Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-07-28

he nrcnnred fo afiAak with an an
narent khoV Of trnovvlad0a or tho anh.
iect. especially when there was a
nurse who had some knowledse Of IL
herself. Though some Of INV cases
were da,Ises OF anxiety 70 me. I could
not blii be amused nj the serious.
thoughtful manner he entered upon ]
each case asked him 10 consider.
He even knew enough OF a committing
phvsiciniYs relationS { with the doctor
who calls him into the case to defer
TO the others INDIGNANT while giving
an ouinioh. Ana was a,,rprised Al !
how aNrditlwf he caneealad the fact
that hS -3si4 knozv what Ia spna talk
.ihas i .,.sut. slslsEss
We entered one house where the
nurse, Mrs. Webster, a woman rather
older than the average, was a very
motherly person and evidently devoted
to her charge, Miss Edwards, down
with typhoid fever. Or, rather, the pa
tent was In that weak state which
follows Immediately after the disease.
JerneRan put on more professional i'm.
portance than usual, reminding me or
certain doctors l have known who
sonceol their want of knowledge of n
case under an appearance of great
wisdom. Presently he said to me.
"Please excuse me, doctor; there are
certain features of the case that
should like to inquire about from the
nurse" Then, turning to her, no add
ed, MRS. Webster, l desire to confer
1 glanced at the nurse, and her ex-
preston spoke volumes. She could
not refuse to go with him, vet her
face told me that she dreaded to do
90. She looked sort of appeal to me,
as though to communicate without
speakinr that there was n reason why
she should not leave the patient. But
Jernegan's face indicated that the In
teryiew in another room must take
place. and the woman led him out.
He shut the door behind them and left
me with the patient.
The moment we were olone topether
an agonized expression came over the
inyalid's face.
"Haye Won called me bv telephoneT'
I asked.
"Twice."
@TeJl mo in n fevv vvorda what "a tho
trouble"
"Sbe,s irving n no,son mar
The exnressIon on nor foca was IN
fuIl Of horror that stonped her
wont IN tho telanbone and coIIad for
anothar nurso tbnn bocl, N the M
t,ant to,d nor what had dono ana
tbot 7 wopId romoIn untji Tho arrival
NJ tho srhstjtute Tb,s done went
about tho room coIIect,ng what ,nedi.
cines could And
MeonwhIIe Jernapon rama,ned IN the
other room with tho nursa In ton
minutes me ono bad called for ar.
rived. and. placing nv patient under
her care. I went 70 the room where
JerneQan and Mrs. Webster were.
Jernegan was looking Mt n book Mrs.
Webster was standing looking orr of
n window She appeared very much
troubled
"There's YOUR quarry" said Jerne-
gan, for the first time dropping all as
sumption Of being a doctor.
II know It," replied "The patient
has told me all. Mrs Webster. will
you please come downstaIrsY"
We all went to the floor below,
where we would not disturb the pa
tient with scene, and ! told Mrs
Webster to prepare to leave the house
She said she must go TO the patients
room, but I did not permit this. OF
course.
I did not like simply to turn the wo-
man OF because | suspected she had
some malign intention toward her pa
tient, and did not like to have her
arrested, for l hardly knew what to
charge her with. Notwithstanding the
invalid's condition, ] went to her ieav'
Ing Mrs. Webster I'm charge OF Jerne-
gan, and asked her II she felt strong
enough to tell me what had occurred
between her and her nurse. Miss Ed
wards told me that she had seen Mrs.
Webster on one occasion dropping
powder in some fluid medicine before
giving It. After that Miss Edwards
held in her mouth all the medicine Civ
en- her till her nurses back was turn
ed, then got rid Of II.
A sick person Is 30 liable to see what
does not actually occur that | would
not act upon this information without
the discovery OF some poison on the
premises This could not BIO done with.
out an analysis, and felt obliged to
discharge Mrs Webster, though told
Jernegan to have her shadowed for
few days. None Of the drugs found
turned out to DO poison. This did not
prove that the nurse did not have some
poison which we could not find.