The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-23 00:00:00

THE EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY.

THE NORTHERN TIMES.
Sir,—That the gentlemen of " the Eye and Ear Institu-
tion"t are unable to justify or even palliate the inattentio
my son experienced, is perfectly evident from the two
These
letters contained in your paper of yesterday-
exquisite specimens of medical hauteur are signed respec;
lively by " J. Birkbeck Nevins, assistant-surgeon, ana
Hugh Neill, senior surgeon," and they leave the gratmonoo
of my complaint, not only unanswered, but incoutrover-
tibly established.
Mr. Nevins is right, in stating that my
made on the Friday and not on the Wednesday. This
trifling anachronism, however, does not alter the force s,t„,
pungency of the accusation. It merely removes
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supercilious indifference of the Mount-pleasant occulise.!
from the 11th to the 13th inst., and thus invests t 12,21
application w.l
professional neglect with a more recent offensiveness. The
disease (as the " faculty " would say) is not so chrome.
if it had manifested the first symptoms on the 11th La;
having exhibited the plainest indications on the lath' is
required prompt and appropriate treatment. Diseaseieei
w
still disease, however modified by time, and Purgalf as
are excellent specifics for clearing the brain as e'.
lowering the pulse ot official thee'imernence.
Mr. Nevies's statement about poppy fon3entatio_nse;
is correct, and so far confirms the truth of mysibaii7to
communication ; but;in reference to the " drops, that
have been ordered by Mr. Poole, I emphatically dell' ,
any such were recommended. Moreover, is it not prepe_s_
terous to speak of prescriptions, when, in point of vet' and
boy's eye was not examined, the bandage not removed, %f
the prescriber totally ignorant (wilfully or otherwisei),,r
the real condition of the applicant ? Such specifics,
of
such circumstances, savour more of the nostrums
quackery . than of the enlightened science of the
century. The story of the " bottle," though
connected with "a drop in the eye," is purely apocrylLen,
and demonstrates that the gentleman's faculty of "1"'
lion" is largel
it raMr. Nevins-condescends to mimic my homely P- Dee
ology, and to introduce me as saying, in all the
of inverted commas, that I "could get a ha-porth o
11 in
at home.', This classic dialect may sound very We,, the
oppositheeilY,
the parlance of Mount-pleasant, but as I belong t° has
West Riding " of Yorkshire, in which the Doric stylen of
not yet been adopted, I beg to say that this sPeehnceeea-
mimicry is drawn solely from the chronicles 0,
gination.
grate
that
The senior surgeon's letter proves nothing, exe cts•
he is utterly incredulous as to the truth of
He informs us minutely of his movements on. Wedfle:, at
having arrived at the " Eye and Ear Infirmar.7o% ed
twelve o'clock, exactly, and afterwards if peeler
el
four operations for cataract,' &c. This stater:sus,
is supremely nonsensical. I complain of my btifed pr•
having been treated with insufferable contempt, an
cow
Neill, in reply, speaks of circumstances having Irn,, or
my statereeday,
nection with the point at issue. Will your operat:iea or
cataract prove that James Schofield's eye was exara'n" et?
that the sufferer received prompt and humane treat re-
One of these Mount-pleasant stars has benevolently:l;
fleeted a beam of his witticism upon my uncouth verbi
Will he exercise his critical acumen in construing in t°l3o-
- like common sense the following euphonielle va of
tence of Dr. Neill's ? " Wednesday is one of mY ue,ither
attendance, and I am not aware of our having Ae'neas,
neglected or treated, except with the greatest Itinu-are.
any poor persons entrusting themselves to EnY c a
What is the meaning " of having neglected or treatene
except with the greatest kindness ? " How Can a man
except
neglect with kindness ? " To my rustic apprehen-At
this appears a glaring solecism, as I have hitherto thnlbts•
that neglect and kindness were perfect income clearly
This sentence is neither sense nor syntax, and, cne a
proves that, however scientific Dr. Neill may u.fere rot
surgical operator, he is but a very .clumsy d
an
master of English composition. with the
The Doctor approaches the finale of his letter fmy
assurance, that he " does not believe one word 4: the
former letter. Now, Dr. Nevins admits that os,"
application was made, and that " poppy fornentatio de,
&c., were ordered ; and yet Dr. Neill coollY
declares he "does not believe one word," &c. It is Plain,");
humblesdemonsrable that Dr. Nevins has not stereotypeith fas
self to bear false testimony, or to 'of
he has unwittingly done) the most important portion
my allegation. fleet ot.
Before I conclude, I beg to state that the simple gee
my application, proves my anxious desire to
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medical assistance ; and the statement of Dr. Nevi ord§
I returned " a second time'' with the matron, both
undeniable evidence of my importunate wish to elice
itiort,
the skill and urbanity of the practitioner. The
however, was idle and barren ; and, for the flitiVaca
would as hopefully undertake to extract sunbeamsits
thunder-clouds, as to evoke the genius of medical hut°ao`
in his Mount-pleasant retirement. iissie
In fine, I beg to recommend a very instructive c
fable to the consideration of your medical correspondek;,„.
We are informed by Lucien, in one of his earliest 0;179
logues, that Hercules threatened to expel -7Esetin3ids), in
from the Olympian Heaven and the smiles of the g-ni the
consequence of his intolerable inso:ence, and also fro cisiv
fact, that he had never accomplished anythingd tee
during his terrestrial pilgrimage. The moral an o if
application are alike evident. Let these gentlemev'our
they value their Mount-pleasant meritencle„aricus,
to accomplish something manly, humane, and "i: het
or another Hercules may appear, with his rag'
effective and stern logic.—l remain, &c. teLn"
Lo. Senor cing
[We have no desire to deny the writer of the forengiamt
letter every opportunity of substantiating the cenir oat
made in his first letter, but we certainly have
is not
reluctance to insert the foregoing, because its t°lleaa the
~,r
such as can be approved by right-minded men. facts,
writer confined himself to a plain statement co of
without indulging in personalities, which are
entitled
uncalled for, he would, we think, have been mere ee„ains
to attention and respect. We have been at sorneprwith
to enquire into the case, and certainly cannot age"
the writer's conclusions.—En. N. T.]

