Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-11-24
QUESTION OF LIFE AND DEATH.
Many Stirred by Doctors Refusal to
PrOlOng Life.

NulCdSO, -NON. - llC DOlilHScI
baby, Il detective mite whose mother,
on professional advice, decided it
should not undergo an operation,
lite. died at the German-Amcrican
Hospital here to-day after lowering
between life and death for hours.
Meanwhile the question Of the pro-
! pricty Of sacrificing the unprOmiSimg
| spark Of life in the infant, that it
| might not grow up 4 burden to itself
! and a possible menace to society. was
| the subject Of widespread discussion
| DR.. II. J. llaiScldCn, on whose advice
| the mother acted, was visited by
many medical men to-day and telc-
| phone calls alternately accused and
! praised him. lie remained unaltcr-
! ed IN his conviction that death was
the greatest blessing which could be
| hoped for the infant.
The principal physical dcformitics
! OF the baby were the closure Of the
! intestinal tract, paralysis Of the
nerves OF the right side of the face.
( the absence of the right ear, blind
uoSs Of one eye and malformatiOn Of
its shoulders. Or. HaiSelden. who
OttiCiated at the birth, noted the abb
s"ncc of a neck. The brain he found
to be only slightly Subnormai. but
;hC cranial nerves were absent or
unHeVelOped.
iopclcSS-Pcrhnps Insane.
- If he grew up he would be hope
less cripple and would suffer from
fits" said the DOCTOR
would his mind be clear? Would
his soul be normally aliyc?" he was
asked.
"That do not know, but the
chances are against it,
The QucStiOnCr cited the case OF
Roswell Smith. OF Chicago, suppOs-
ed harmless defective who after
reaching the adult stage. killed little
| Hazel WcinStock, for which he was
hanSCd.
Another visitor remarked that
FEOdOr DOatocvsky. born defective.
WHO Gamb!cd and had epileptic fits,
developed into a great novelist and
on" OF the greatest psychologists Of
Europe.
Most Of the visitors treated the
baby, which lay in Il little bundle in
4 private room, as If it were uncanny.
Or. IIaiScldcn alone treated it like a
human being. lie looked into the
little twisted face and patted its lit
tie cheeks.
.>IIo will be dead before inc night
is ovcr,' he said.
"It would be moral wrong" he
continucd "to allow if 70 live II
seems to me that a citv which allows
a black hand outrage Il week, a thou
sand abortiOns a day, and number
Of accidents every round Of the clock,
is hardly in position to criticise a
man who holds that death is prefer
able 10 life to a detective"
The tcipphone rang.
Dr. I!ajsclden answered and for
five minutes talked with a woman.
I She plcadcd with him TO save tho
! babv's life. When he returned from
the telephone he smiled grimlv.
Called Him Nones
,
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