A proper reply to the serjeant surgeons [i.e. J. Ranby and C. Hawkins's] defence of their conduct at Chelsea Hospital [in 'The true account of all the transactions, etc.'] / [Samuel Lee].

  • Lee, Samuel, active 1743-1800.
Date:
1754
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Credit: A proper reply to the serjeant surgeons [i.e. J. Ranby and C. Hawkins's] defence of their conduct at Chelsea Hospital [in 'The true account of all the transactions, etc.'] / [Samuel Lee]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a Difcovery which, if not real and efficacious ^ would ve¬ ry Jo on be proved Jo to the Public. ct Mr. Ranby and Mr. Hawkins, we are informed, now thought (and it is prefumed hoped) this Affair en¬ tirely at an end, as from this time till the Board held 2 d of April 17^2, they heard but once from Mr. Lee, which was to defire their Infection of the Men they had examin¬ ed at St. George’s Hofpital when ruptured, and who he then [aid were cured.” —*-But thefe Gentlemen are willing to forget no lefs than three meetings within that Interval, the fir ft when Mr. Lee waited on Mr. Ranby to thank him for fome obliging things he had been pleafed to fay of him to Sir William Tonge, to which he anfwered,-“ that he thought they were no “ more than what he juftiy deferved, and promifed, “ that, when either of the two Men he had lalt under- <c taken, viz. Harvey and Hamilton, appeared to be “ cured by a Bandage or any other means, he would <c gladly do any thing to ferve him.”-Yet, however courtly he was in his Promifes, he was full as courtly in the Performance of them *, for on thzThurf day following, when they again met Mr. Lee at Sir William Tonge’s, thefe two Men being produced (and though no objection was made to the Cures,) they re- fufed to certify, Becaufe Mr. Lee thought it prudent to continue the Ufe of their Bandages fome time longer. Be¬ ing then defired by Sir William to examine one Hanna, who attended at their own requeft, this they declined -Becaufe they had never feen him when ruptured.- Sir William once more requefting their Infpe£tion of one Morgan, who they had examined when ruptured at Mr. Chefelden s Apartments, this likewife they refufed, de¬ nying -They had ever examined him at all, and then took their leave. The