Letter to Dr James Gregory of Edinburgh in consequence of certain printed papers intituled, "The viper and file"; "There is wisdom in silence"; "An old story"; &c., which have lately been distributed by him .... / by Andrew Duncan senior.

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1811
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Credit: Letter to Dr James Gregory of Edinburgh in consequence of certain printed papers intituled, "The viper and file"; "There is wisdom in silence"; "An old story"; &c., which have lately been distributed by him .... / by Andrew Duncan senior. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    with groundless abuse. And you at length compelled me, much contrary to my inclina- tion, to defend myself at the tribunal of the Public, before which you had dragged me in the most unexpected manner. I submitted to the Public, more than twelve months ago, some printed papers, which, I trust- ed, would afford to every unprejudiced and dis- cerning reader, a complete vindication of my con- duct, against your calumnies. And, I confess, I expected, that, long ere now, you would either have publicly acknowledged your error, or en- deavoured to defend your veracity. You have done neither. But you have attempt- ed to inflict stilt deeper wounds. And, as if fraud and chicanery had not been transgressions of a sufficiently deep dye, you have now accused me of theft. This accusation, indeed, has not, like the for- mer, been sanctioned by your name. It has not been brought forward in explicit or direct terms ; but it has been stated to the Public in the most insidious.