Essay On Cushing's Syndrome And Ergotism Trial

On August 25th, 1706 Anne Putnam jr. confessed to purposefully making wrongful accusations agaisnt many innocent people of Salem. Anne Putnam jr. admits that she, "by such a providence of God, be made an instrument for the accusing of several persons of a grievous crime, whereby their lives were taken away from them, whom now I have just grounds and good reason to believe they were innocent persons." The Prosecution does not find it necessary to present many argumentts in favor of the accused being guilty dueto the fact that in the high court of the commonwealth of massachusetts the accused are guilty until proven innocent, and the defense have forth very futile arguments, which the prosecution shall now refute. If it would please the court, the …show more content…
No medical examination records exist to support these claims made by the defense, and other issues exist with their claims furthermore. Ergotism cause severe, common convulsions, in addition to gangrene, and death in many cases. The accused only exhibited minor symtoms of Ergotism when it was convenient for their accusations, thoughdid not suffer any other issues that would undoubtedly accompany their condition. Cushin's syndrome is very uncommon in people under 20 years of age; it would be extremly convenient for all the girls to have Cushing's syndrome, seeing as the chance of all of the accused having Cushoong's syndrome is 1 in 312.5 septillion. To put that into perspective, that would mean that it would have been more likely for 4 for acteroids with the capability of destroying Earth to strike Salemd. It is unfortunate that the defense does bnot have any information to support their statements. All evidence presented by the defense is circumstatial and demonstrates their incompetence. All claims presented rely on unproven evidence, which has no place in a court of