Verdicts of coroners' juries : the case of the late Mr. Cordwell / by P.F. Curie.

  • Curie, Paul Francis, 1799-1853.
Date:
1845
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Credit: Verdicts of coroners' juries : the case of the late Mr. Cordwell / by P.F. Curie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mrs. Longstaff stated, that she is a nurse. She came to attend upon the deceased on Friday morning, about half an hour after the last witness left. Dr. Curie came to see him on the Saturday, and Drs. Roots and Headland came to see him on Sunday, at the request of his friends. There was extensive haemorrhage from the bowels of the deceased on Saturday. He took some food on Sun- day. She gave the deceased by the desire of Dr. Curie, who came on Sunday, one teaspoonful of beef-tea. Mr. Wakley.—What did you say ? Witness.—One teaspoonful of beef-tea. Mr. Wakley.—Are you sure you are quite correct ? Witness.—Yes. Mr. Mills (the Deputy-Coroner).—Did he say one teaspoon- ful at a time ?—He said one teaspoonful. Mr. Wakley.—Repeat the whole conversation that passed. Witness.—I asked Dr. Curie to be allowed to give the deceased some nourishment, and Dr. Curie said that I might give him a teaspoonful of beef-tea or two at that time. Mr. Cordwell said that he wished to go by Dr. Curie’s orders, and did not make any other remark when he heard that he was to have beef-tea. Wit- ness gave him some beef-tea, but nothing worth mentioning. He threw it all up again. He became much worse on Sunday. Miss Sharpe stated that she lives at No. 39, Clarendon-square. Mr. Cordwell was not any relation of hers ; but she has known him for the last fifteen years. Can’t say where he came from. The deceased sent to witness on the 24th of February, and re- quested her to come at once, as he was very ill. Witness was surprised, as she had heard that he was in good health a short time before that. Witness went to his house at 9 o’clock on the morning that she received the letter, and found the deceased in bed. He desired witness to write to Dr. Curie, and to find a nurse for him, as he objected to the one he had got. He said that he had previously taken some medicine given to him by Dr. Curie, and in half an hour after he found himself in a profuse perspiration, which had relieved him from a state of great excite- ment, and he then felt much better. He said that his illness was