The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-12-19

him eight ounces OF half pint of gin
with directions to take from one to two
tah@spoomiuls three O." four times daily.
Witness tnnN the gin strictly mes Il medi
cine and not as Il beverage
Clerk Williams WAS asked whether the
Doctor had a ,Il'uE 45i,t'@ license. and re-
piled that he lad r~t nor had amy other
physician in the county. The Statc then
rested.
Mr.. Ciaytou opcHc1! for the defense,
and said they would show that Doctor
RittrnhoIisp WIS u reputable physician,
With seventeen ycHIrs practice in North
East. Il member of various orders, exam
inrr for several insurance companies,
rrinvct Il large plTacticr. Keeping three
tCnnlS, and. in short was II man of
standing in the community. He had u
well stocked laboratory. where he com
pounded and dispensed his own prcScrip-
trrS into many of which alcohol ncccS-
>Lrly entered.
lIr. liittrnhousr was then called and
testified that he was graduate Of JEFF
frr~om Medical College. Philadelphia,
| Clt,l of 10 in Medicine. Pharmacy and
Chemistry. had r!acticed i'll North East
for seventeen years. w!S Il Mason, eX-
amr2r for several insurance companies.
| He hal II laboratory stocked with a
large variety of drugs and medicines,
where he compounded HIS own prcScrip-
toI'>a and carried many remedies with
him on his calls.
He admitted giving Miller the Quinine
and whNkey. and also the gin, but claim
ed that he gave both aS medicine based
on his diagnosis of Miller's condition as
| II b.
his symptoms. He had given him sew
| clul half pintS Of gin as II remedy for Il
trouble which he recognized and Miller
WAS the better for the Use of the remedy.
ii lad given liquor to his patients um3
wts giving it now citing II particular
ease of cunSumption. Thp drug stores in
North East did not keep liquor in stock
1t WAS impossible to practice medicine
successfully without the use Gf alcohol,
which was the basis of all tinctureS, eX-
| tracts. etc. and most patent liquid medi-
cin,S. He did not keep Il drug store,
Err deal in F}trEt medicines. HS he had
not II traders license He hal had
Government license for fifteen years past
rs he wished To be on the safe side in
dispensing alcoholic medicines and buy
ing Hnd dispensing his own liquor he
knew he had tn" pure article" He hAl to
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practice. He did not keep large QuHuti-
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