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Book SynopsisThis work examines the mysterious death of Jane Stanford, the co-founder of Stanford University who died in 1905 - shortly after recovering from strychnine poisoning. At the time the University President, David Starr Jordan, claimed she died from heart disease, a claim this book refutes.
Trade Review"
The Mysterious Death of Jane Stanford is a well researched, fascinating read. Cutler makes a strong case for rethinking the official cause given for Jane Stanford's death—heart disease. Cutler shows why physicians of the time were convinced by their diagnosis, how the coroner reached his verdict, and when the local detectives dropped their pursuit of the possible suspect. And he persuasively argues that they were all wrong." -- Boyd G. Stephens, M.D., Chief Medical Examiner * San Francisco *
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The Mysterious Death of Jane Stanford, a graceful little hardcover that many say lays out the facts of the poisoning—and the subsequent spin-job—with such medical expertise and detail as to be irrefutable." -- Lee Romney *
Los Angeles Times *
Table of ContentsContents Preface ix Introduction: The Founding of Leland Stanford Junior University 1 Part I 1 The Death of Mrs. Stanford 9 Picnic at the Pali, 9--Moana Hotel, February 28, 1905, 11--Securing the Evidence, 15--The Autopsy, 16 2 The Poland Water Poisoning 20 Nob Hill, January 14, 1905, 20--The Harry Morse De- tective and Patrol Agency, 22 3 The Police Investigation 26 Shocking News Reaches San Francisco 26--Sheriff Henry's Confusing Cablegram 27--Witnesses Interrogated, 28--Experts Voice Opinions, 30--Mrs. Stanford's Spiritualism, 31--Julian Hawthorne's Theory, 24 4 The Honolulu Inquest 34 Eyewitness Testimony, 34--The Toxicologists' Testi- mony, 38--The Question of Suicide, 43--The Jury's Verdict, 45 5 The Stanford Party in Honolulu 46 Captain Callundan Investigates, 46--Dr. Waterhouse Con- tacted, 47--Dr. Waterhouse's Opinion, 49--Dr. Water- house's Limitations, 52--Dr. Jordan's Conclusion 54--The Attending Physicians' Response 56 Part II 6 The Stanford Party Returns Home 61 Dr. Jordan and Captain Callundan Meet the Press 61--Dr. Jordan's Strychnine Theory 64--Dr. Humphris's Pique, 65-- Dr. Shorey's Position 66--Dr. Waterhouse Confronted 67 7 Bolstering Dr. Jordan's Diagnosis 70 No Poison Found, 70--The Ophuls Report, 71--Dr. Waterhouse Exposed, 73--Dr. Jordan's Conspiracy Theory, 75 8 The Cases of Shorey and Humphris 79 Jared Smith's Charges, 79--Dr. Shorey Accused of Fraud, 80--Dr. Jordan's Charges, 82--Dr. Humphris in Honolulu, 83--Dr. Humphris in London, 85 9 The Other Physicians 88 Dr. Harry Murray, 88--Dr. Francis Day and Dr. John Pratt, 89--Dr. Clifford Wood, 90--Dr. Ernest Water- house, 91 Part III 10 Perpetuating the Myth 97 11 Summing Up 102 Case Closed 102--Dr. Jordan's Cover-Up 103-- Appendix 1. Dr. Shorey and the Experiment Station 111 Appendix 2. The "Ross Affair" 114 Appendix 3. Professor Julius Goebel 122 Notes 129 Select Bibliography 149 Index 157 14 pages of photographs follow page 60 Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Stanford, Jane Lathrop, 1828-1905, Murder Hawaii Honolulu History Case studies, Poisoning Hawaii Honolulu History Case studies
