An account of a medical controversy in the city of Cork, in which five physicians are engaged; with the remarkable manner of its being hitherto conducted : To which are subjoined two letters from Dr. Mead and one from Dr. Frewin, to the different persons concern'd.

Date:
1749
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Credit: An account of a medical controversy in the city of Cork, in which five physicians are engaged; with the remarkable manner of its being hitherto conducted : To which are subjoined two letters from Dr. Mead and one from Dr. Frewin, to the different persons concern'd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and ftoutly, by way of fpeaking for them all, that fuch and fuch a thing was neither feen nor faid, and this without a direct Perjury, is a mod: excellent Expedient to ferve the common Caufe. The Affair may go on for a time in one of thefe (ingle Perfons, or may go round to each of the four, according to thefe critical Circumftances in which it is proper for him and tor him alone, to declare negatively full bolt, againft certain Fadts and Evidences that are brought againft them. So that by this happy Contrivance, the Weight of the Controverfy, like a Mufket, may be (Lifted from the Shoulder of one to that of another, that each may take the Trouble of loading and firing away in their Turn. The Conveniency too of this in the way of Pane* gyrick is very evident, for Bonbonous may praife Rogerj, and Rogers may praife Bonbonous, and they two may perfume Flaherty and Connelly by way of getting Credit in their own Account, for a Debt that muft be paid in fome after Page ; like the two Barrifters of the Temple mentioned by Mr. Pope, who fuckled each other fo plentifully, by Compli¬ ments of the firft Names in the Law*. For it is evident, that a Man fhould never fay thefe Things of himfelf, which his Friend can fay for him with fo much better Propriety and Decorum, and therefore tho’ the People here univerfally give it out, that the whole of this Reply came from the Pen of Dr. Rogers, yet I can never be brought to * The Temple late two Brother Serjeants faw, Who deem’d each other Oracles of Law ; With equal Talents, thefe cogenial Souls, One lull’d th’ Exchequer and one ftunn’d the Rolls. Each had a Gravity would make you fplit. And fhook his Head at Murray as a Wit. 'Twas “ Sir, your Law,” and “ Sir, your Eloquence,” “ Yours Coopers Manner, and yours Talbot's Senfe.” Pope's Imitation of Horace, 2. Ep. Book 2d. v. 127. believe.