TO THE EDITOR OF

ttEPORT.----SATURDAY

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COTTON.—The market continues the same as Yee-er d•
demand fair, the supply ample, and prices
ballqute maintaine
s des—inoludin, 400 Pernarnbucoi 6ad, 20 lias Oid• 20 sld
hairs bid to bid 100 Egyptians 6id to 70, and 300
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..ic are
for export. ¢as
Sco run PIG IRON.—Our market for warrants closes at 72 ,
No business reported.
Suratson
and

SATURDAY'S . •
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barley, 16s ; oats, 14s 6d to 17s.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

LIVERPOOL, JUNE 23

WIND YESTERDAY-••WCSI.

HIGH WATER—MOM., 2 23 —Eveg. 2 48—Height. 15 o"' 410

Corinthian (s.s.), Pelican (
OFF THE PORT AND INWARD BOUND. haVir
Patriarch, Tinto, Fidelia, Victory, Caravan, and Garlan
ARRIVED. d..Ott°
Icelan wow
June 20.—Frankfort (s.c.), Marseilles—Telegraph,
F. Manteuffel, Danztc. June 21.—Marco Polo, Melbourne-Boyle
3.5.), Janet Pitblado, John nagsd.
Douglas, Bombay—Rovmond, Bahia—Theadore Behrnid,,, NO(
—Wyoming, and Stalwart, Philadelphia—David Crockight,
Mobile—Ferris, Monte Video—Laura,
York—Sarah Palmer, and City of Dublin, Calcutta—Arar,„....
Guildford, Camaroons—Admi al. Petronella, and Boi),rt 111',..bandog,
New Orleans—Fortunate, Saffi—Charles Souchay, Oporto ,-,,eartstit
Santander—Maria, Memel—E. D.. Claudia, sand Kate „,1110-""
Hamburg—Crest of the Wave, Rotterdam—Monteagle, ''_l Tieston•
Alliance, Mauritins—Kalha Pira, Matanzas—Moultree, CI . oisje
Am tail:LOY-0 aoth
June 22 —Mary ?parks, Calcutta—Amsterdam,
Pirrie, and Crown, Apalachicola—Dauntless, Old Calabar—ta, and
Savana—Caroline, and A+ n E. flooper, Baltimore—Ash
R. S. Lane, New York—Rattler (Ls.), Lisbon--Ann '''
Valparaiso—R. M. Blills, Charleston Maßeio—Windsor,sirol;ao,

