Evening star., 1950-03-01

referee, whose duties are similar
to those of coroner in other
States.
Asked whether they had any
differences of opinion before that
date, DR.. Biron said:
"Perhaps-yes, in one of the
meetings" replied DR.. Biron.
@. You want TO explain them?
A. Yes, I'd be glad to. They
were not of any consequence.
They occurred in medical meet
ings on the particular business of
the meeting. At such meetings
opinions are expressed and they
are merely on action in business
affairs. I know of no more diff
ferences with him) than with
anyone else-just differences of
opinion.
Mr.. Wyman then went back to
the scene in the hospital records
room when DR.. Sander first dis
cussed with DR.. Biron the Bor-
roto case.
Mr.. Wyman asked:
"At that time you didn't have
any knowledge of the quantity of
air it was necessary to inject into
the veins of a human being to
kill him, did you?"
II did not" replied the medical
referee.
@. You knew that at one time
or another experts differed on the
quantity of air from 10 ccs to 500
ccs, didn't you?
A. That is right.
Didn't Ask About Bleeding.
@. Did you ask any questions
about whether in the course of in
jecting air into the vein there was
any bleeding?
A. I did not.
@. If the patient, in whom the
needle was inserted, is in fact
already dead there would be no
bleeding, would there?
A. No free bleeding.
@. = Does a doctor acquire
or have a sympathy for his pa
tient?
A. Yes, certainly.
@. That's what makes a good
bedside manner in a doctor, isn't
it?
A. Yes, that's right.
@. And the closer the friend
ship between the patient and the
physician, or the family of the
patient and the physician, the
closer the sympathy?
A. That is right, I think.
Asked About Sympathy
Mr.. Wyman then asked if such
a sympathy might not affect q
physician in his relations with a
patient.
again, I say that is a personal
opinion" replied DR.. Biron. "I
say it probably would"
And the margin between life
and death is very close in certain
cases?" Mr.. Wyman went on.
That's right"
On direct examination DR..
Biron testified he was called to
days after the death of Mrs.
Borroto.
The county medical referee said
he read medical reports in the
case and then he told the 13-man
jury:
II pondered for a few moments
to determine how to explain the
last part of the progress notes
and then decided 1t should be
brought before the authorities.
Reads From Records.
DR.. Biron then read from rec
ords previously introduced by the
prosecution. One read: Patient
given 10 ccs Of air. repeated four
times. and expired 10 minutes
after this was started"
The county medical referee said
he summoned Sheriff Thomas F.
O'Brien to the hospital and that
later DR.. Sander came to the rec
ords room at the hospital.
Mr.. Phinney asked DR.. Biron:
after DR.. Sander arrived. did
you converse with him?"
II did. yes SIR" replied DR..
Biron.
@. Did you inquire pertaining to
Mrs. Borroto's death?
A. I did, yes sir.
Defense Counsel Objects.
Mr.. Wyman objected at this
point but Judge Harold E. Wescott
allowed Mr.. Phinney to proceed.
@. Do you recall. doctor, the
first question you asked him
CDR. Sander?
A. I told him the death Of Mrs.
Borroto had been called to my
attention to investigate. In his
CDR. Sander's) initial reply he
spoke Of another case and I told