Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-27
SUPERIOR court

BurriIi vs.. Hurd Case oeeup;., !.
tention Court and Jury An AZ
Friday -s.s. W
Waterville, Nov. 26.-Cour,
in at 10 o'clock this morning A.
the third day Of the case Of A..
M. Burrill against DR.. B. p L.
was begun.
Dr.. NJ. s. Goodrich took the o..
and his cross examination by -
Perkins of the defense was M.
cluded until about 3 o'clock nv w
wa ssome further examination a,
doctor, both redirect and roo..
then Edward Burrill H. Bpr,M
Portland. took the stand and tass.
that he was at the Burrill boms
the time DR.. Hurd and DR.. AM.
were there the 23rd day ~ wv
1917, when the examination Of or.u
ton was performed. He saw nv.
rangements made for the oper.,,.
and assisted in holding the pls,ss.
on the table while they wers y
tempting to get him under etha, ~
said no water was heated that moI
ing that he knew anything ,h...
that he saw no white coat ,or ~
doctor or any rubber gloves; and y
saw no rubber gloves boiled or w,..
He said DR.. Hurd took his inv.'
ments out of his bag and ca-..
them into the room where the on.,s
ton was to be performed: he sav '
instruments boiled, and that ~"
were laid on the top of marss
topped table and on a sideboard y,
said he saw the instruments off,
the operation was completed on a,
same table and sideboard. and ,,..
was some blood on them, and ,h,.
was blood on the covering az n.
table. The witness stated fp,s.'
that he heard a conversation at.,
the operation between DR.. Hurd ANA
Mrs. Burrill in which the doctor ,d,
her that he removed an abscess fro~
the bladder.
The next witness for the plaipns
was Leona Tercotte, of Newport "
She went to stay with the plaintiff,
family in 1917 and was there at tn
time OF the visit of the doctors /,
June Of that year. She testified tha
she 10 now II years old. and has ,Dsr.
ried since leaving the home Of I'M
BurriH's. She left there in Octobs
1918. She said that no preparatu
had been made before the doCtou
arrived for the operation; that sb,
was in the room when the patier
was etherized, with the others: tm
the patient strangled and asked tv
air when they were trying to ethe.
lie him. and struggled away from /
them; that Mrs. Burrill talked
him and he finally Quilted down
When the patient laid down the wit.
ness said the doctors changed from
ether to chloroform. She said sh
first saw the doctors instrument
when he took them out of his grip h
the kitchen, and that they were not
done up In anything, but were loss
In the bag; that they We're placed 0,
the table and sideboard, as stated b!
another witness. and had nothing IN.
der them. After the patient va
etherized she with the others wen
sent out of the room. A little late
the nurse came out for water an.
left the door open so that this wit
ness saw part of the operation shI
said. This witness testified 10 SET
ing about the same as the precedin:
witness, and as to hearing the cor
versation between DR.. Hurd and Mn
Burrill.
Miss Julia Leahey, sureta
nurse employed by Dr. Goodrich ta
many years, testified about visits =
DIR. Goodrich to the plaintiff.
This witness closed the testimOrT
Of the plaintiff.
Mr.. Perkins then opened for the de
Tense. He stated that they wctl
show that upon the first visit of d. .
Hurd to plaintiff he found his pates
suffering with som etrouble in ID
urethral tract; that proper treatms
was used at all times: that DR.. Hun
did not leaxe a syringe any time
stated by plaintiff and his wife, oa
that the syringe was left by Dr. Mos
ton; that he left medicine to be take
internally. On June 18th he SAID
second visit was made and at in
time. he examined the prOsa'
through the rectum. and then decioe
that 1t would be necessary to make
examination by a cystiscope: he sal
that DIR. Hurd Gid not have an opa
ating cystiscope at that time
never had one. On the 23rd OF Ju'
he said DR.. Hurd made visit al
brought with him DIR. Abbott ana
nurse. Miss Jones. He said us
would show that the instruments wei
properly sterilized in an antisspu
solution and that the doctor elesns
his hands and before he operated
had the nurse pour alcohol over
hands. The found. he said, imam
nation Of the posterior urethra 40
treated it with an application OF D
trate Of silver. A sterile solution "'
also prepared, Mr.. Perkins said WI
hot water to initiate the bladder az
that was treated.
The first witness offered by the o.
Tense was DIR. Henry w. Aopo"
waterville. who accompanied
Hurd at the time of the exanlihan
of the plaintiff with the cystiscop
and testified to the treatment aonl
istered, the manner in which inc
struments were sterilized, anu
whole conduct of the exan'lha."
He said that he considered the , uys
ment proper, and done in s"'''
manner.
His testimony was not compie'''