Letter to the members of the Connecticut Medical Society / by W.W. Rodman.
- William Woodbridge Rodman
- Date:
- 1851
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Credit: Letter to the members of the Connecticut Medical Society / by W.W. Rodman. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Documents alluded to in the preceding Letter. No. I. New Haven, Sept. 9, 1850. To P. A. Jewett, M. D.: Fellow of the Connecticut Medical Society : Sir :—I hereby present W. W. Rodman, a member of this Society, for trial on the following charges : 1st. For being guilty of dishonorable conduct. 2d. For being a vender and prescriber of quack medicines. 3d. For being an irregular practitioner, having adopted the homoe- pathic or infinitesimal system. These charges will be preferred before the next County meeting of our Society, to be held in New Haven on the 15th of Oct. next. As a Fellow of the Society you will please give the said Rodman notice of the same, agreeably to the By-Laws passed in convention, Mav,1845. W. J. WHITING. No. II. [This was a copy of the charges and a notification from Dr. Jewett that they would be brought forward for action at the next meeting.] No. III. Waterbury, Sept. 17th, 1850. To P. A. Jewett, M. D.: Sir:—1 received yesterday your notice of Dr. Whiting's inten- tion of charging me at the next county meeting of the Conn. Med. Society, with being guilty of 1st. Dishonorable conduct. 2d. Being a vender and prescriber of quack medicines. 3d. Being an irregular practitioner, having adopted the Homoe- opathic or infinitesimal system. I have written to Dr. Whiting claiming as an unquestionable right, that 1 receive an explicit avowal of what dishonorable conduct he expects to prove me guilty of. I also wish to know what he means by quack medicines. I trust you will at once, have forwarded to me exact specifications on the^e points. I remain your ob't servant, WM. W. RODMAN. No. IV. [This was a letter to Dr. Whiting similar to the above. (No. 3.)] No. V. New Haven, Sept. 21, 1850. Dr. W. W. Rodman : Sir :—I have received your letter asking me to forward certain ex- planations with regard to the charges preferred against you by Dr. Whiting. I shall in compliance with my duty as a Fellow of the Med. Society, forward to you, without delay, any new charges that may be presented to me. Those sent are all that have been brought to my notice ; and have been handed over to the clerk of the County Society, in accordance with the By-Laws, passed in May, 1845. I am, yours, &c. P. A. JEWETT.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21150941_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
