A vindication of character, and an examination of the accusations contained in Dr. T. Reyburn's supplement to the "St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal" / by F. Knox.

  • Knox, F. (Franklin)
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[1846]
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Credit: A vindication of character, and an examination of the accusations contained in Dr. T. Reyburn's supplement to the "St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal" / by F. Knox. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Of the same character U the «implication, en page 3rd, that 1 had a diffe ent epinien from Dr. White, as te the previous history and or.gmal nature of the ease. No disinterested person could draw such an « implication from my testimony. . A~ain, on page 18, « That it was so immediately apphed to those for whom it was intended, is due to themselves, for truth alone could give sharpness to the sarcasm-fact alone could give edge to he.censure. ^ Now it is self-evident that none could know any thing about the facts, but those acquainted with and concerned in the case All others must have received their « impressions from what they heard about it; and I confidently believe that no person ever applied the « sarcasms of Dr Adreon and his « confrere to me, but in consequence of 1heir secret ,VlZTough. I will not pursue the disgusting detail further To call on Drs. Adreon and Reyburn for proof, after all they have said has been publicly proved false, and they have only met that proof by their own assertion that it is built on perjury, would be as vain, as Calling spirits from the vasty deep. They seem to feel deeply their unfortunate situation, in having no proof at all to offer: and, as the best and only substitute they could produce, they have succeeded, at length, in procuring one endorser. To him my respects must be briefly paid, and I shall have done. Dr. Beaumont says, (see page 27 of the Supplement) that he was invited by Dr. Adreon to see Mary Dugan, at the time of the most complete development of her disease, a few days after he, as her attend- ing physician, had punctured the tumor and abscess in the right inguinal region^ This first visit of Dr. Beaumont must, in all probability, have been after the one made by Dr. White and myself; for that is proved to have been made about three days after the operation 5 and it is proved that no physician visited her for at least two days before our visit. Both these facts were fully proven in Dr. White's publication, and are susceptible of any amount of proof that the most fastidious may desire. The presumption is, then, strong, that Dr. Beaumont had never heard of Mary Dugan when Dr. White and myself visited her. At any rate, he can no more be a witness, as to the charges against us, than Dr. Adreon ; for he could never have had any personal knowledge of such facts as they have charged against us. It is a moral impossi- bility, too strong for the belief of any man, that we would have ever done one of the things charged in the presence of Dr. Beaumont, any