Defence of Dr. R.W. January against the attacks of Professor Eve, and others of the medical faculty.

  • January, R. W.
Date:
1854
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Credit: Defence of Dr. R.W. January against the attacks of Professor Eve, and others of the medical faculty. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the experience of this great and worthy name in the medical profes- sion, yet, sir, I ask you if you have not operated with the knife on a lady's breast? Please to answer this question, if you cannot con- descend to answer the man that you say is humbuging the people by the irregular practice, answer it to those who are in the regular practice. Let them have it ia your next issue. And should you is ltd it to your interest, send me a copy. Mark the answer for my ppeeiai notice, as you did the article in your last issue, and be very certain to tell your brethren of the result of the operation. Is the lady likely to get well? Do, Professor, tell us something about it. How much did you charge for the operation? I wish you to prove your faith by your works. I am acting at this time on this princi- ple. I am now treating a case—a lady from Georgia—who was so unfortunate as to fall into the hands of the Regular practice, who t<K>k off the 1 reast, but turned out to be one of Dr. Dudley's cases— in a very short lime the disease returned, covering more than double the space before the operation. This patient will, in a very short time, return home well. I do net charge any thing for my services. I feel confident that a cure will be effected. Do you call this stealing, Professor Eve? Now, sir, you have called on Dr. Dud- ley to'prove that a scirrhus breast cannot be cured by cutting it out with the knife, and yet you do it. And (or what? Is it because you delight to spill human blood, or do you operate bacause you want the money? You call me a gross and mercenary imposter, do you—and you feel it your duty to warn the public of the imposter. Did you ever take a stranger who came from a distance, without money, and cure him of cancer or any other disease, without charging any thing for jour services, and give him his board in the bargain? I have done this tiling. Suppose that individual was to see that article over your signature, in the October Journal, and was called on to say which of us was the good Samari an, the Stupid ass or the regular practi- tioner, lie informed me that he had been under the treatment of the Begtilar practice until they had taken all he possessed, exce] t bis wife and two children. It would not be necessary for you and Jhe letter writers to call on Dr. Dudley to decide who the poor man,