Verdict 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: Verdict of coroners' juries : the case of the late Mr. Cordwell / by P. F. Curie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    ceased. The patient asked me what time I should return. I promised to see him in the course of the evening. When I again called, I found at the door a note informing me that the most intimate friends of the patient had taken upon themselves to call in other advice. Thus ended my attendance on the case, and I >heard no more of it until I was informed by some friends that they had seen in the newspaper that Mr. Cord- well’s death had taken place three or four days after my dismissal. To my surprise, however, on the evening of the 10 th March I received a summons to attend a Coroner’s Inquest in relation to it. The folloAving Eeport of the proceedings at this Inquest is extracted from the Times :— THE HOMCEOPATHIC SYSTEM.—CORONER’S INQUEST. Yesterday the inquest on the body of Mr. H. Cord well, soli- citor, aged 29, was resumed at the Blue Boar, Tavistock-street, before Mr. Wakley, M.P. The Jury were assembled on Tuesday last, but, in consequence of several reports which had been circulated, it became necessary to examine the body with the most minute caution ; and it was also necessary to request the attendance of some of the friends of the deceased, none of whom were present at the inquiry, and the inquest was accordingly adjourned until 10 o’clock on Friday (yesterday). At 10 o’clock, the jury having assembled, Mr. Wakley called several of the witnesses, and asked them different questions, which will afterwards be repeated in their evidence. The first witness was— Miss Jane Macguire, who stated, on being sworn, that her