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Show (otar Pilot ii r.D 1 Si. j. Tblid L;--ri:t Cur. l.:K-:aa, C. J., I rcsidicz. Thur-iay, April 2-1. J :c vi. At-iersoo, M. I'.; Mr. K'.-jLuri-'jEi. oce of tti-i ju.'or-, re-ceiv- d a di.-; a:ch frjm h.a faxily, in ';L'. r c.n'ji l--t ota ol ij-.d ci...Jr'-3 Wi- v-ry t:.z, and j .h-i coul-v! c-'S-eoi-rd tiiit he be ex- j ..u-t-d and 1 Ley would proceed with e even juror-. Dr. L- K Vo'jm, worn fjr lie dc-fcLdjai. dc-fcLdjai. li a phyiiciia ad surgeon; fradiiVed a: Fq:. -jdclphia in oai b-.t-a a nj-jUical emctr ia the 1 lruiy. C'juuei -upp jsed a cae similar to the oe of its ;-JJiji;n at the time of tLc accident, aLd icked wit-ae-id wht wvu.d ba the general practice of the profjioQ in such a oa.-e; be said it wu.d be ampuiation; Cjid w.:cr 2ppiicaiions wou.d be the cuaiutuiry pr-e".:ce; il' ai;er three days I from the acp-Jtation, the bottom of J the stump 'l.ouid bo discolored, the .ex mu:b ir.tiuied, and there was :ome fever, the cold water would soil te good, if the u.dammat.ioa was not o Lih ai 10 teed to grangreue, or mortiiy the pari?; in the latter case, the opposite Lreaimtnt would obtain; if after ax days from the amputation, amputa-tion, the iLliatuumion and fever had increased, the discoloration had ex-tecded ex-tecded up the limb to the knee, the ruicd was clear and the pulse firm, the old application beirjg atreeaole to the patient, a charcoal aiid yea-;t poltice womd have been a good application; the eurcion would have sriuus objec-ti'jnd objec-ti'jnd Vj atuputauci; under tueh cir-cumtarcs, cir-cumtarcs, out if ho should do so it would be at the knea or lower third of the ihih; it' the r-urgeon does nor implicate, and after four days more he tiodi tho KrirCLO Is extending, acd the mortiti.-auon has extended to the knee, then it b'.comea a question of lile and death, and the surgeon should immediately im-mediately am out lie low on the thigh as would reasonably be in a sound place, free from aLgrece; it is not a remarkable occurrcnee with skill-t'ul skill-t'ul surgeons to have the bone project aiter amputation; hju!d it do eo, cutting cut-ting it oil is the best remedy, but nature would thrown otl'sutheiently high up ;hat the fleh would cover it. Cross examined. Is in the habit of amputating without consulting the patient, pa-tient, especially when tho patient is under the ifctluecce of chloroform; con--iors tins humane treatment, and it is the common and best practice among -urgeon?; when a patient submits to be ohloiuirmd, it is the tacit understanding understan-ding that he has submitted to the judgment judg-ment of the surgeon, and that it is lor the latter to docido what to do; after be ha concluded to amputate, it would ouly tie a waste of time, and more of a .-hock to the patient's feelings to wait; a patient couid better bear the shock of the amputation, after it than before, for the reason that be would accept an accomplished fact ot that kind, while the anticipation of such a thing would be very thoekini:; if, before putting the patient under tho intluenco of chloroform, chloro-form, he had thought that the limb :ould bo set, aud hsd told tho patieut 10, he would not hesitate to amputate l'i-t tho same, without awakening him; it would bo bad practice to put the patient under the influence of chloroform, when tho injury was not Eevere; a prudent Burgeon would endeavor to see such & patient once a day ; should mortification mortifica-tion set in, he should see him morning and evening ; there aro two general remedies, whero tho bono projects through the tlaps after an amputation; one is to sustain the muscles of the stump by neat fitting bandages, and the other is to apply the adhesive straps longitudinally, and pull tho flesh over the bono by means of weights and pul -leys; the bono will sometimes protrude in spite of the best efforts of a skillful surgeon. Witness' recollections concerning con-cerning the practice laid down in the books had been greatly displaced by his own experience, which was now his authority. Tho cross-examination was very lengthy, but in the main was a repetition re-petition of tho testimony in chief. Dr. J. M. Benedict, sworn Is a physician and surgeon; is a graduate of tho university of iNew York; since ISO" has praeiiccd in New York, New Jersey and Utah; had chargo of the alm?house of Queen's county, New York. Tho hypothetical oaso which hasbcen referred to throughout the trial was given to this witoe s; ho would amputate at once, as thero aro no more serious cases for a surgeon to deal with than compound injuries in-juries of the anklo joint ; ho would amputate as low on the limb as possible aud still keep a sound tissue; would give chloroform or ether before commencing tho operation; would not nivo anodynes be lor 0 amputatiog, as there is danger of its remaining too long in the stomach without action, and tho operation may bo delayed, and by tho timo tho aLxvthetio is withdrawn with-drawn tho patient may not bo ablo to wake; the practice is generally to administer ad-minister an anodyne after amputation; would close the wound as soon as the blood had been stopped; tho matter of I how many slitehes should bo used is immaterial; and the samo with tho adhesive ad-hesive strips; in the supposed caso of ayouug man he would use cold water applications; if alter tho third day from the amputation tho surgeon should be informed that tho inHamma-tioo inHamma-tioo of tho leg was increasing, tho stump presenting a greenish color, with some lever in tho limb, a skillful surgeon would infer that an injury had been done to tho soft parts abovo the amputation: tho fever he would ex-peoi; ex-peoi; tho treatment would first be the removal of all baudagen aud dressings, and apply cold wa'.er; if on tho fourth day tho symptoms of mortification were increasing, witness would direct his efforts to tho removal of the inflammation, would increaso the amount of food, aud apply tho coid water; if after six days the stump should become black, and the discoloration extending up to tho knee, tho log inllumcd and swollen, charcoal and yeast poultices would bo good . applications; and having adopted them (or twentj-four hours and tho limb ro- maiued in tho samo condition, a sur-eoo sur-eoo would bo satisfied that his remedies were controlirg the intlamma-tion, intlamma-tion, and ho would therefore continue them; should witness; conclude to amputate on the sixth day, he would do so between the lower third and middle of the thich; aa operation below ihe knee is very dat:gerous; had he uot amputated and blood beiraa to run, he wojld uot consider it a dangerous danger-ous symptom; would ileva'o the limb and continue the applications of cold water; it ho should am put a to, he would want an intelligent assistant; it is not an extraordinary circumstance, neither Is it humiliating to the surgeon, tor the bono to pn-j.vi at'ter an amputation; ampu-tation; it ccvtirs to the host surgeons. Kx&niinarion of ll is witcesj will be continued this morr.in. Court adjourned to 1-Y.e'ay it ten o'clock a.m. |