I would have liked to have replied that when in doubt thrombosis as a diagnosis is equally as useful in
covering the ignorance of practitioners, but it would not have punctured his complacency.
The Dimott report was a simple record with no comment whatever upon grimaces or sounds.
But the doctor who had attended little Anita had not been so reticent.
"The child," he wrote, "had been beautiful. She seemed to suffer no pain, but at the onset of the illness I
was shocked by the intensity of terror in her fixed gaze. It was like a waking nightmare-for
unquestionably she was conscious until death. Morphine in almost lethal dosage produced no change in
this symptom, nor did it seem to have any effect upon heart or respiration. Later the terror disappeared,
giving way to other emotions which I hesitate to describe in this report, but will do so in person if you so
desire. The aspect of the child after death was peculiarly disturbing, but again I would rather speak than