A defence of John St. John Long, Esq. M.R.S.L., M.R.A.S., H.M.R.J.S. in the case of the late Miss Catherine Cashin : founded upon the evidence against him / by a graduate of Trinity College Cambridge, and member of the Middle Temple.

  • Long, John St. John, 1798-1834.
Date:
1831
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Credit: A defence of John St. John Long, Esq. M.R.S.L., M.R.A.S., H.M.R.J.S. in the case of the late Miss Catherine Cashin : founded upon the evidence against him / by a graduate of Trinity College Cambridge, and member of the Middle Temple. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    opposing preparations ; for it does appear in evidence that Mrs. Lloyd herself applied greasy plasters, and she acknowledged to Mr. Long that she applied Tumour’s Cerate, and from the appearance of the chest, when Mr. Long was permitted to see her for the last time, he is convinced that she must have used blistering or fly ointment, such as apothecaries use for keeping a common blister open; and this appears to have been corrobo- rated by Captain Lloyd’s own evidence, wherein he states “ that where the matter rested it caused fresh blisters, some of which he cut to relieve her pain, as she complained all over.” Now I do aver, that among all the patients I have seen, and from per- sonal experience, Mr. Long’s liniment never produced fresh blisters from the discharge touching a sound part in the neigh- bourhood of the wound itself. F rom the foregoing statement no other conclusion can be drawn than that Mrs. Lloyd, most incautiously and unfortunately in the first instance, added con- siderably to the inflammation on her chest by over-walking and fatiguing herself the day before she was taken so ill; that she then applied greasy plasters, and probably blistering ointment, which Mr. Long objected to. The cabbage leaves were then replaced; that she then sent for Mr. Campbell, who probably did not know what applications Mrs. Lloyd herself had put on, and then he removes the cabbage leaf, and puts on a greasy plaster of spermaceti ointment, the very application that threw me back for three days. I cannot conclude, Sir, •without ob- serving, that it is a circumstance most deeply to be deplored, that ten days should have been allowed to elapse before Mr. Vance (so eminent a practitioner), who had attended her about two or three years ago, was called in, and when mortification had actually taken place. The result of an earlier visit from him might then have proved more propitious, and an amiable and valuable life might have been preserved to her husband, her family, and friends. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Wm. Abington.