Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-05-22

stantly for over one week. The hos
pital doctors said | was vomiting gan
green. Ny husband was called from
his work and said l was dying. The
first time the incision was dressed fol
lowing the operation, DR.. Hurley tool
probe and probed down in the
wound which was partly opened.
asked him what he was probing fol
and he said he wanted to see if
was healed UP on the inside and al
the same time sewed up the broken
| stitches without an anesthetic or any
thing to deaden the pain which caused
me untold agony, and still was vom
ting constantly The doctors claim
ing they did not understand why
kept vomiting so constantly for il
was then time l should be all over
the anesthetic
A few days after the vomiting
ceased, Dr.. Hurley phoned to my hus
band to take me home. My husband
came after me, and DR.. Hurley helped
to put me on the stretcher and car.
ried me down stairs and put me in
the ambulance before the stitches
were removed from the incisiOn
being there in the hospital about IL
days The second day | was home
DR.. Hurley came to my house and
took the stitches out of the incision
and short time after the Stitches
were removed | became seriously i'll.
we called the doctor Immediately, he
came and worked over me that night,
all night he injected morphine into
my arm several times during the
night | was so weak the next day
that | was more dead than alive. and
| the incision was not dressed on Thurs
| stitches on Tuesday, the binder be-
came worked up and nothing to pro-
| tect the wound from the covers. and
my abdomen was badly swollen and
very painful. discovered the incision
was wide open. full of puss and. very
bad oder My doctors said it was
sister was sent for from Spokane,
Washington. The evening she arriv-
ed. Doctor Hurley came and injected
four different kinds of medicine in
my arm five different time within 20
minutes, saying at the same time,
she cannot live until morning any
sleep.
Yes, went to sleep and very near
being my everlasting sleep. for | laid
III a stupor of Inconsistencies for
four days and nights. During the
time | lay in this stupor | knew moth
ing that was going on only as | was
aroused which lasted for just a min
ute.
All the while | laid in this sleep
DR. Hurley or DR.. aWtkins failed to
make an appearance. The Odor from
the wound became so offensive that it
vas most unhearable for those near
ne to endure | being in such a con
dition the physicians, DR.. Hurley and
Or. Watkins. refused me medical at
tcntion. though being notified each
day they refused to come and care
for me Their replies We're. will
come whenever | see fit to do so.
Before the operation was performed
at the General hospital. DR.. Hurley
agreed with my husband and me
that they would perform the operation
for fifty dollars. and we could take
our time in paying il. | was not out
from under the influence of the anes-
thctic until DR. Hurley asked my hus-
hGnd for the money. My husband
told him he thought the agreement
had been settled according to com.
pensation. but he gave the doctor an
order on the mill where he was work
ing for the amount we could spare, at
the same time telling him We would
pay him along each month until 1t
was paid in full according to his con.
tract. Every time the doctor came
all l could hear was money, which
seemed everything on the dark side