The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-26
DOCTORS HAVE
REPLY TO MAKE
Public Is Given Inside
Information.
HAVE GIVEN NO OPINION
Leave That Duty for the
Coroner.
Drs. Lower and Smith Reply to the
. Statements of a Brother Practitioner
Relative to the Success of the Work
They Did as Chemists.

"In the last Saturdays Star, DR.. j.
B. Taylor asks the question, what
kills the woman In reference to the
death of Mrs. John Cramer. Drs.
Lower and Smith were employed for
the County by the coroner, Dr. w.
H. Hinklin to conduct the post NOR
tenn.
'Drs. Lower and Smith had not
heard OF the death of Mrs. Cramer un-
til called by the coroner. The coro-
ner asked that we hold the post NOR
tenn at 8 a. m, In order that the un-
dertaker could have the body ready
for the funeral, which was set for IL
a. m. We had finished the prellmin-
airy examination when Drs. Rhu,
Hedges, Crane, and Taylor arrived.
During the greater amount OF
time consumed in the preliminary ex-
animation, we were left alone; the
coroner having gone to the telephone
to call the undertaken. We then pro-
ceeded as directed by the coroner, to
examine the liver, spleen, kidneys
uterus and its appendages. During this
time the doctors were commenting on
the different organs which were found
In a normal condition, as far as could
be ascertained from a microscopic eX-
aminationj
"The heart was opened and the
valves all found in normal condi-
ton, iAl Later q miscroscopic exami-
nation, was made of the heart, the re-
suit was, no myocardial degeneration
1.-The right kidney was taken as the
chosen specimen from which TO make
the morph-metric test. Had Dr. Hink-
lin authorized us to examine the lungs,
spinal cord and brain, we should have
done so. We insisted on examining
the brain, but the coroner thought 1t
was unnecessary; this opinion was sus-
tanned by Drs. Taylor, Rhu and
Crane.
"Relatlve to DR.. Taylor's remarks
as to the skill of our work, we can
only say, that we exposed the organs
authorized by the coroner, and that
DR.. Taylor, as we'll as the rest. agreed
with us. that they were in a normal
condition. DIR. Taylor knows very
well the body was partly embalmed
when we made the examination, and
that the stomach, brain and lungs
would not be of any use to us after
that.
LAS to the secrecy of the time set,
the time was arranged by the coroner,
out of consideration for the relatives
and friends who had as before stated
arranged to have the funeral at IL
a. m. Drs. Lower ana Smith deny
emphatically that there could have
been any intention of secrecy on their
part, and say the assertion is not only
an untruthful one, but is absolutely
absurd.
Now as to the probability of a
stab in the back or any other indi-
cations of external violence done her
body, we were in the house for some
time before Drs. Taylor. Rhu, Sager,
Hedges and Crane arrived, and re-
manned there for one half hour after
they left. Now. how could DR.. Taylor
know what part of the body we eX-
amined as he was only present a part
of the time. The undertaken also
informed us that he found no mark or
injury to the body, that would lead
us to expect external violence.
Being convinced that she had not
met her death by external violence,
and as Drs, Taylor and Crane had re-
moved all of the urine from the blad-
der (about oz.) and would not give
us small portion for a chemical and
microscopical examination, we decided
to remove kidney and make a NOR
pho-metric test, as it had been stated
by two or more physicians that she
had been poisoned by morphine. The
chemical test did not show any mar
cotlc poisoning, nor did the microscope
show any evidence of poiso ming.
"Now, we would ask Dr. Taylor, or
any one of the physicians to give us
any proof, that will substantlate their
statement. that Mrs. Cramer died OF
either morphine or apomorphine pois-
onlng..
''In the beginning, DIR. Taylor says
he was able to diagnose the case as
soon as he entered the room. as
morphine poisoning" later he says
he diagnosed the trouble through the
symptoms, namely; contracted pupils
and cynasosis. Right here, we wish
to call DR.. Taylor's attention to the
fact, that II Is impossible to diagnose
morphine poisoning by these symp-
TOMS as we have this same condition
In cases of hemorrhage of the pons
varolii, apopleXy, and certain other
brain LESSONS, etc. How does he ac-
count for the rigidity of the muscles
We do not get this symptom in the
narcotic stage of morphine poisoning
We have been informed that this
woman has had several similar at
tacks previous to the one which prov
ed fatal Are we 20 infer that she