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Show ) Post Mortem Examination. I L'irly on Sunday Mrs. Rachel t'ev 'Anderson, wife of a tailor residing in : the upper part of the 20th Ward, died very suddenly. The circumstances circum-stances attending her death led to insinuations in-sinuations being uttered that her death was hastened by the medicines wldch had been prescribed for her by Dr. Anderson, who had attended the deceased a short time before her death. To definitely settle the matter mat-ter and put at rest every suspicion by establishing its truth or falsity, Coroner Cor-oner Taylor, yesterday morning, held an inquest on the body which was subjected to a post mortem examination. examina-tion. At the' in-juest the first witness called was Dr. Anderson, who testified that the first and only visit he made to the deceased was on last Tuesday. He found her suffering from a severe cough and her lungs were consider- ably allectcd; her heart was also somewhat some-what diseased. She was in a very weak condition, owing to which he was unable to mako a very thorough examination. Learning that sho had been spitting bbod he prescribed cod liver oil, quinine, iodide of potassium and digitalis. Upon leaving her the Doctor requested Mr. Anderson to inform him next morning of the result re-sult of the medicines. The husband did as directed, and witness told him to continue the prescribed treatment. On Saturday evening the Doctor was informed that the deceased could not sleep, when he proscribed a mixture of chloral and morphine, ot which she took only one dose fifteen grains of chloral and one-fourth ofa grain of morphine. Mr. Robe, the clerk who prepared Dr. Anderson's prescription, produced pro-duced the same, which read, "Two grains morphine and 120 grains hydrate of chloral, to be divided into eight doses." Tho husband'of the deceased lady testified that the medicine was ad-minUteicd ad-minUteicd at 10 o'clock Saturday night, as directed, and that the woman died at 5. JO Sunday mom-'ing. mom-'ing. Mr. Andrew Benson testified ihat Mrs. 2 Anderson had been suffering with consumption for eleven year, frequently epitting blood; and that in his opinion she dial from that disease. dis-ease. Drs. Fowler and Benedict, who niade the post-mortem examination, testified that they found the lungs from the apex to the base inflltratcd with tubercle. In their opinion the immediate cause of death was the irritation from this tubercle, which produced congestion of the lungs. The liver was also tuherelous. They did not think the medicine prescribed by Dr. Anderson liistencd hor death in the least. The Doctor's treatment was the proper mode for consumption. consump-tion. They examined the pupils of the eyes, which aro always contracted in cases of death caused by opium, but in this case there was no evidence whatever of opium having been taken, the pupils being perfectly natural. The jury relumed a verdict of death fron acute consumption, honorably hon-orably acquitting Dr. Anderson from all insinuations of mal-praciicc. |