The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-01-03 00:00:00

(said est veritar? ait Pilaf= derirtens.

But Pilate did not stay for en answer.
M. Eat roe—Permit me. through the limits of your
valuable paper, to offer a law preliminary remarks on the
usefulness arising to society from advertising the rare ef
certain maladies, by a particular description of medical
preetitioners, who are frequently stigmatised with the epi-
thet disinterested impostors." There is a line of distinc-
tion to be observed, which appears evident in me, end I
think *lead do so to others, divested of prejudice, that is,
were the advertising practitioner a conscientious man, un-
sullied by avarice, always bearing truth for his motto, sad
who makes use of an advertisement as a vehicle t., bring
forth the objects of indiscretion, that pine in misery, and
bush at the thought of their case being known to their fs-
' rally practitioner; and those unhappy objects are brought
forth, and restored ter health, seme they might have been
sacrificed, or left to wander their days in wretcherhrese.—
An instance of which 1 beg leave to annex Ina letter ad-
dressed to Dr. gad', MI, Dean-gtrecf, Sae. L9ndnit.
• Sett,—When 1 have reflected upon your kindness. he-
menity, and liberality, to me, in my distressed. offiictedoted
forlorn situation, when alter sailfering for six months excfer
elating tortures I cannot describe. ail Which ha* /"Illed
the medical assistance I had applied to for relief. and when
1 was hopeless from the inefficacy of mediebietaken in tam.
to assuage iudamn3ation still Increasing, which was succeed-
`ed by gangrene mortification, and at last death staring me
in the, face. At this period of my d!sariler, I auticiliated at
nogreat distance my dissolutioa as inevitable, with ell the
attendant harrora which death preadult to ;Mahon:an esi.al,
aqhltterest by the lacerating rr4erflion, .i.`.l3lente tny, eegish
rietr--I'sk:;-,wh nn I, reflect on each exertion, oon:oesy. end
liberality; when I had no head toasalst, no friend to console,
no means of Support **cleat wit a 'tannest (hamlet' se
that which I laboured under, such remember that to voile
personal exertion. as far as human aid is eancerned, 1 am at
this moment indebted for the life 1 cow enjoy, sad for the
health 1 am so fully in possession of; 'teapot bet feel I em
acting uegrateftd to you in not.eublishing my case to the
world, or spea‘ing in a more pub.!c way of your:benevo-
lence to me than I have.

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t: Alt, Sir, conscience makes cowards of os nil. fiat still
I Lave thought a plan might be devised, in which this object.
GS hie ito desirable. ittlght he acenr.plished, cad the benefit.
net only (Akers "..nt SO .yourself be felt Si extensively 311
wish, kt; and therefore if you think proper in any way t*
mention my case, an far as t,• ace tee ell the pain refection
most produce on soch a'stibivct, I shall only feel I am doter
part of a duty I ewe you (ant a small part mired 1 artmoni-
ILtip It in): for were Ito live a 4, s. and experieLee more
an I have ever done of the eontvit,li:tqcircuiestane 4 of this
Ifs, I am assured that nothing. could•etfa,te from my memory.
or cheer nip spirits more. then the remembrance of a dame
which can cease to be dear to me only witti my life.
I am, Sir, your's sincerely,
To Doctor Reidy, 35, ---
Dean-st. Sabo,

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