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Q. Admitted to practice in the State of California? A. I am.
Q. Practicing in Oakland, are you? A. Yes.
Q. I have a death certificate here showing that that particular per-
son died on or about January 4, 1929. Is that right? A. Yes.
Q. This death certificate gives the cause of death as myocarditis.
A. Yes.
Q. What is myocarditis ? A. It is an inflammation of the heart
muscles.
Q. Anything to do with neuritis ? A. They are very often associ-
ated in the same patient.
Q. They are very often associated together; is that it? A. Yes.
Prosecuting Attorney: That is all. I offer in evidence this death
certificate, issued by the State of California, Department of Public
Health, Vital Statistics, properly authenticated, purporting to show the
showing the death of V - - - E Morehouse, on January 4, 1929,
the cause of death given being myocarditis.
Defense Attorney: I object to it as absolutely immaterial. It is not
remotely connected with this case. The certificate which has been read
is by the woman who says she suffered for a long time with neuritis
and had been cured and no longer suffered. At a later date she died of
acute dilation of the heart; in other words, heart disease.
Prosecuting Attorney: Does it say anything on that death certifi-
cate about heart disease, Mr. ?
Defense Attorney: Yes,
it does.
Prosecuting Attorney: You may take the witness.
CROSS EXAMINATION
Defense Attorney : Q. Doctor, does it say anything on that certifi-
cate about heart disease? A. Yes, myocarditis.
Q. Doctor, didn't you say that sometimes neuritis and myocarditis
might exist in the same patient? A. I said they very often exist to-
gether.
Q. Yes, one might have two diseases at the same time ? A. Yes.
Q. Do you know if Mrs. Morehouse at any time ever had neuritis?
A. Yes.
Q. She did? A. Yes. Defense Attorney: That is all.
further questions. Is that all, Mr. ?
Prosecuting Attorney : No
Defense Attorney: Yes, except that we cured her.
Prosecuting Attorney: I object to counsel testifying, your Honor."
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