The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-12

he heart living for some Lllnt allu
Dr Fort stated thar there were huh-
dreds Of such cases
Or Glasgow has never mao anH per
sonaI experience win wounds q lie
heart but mas read surgical works %
me subject after much o. his test
mouy was given the point was raised
nat a. had nor qualified Is an expert
on this particular phase Of surgery
but DR.. For mas had experience win
vounds in the hear and was pro
nounced as expert Or. Fort IL telling
OF the case which had come under ms
observation and treatment in which q
man stabbed in the left vsntrlcle Of
the heart had lived Jhirty-Eix hours,
stated that he is convinced now that
he could have saved his life If he had
known the nature OF the wound at the
time. An autopsy showed that the
knife entered the heart muscle.
In regard 20 the cutting Of me spinal
cord. Or. Fort stated that such Z
wound need not necessarily cause in
stant paralysis of the muscles below
the point where il was cut, and gave
If as mis- opinion that there might be
brief spasm OF the muscles before
PARALYSIS came In this particular
case he stated that ne was Of opinions
that such had been the case, since the
cigar was found in Senator Carmack' s
hand and the pistol fell right BY his
hand. He stated that if the paralysis
had been instantaneous they would
have dropped where the senator was
standing when shot The defense
brought out the point, however, that
they would probably have been carried
on over with the body if the shot had
struck the spinal cord while the body
was falling.
The supposed absence OF the bali
in the wound in Robin Cooper's shout
der and the finding of q bullet ia his
bed at st. Thomas hospital again came
into the 1imelight and there was
much testimony as to that point. II
will be remembered that the X-ray
photograph taken by DR.. Edwards
showed that there was no ball ia Robin
Cooper's shoulder, end that DR.. Dun
can Eve stated that the wound was an
inch and half deep, and that 1T was
possible for the ball to have worked
out on account of the motion of the
muscles. DR.. Eve gave ii as his opin-
ion that the bah never penetrated the
shoulder. Dr. Glasgow testified as an
expert that he never saw or heard OF
a bullet wc-i1ing out of such wound
in twentyfour hous, and that he did
not believe it possible He suggested
as the only possible explanation for
the absence Of the ball that il had
struck some substance in the shoulder
which had caused an immediate re-
bound and that the bullet had fallen
out in the clothing.
DR.. Fort, who applied the temporary
dressing to the wound stated that the
only way in which ball could have
gotten out in twentyfour hours would
be to have a surgeon dilate or incise
the wound and remove the ball with
forceps. He stated that the soft It's
sues would close behind the ball as
ii went in and that it would be inn
possible for it to work its way out
in such time. He also stated that
he did not open the mouth of the
wound and pack it, but that he put
a pad Of sterile gauze, some three by
five inches. on it, and anchored it with
adhesive strips.
DR.. Fort also testified that some
times the X-ray instrument fails to re-
veal the presence Of foreign bodies,
even when operated by the most ca
pable of operators. and that it some
times showed bodies when there were
none present.
Mr.. Bradfono's Office.
Another witness Of the day who gave
testimony was Charles Ha-
den, secretary and treasurer of J. H.
Fall & Co, client of Mr.. Bradford's,
who was in his Office at the time that
he Coopers left and who sat there for
a considerable time that afternoon
waiting to talk to Mr.. Bradford, who
was engaged in discussing. Italian lit
9rature.
1t will be recalled that Gen Tully |
Brown and Mr. Bradford stated that
Col Cooper went out of the Office be-
ore Gov. Patterson called him 10 come |
20 the mansion. and that 1t was nee
sssary for Gen. Brown to go out OF
Mr. Bradford's private ONCE and call
col Cooper in. The call was to be |
It the executive mansion in about |
twenty-five minutes, and Col Cooper