScolOred skin
was swollen to its utmost. The nail
of the thumb on the left hand was
absent, and at the junction between
the ring and little fingers Of the left
hand there was laceratiOn laying
bare the joint at that place, the
metacarpal phalangial joint. Encir-
cling the abdomen there were marks
OF various lengths, cuts, WeltS, and
bruises. partially encircling the abdo-
men: heaviest toward the right side.
My impression is that on either the
right or the left flank there was a
mark of confusion, somewhat larger
than the rest. | have not that defin-
itely in mind. The hips and thighs,
more especially the outer and side
aspects Of both, were blush, and at
places a yellowish-green; and from
those points downward, the whole sur
face was pretty much uniform in color,
a blush, greeniSh, yellow. The figure
of the child was slender and ill-nOu-
riShed; the muscular system rather
poorly developed; and all-in-all, took
her state to be that of a moderate
shock. Q Aside from the diS-cOlOra-
tion of the lower limbs was there any,,
thing abnormal that you observed
about them in the way of any cuts or
bruises there? A Well, the abnormal
lities consisted of various cuts, in
which the skin surface was abrased or
scratch off, weltS in which the skin
surface was elevated above the rest of
the surface lying near, and bruises,
that is, marks where various blood
vessels near the surface had broken,
and allowed their contents to escape,
partially or in the whole. @ Now
where blood had escaped had it been
washed off at the time you saw it, or
was it still there? A do not remem-
Der any evidences of washing. 1 do
not remember that there were any
signs of it's having been washed off.
O Do you remember whether or not
there was any blood9 A At various
places along there, along the various
portions of the abdomen particularly,
and the thighs, there were places
where the blood had dried on. @ How
definitely could you determine froal
you examination, as to the length of
time that had elapsed, since these
injuries were received? A Taken in
connection with statements made to
me at the time, that is, statement of
the occurance the previous day? O.
No, just what you observed there that
morning? A It is very hard to deter
mine definitely from the appearance
of the skin at what time a bruise
occurred. Superficial bruises discolOr
the skin right away, and the more
superficial the bruiSe is, the more
quickly the skin surface becomes dis
cOlOred. Deep bruises result in a
diScoloration of the skin, sometimes
after hours, sometimes only after days.
@ These wounds on the hands, this
split between the fingers, and the
thumb, the end of the thumb where
the nail was gone, what could you
determine, if anything, with refer
ence to them, that is, as to the time
that these had been received? A. 1t
was almost impossible to determine
whether they had occurred within a
few hours, or within any time of the
preceding "a. | took both to show
evidence of having been contracted
within the last "a hours. @ On your
first visit, did you dress the wounds
on the back part of her body? A On
my first visit, ] did not raise the child
from the position in which | found
her, owing to the complaint she made
of pain, on attempting to do so. 1t
was later on at a subsequent visit that
/ examined the back. @ Later the
same day? A think about two hours
later: very nearly noon on that day.
@ How many times did you visit her
that day? A At least two; very prob
ably four times. Q How many times,
if any the following day? A The
same number of times. From two to
four | recall two. My impression is
| made four visits because / concluded
to visit her at about four hour inter-
walls: three or four hour intervals. @
What, if anything, was done in the
way of treating those injuries by you
during the first two days? A Well,
internally of course, I employed sup
porting treatment; took measures to
maintain the vital forces: and exter-
nally | employed substances which
were calculated to heal over the open
wounds of the open wounds of the
skin surface and allay pain. @ Was
there anything done to prevent IN
fection? A Oh yes. That was the
first indication; to prevent any SubSe-
quent infection. @ Now state
whether or not you deemed all Of
these treatments necessary? A Abso-
lutely, @ The injury between the
two fingers that you speak of, was
that sewed up? Did you sew that up. |
or didn't you? A No sir; Owing to |
the fact that some hours had elapsed |
from the injury. / concluded to treat !
that as an open wound, through fear of |
after-infection following. The purpose
of course, was to sew up up later on |
when the danger of Infection was
removed. @ Well, from your eXamina-