A letter from a medical gentleman in town, to his friend in the country. Containing an authentic account of the difference between the Medical Society of Crane-Court, and Dr. Whitehead; during the late canvass for a physician to the London Hosptial.

Date:
1784
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A letter from a medical gentleman in town, to his friend in the country. Containing an authentic account of the difference between the Medical Society of Crane-Court, and Dr. Whitehead; during the late canvass for a physician to the London Hosptial. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LETTER, &c. Dear Sir O U fay that you have heard home reports of the late proceedings of the Medical So¬ ciety of Crane-Court, which appear very difgrace- ful to the members of it; and as you wifh to be in¬ formed how the cafe (lands, I (hall take the liberty to lay before you every thing that has oc¬ curred, with its concomitant circum(lances, that you may form a true opinion of this affair, and not be influenced by vague reports or bold alfertions made by either party without proof; which are often the mere effuhons of paffion, or dictated only by interefted motives. On Tuefday, the id of June, a vacancy happened for a Phyfician to the London-Hofpital, by the death of Dr. Dickson; and Dr. Wiiitehead, Prefident of the Medical Society, and Dr. Cooke, another Member of it, immediately appeared com¬ petitors for the prize. At this period there was no A 2 difference