Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-15
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On The Stand.
r...,, testimony al The Payne Preliminary IN"
z,.., So,s MISS Hill wight Haze Performed hFe
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could not have been performed by her.
self
NIGHT HAVE DONE IT HERSELF
Tho question was objected to ON the
grounds that It did not embrace all the
f..cts brought out in the testimony with
reference to this particular phase OF
tlle case. The objection was oYorrulei
and Or. Anderson answered
"She might have performed the opef-
alton on herself,
Have you seen similar casesY
81 have seen all manner OF cases
Have you seen ans where an anaea-
thCtic was usedR'
"All | have seen have been without
an anaesthetic."
'Is an anaesthetic necessary
Ordinarily the pain Is not suiiiclerl
for an anaesthetlc'
with reference to the injuries foun
upon Miss Hill's body Mr.. Wanes
asked with what instrument the N
Jury could have been caused.
with any instrument with sharp
or rough point"
AMENAGOGUES.
DIR. Anderson was then examined up
on the subject Of amenagogues and
stated that the following drugs were
amenagogues. Pennyroyal canthar
ides. rue, sayine oil Of tansy, ergot
md cotton root. He said that excess
size doses OF OIL of tansy would BE-
poigonous and might cause epileptic
forms of commissions and even death,
on the question OF the condition or
the brain OF person dead from chloro-
form poisoning. Dr. Anderson said that
tho anaesthetc would cause aneamia
OF The brain instead OF congestion
III the condition of the kidneys
showed congestion, could YOU tell II
cl!oroform had been used
u could not"
III the kidneys are congested Is that
positive proof that chloriform was
mo"
THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
III It appeared that woman 50
years Of age entered a doctors Once,
IN great distress, threw hersal upoa
lounge, began vomiting, her eyes roll
ing, her face twitching, her power OF
speech interefered with so that she
could talk with difficulty; II she re-
manned In that condition for a few min
utes and then died. would that indi-
cate 30 a physician death by ehloro-
FORM"
mo SIR"
"Do those conditions convey 10 ply
sician sufficient evidence 20 state pos
itively the cause of death2'
HE could not state positively"
Under those conditions could she
have died from an amenagogue|
Yes or some other poison
IF a doctor attempted TO perform |
such an operation would II be neces-
sary to disturb the clothingY'
Not absolutely necessary; II de-
ponds upon the clothing
on REORGANIZATION witness admit |
ted that the operation would be pain |
full
rs It not very painful?'
Not always II depends largely up |
on the temperament Of the patient"
CARBOHYDRATES MAYO.
The doctor then corroborated the tes-
timony OF Or Mayo by admitting that |
IN anaesthesia there was second |
stage during which there was a period |
Of excitement and therefore conges- |
ton of the brain. Also. that II the pa /
tient died While that congestion obtain /
ed, after death the blood clots would /
not Immediately -recede.
There are cases, are there not /
where a patient dies IN the second |
stage Of anaesthesia?"
Death may occur while IN the Sec
ond stage"
Nov doctor, as TO those conditions |
described to you by counsel. they d. |
not indicate that the patient did not /
die from chloroform, DO they"
NO It has no bearing on the case"
THE BLOODY CLOTH.
Prof. C. n. Mckay was again placed
on the stand and Mr. Wanless asked |
him II he knew that among Miss Hills
effects bloody cloth had been
found. Mr. Mckay replied that he did /
not. subpoena was then issued for
Mrs Mckay, and court adjourned UNI