Proofs of the non-existence of a specific enthetic disease : addressed to the secretary of state for war / by David Macloughlin.

  • Macloughlin, David, 1786-1870.
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[1864]
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Credit: Proofs of the non-existence of a specific enthetic disease : addressed to the secretary of state for war / by David Macloughlin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    syphilitic virus; and that his opinion, as to the existence of this syphilitic virus, is based on the impression implanted into him, in early life, as to the existence of the indurated Hunterian chancre. Therefore, as Mr. Skey has been Surgeon to the St- Bartholomew's Hospital, for about forty years—as he has had great opportunities to see this so-called syphilitic disease; and as he has taken advantage of these opportunities, to study the pathology, and the medical treatment, of this so-called syphilitic disease — and as he is President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, he has a right to have—to express—and to be heard, when he expresses an opinion, on this so- called syphilitic disease. And, therefore, in the interest of humanity, and in the interest of the army and navy, I take the liberty to call your Lordship's attention to Mr. Skey's letter, a copy of which is herewith transmitted. Your Lordship stated at a public dinner, on the 16th March last, speaking as secretary of state for war, that of late years, the death rates, in the army, had been reduced fifty per cent ; and you asked the question, if the remaining fifty per cent, should be allowed to go on without any attempt at amelioration.. At the above dinner of the 16th March last, your Lordship gave an appalling account of the ravage committed by this so-called syphilitic disease in the army; and the First Lord of the Admiralty supported your Lordship's statement, by what takes place in the navy. Consequently, your Lordship will see the