SAILED.
.Tune 20.—Eliza Ann, Constantinople. June 21.--WilliTaTpbrCole:
and Owen Potter, Calcutta—Thomas, St. John, N'B'
B daklava—Harvest Queen, Wm. Nelson, and Clara Wte`ioinba,
York —Lempa, Guatemala—Arab, Constantinople—AC P'Borobar-
Corfu—Canada (R.M S.), Boston—Dingo, and 1:10P ,
Jeanette Melanie, Ostend.

OUTPORTS.
Deal, June 21.—Salled—Britonferry, Liverpool. /no
...„,
Queenstown, June 21.--Arrived—Etna (s. tr.), " e •
Phoenix, from Cardenas for Liverpool—Margaret Luae,,z. flaZ
Erhilney, Akyab —Countess of Morley, Cassabianca- r R•
Mantanzas—Garland, St. John, N.B.
Kingstown, June 2l—Arrived—Zephyr, Latokla.
er-
Belfast, June 21 —Arrived__Soskenbeborene, R+ga•
A Ceree, I'll
Limerick, June 21—Arrived—European (....), an-
pool. AleVlPrioael,
Greenock, June 20.—Arrived—Elizabeth Dante°. ~,t. sa
Shandon, Montreal. June 21—Undaunted, St. John, N '''
June 20.__Agne5 Sophia, G,noa Ports
~.tartab,-:

MARITIME EXTRACTS. g— ,
Liverpool, June 21.—The Marco Polo, Clarke, from roe,
witheboti the
railed from Port Phillip Heads, March 27, in c°lllPht jhYas liroft°'''
uOS
Cheviot for Akyab, end Isaac Newton for Calcutta. 0"' •
70,000 ounces of gold, and 41,00) sovereigns.—The Be' 1
isr w Yorl, fhar
from Antigua, spoke the ship ohcoting Star, from New York ef 1.-e
Shanghae May 31, and took from her the captain and cru,. put
27, from Havre to Havana, which the!lad abaticlont,l",,, pat
27, in lat. 37 N., lon. 54 W.—The Aghia Fria3,, for_
~52.,,-TD.P; Otter
back leaky, having strut!: the Bar going out. Juno .
for Matacong, has put back, having sprung a leak. with two °the:
Crookhaven, June 18. —The pilot cutter Dolphin, with
111 Id
ctuatstteires,,frtoornwesdti.n
jtoohhna,rhNo.ußr..to-day the derelict shin ° and at, '''
with only stump; of main andtoirtihzeenCmly,sdte;sbtaunrdnitngfo.re7bad strocas
The Indian (11.111. S.), which arrived at Quebec, June 3,
Fa
on the T:averse, but received no apparent darnage• z, for ..
Plymouth, June 19.—The Cerro Gordo, from Mantap
dischArgiv.
mouth, wiih sugars, which put in here, June 15, leaky,
her cargo, saturated with water. .
—A

FOREIGN PORTS•

Jalawar sailed from Table Bay for • Port Phillip. Aril 9; °-
Gitana, for Natal, April 14.
Charity (s.s.), Sewell, hmee at Constantinople. for ralerp°'
Arno (s,s.), Joy, from Naples at Messina, and left

.._ .. .
June 9.
Grecianldit na lec:.rzisaa ti 1
,1 Messina,fro
front
June
Messina7,
for
rr
Corfu,Catsfls aned4l:
} bro (s.s.), irons Cadiz at Malaga. '
Manchester, Penrice, hence at Pillau. '
'tint June sailed from Danzie for Liverpool, June 14.
Doctor, hence at Marseilles.
Catherine, hence at Havre.
Schelde, hence at Riga. leaky`
and Mason, from Rio Janeiro at Bahia,'- er New yore' for
and disraast.A.
Windermere, Langcake, from Rio Janeiro at Bahia, an 4 '
the West Indies, May 22. Iverpoo
Runnymede, Prowse, from New`oundland at Bahia.
_,_„, 0, and
Snowdon sailed from Bahia for the West Indies, Nay
Sappho cleared for New York.
Radiant, hence at Messina.

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