New-York daily tribune., 1842-09-12

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cussion. If a statement here vouched for BY s',
Member Of the Medical Society of the City ant
County Of Newly ork" be TRUE, any farther com
! ment Is unnecessary:
| few weeks ago the following article appeared in tn
| newspapers:
81 hereby state that have inspected the credentials
James Alexander Houston and certify that he has regular
studied Medicine and Surgery at the University OF Glasgow
tSignedj "HENRY d. EULKLEY, NJ. ID.
Recording Secretary of the Medical Society
"July 10th, 1872"
Appended 10 this certificate were the following remark
by Houston the Editor OF tue New-York Lancet:
"Itake the liberty add, that have lodged y creden
as in the hands of the Censors Of the State Medical Society
and await their examination and in due hope b
recognized as legal practitioner OF the stale Medical So
cety."
We said 10 be crcdulous people but in the prescn
instance there appears, from Dr. BULKLEYs certificate,
have been ground fer suppssng that the nd7idua
who has bee. bountu in his aspersons of the Mcdica
Profession in this pantry altogether prctender
out however that Hou>onS application has beer
rejected by the State Medical Society, and that all the
denas in his possession tickets OF admission certain
courses of Lectures at Glasgow but that lie is deficient ia
some of the most important There is evidence what
ever that he has studied medicine that he any thing
more than mere reporter, who may have been supplied
with tickets for the specific purpose OF reporting the Lee
Will DR.. BuLKLEY have The goodness to explain why he
granted The foregoing cerIIEcae in his official capacity
Secretary OF The County Medical Society, and why
the cer,iicae Will II CUSTOM take down the NJ b from
the Lancet and no longer degrade the tile to codsde
is or should be- as is emphatically denominaled The
honorable proession' Z"
a MEMBER OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF
THE CI7YAND COUNTY OF NEw-YoRH
The foregoing (says the CourieO comes 20 us Il
source which reuder, it incumbent upon 10 give il a
place in columns. II, alleged Dr. BULKLEY gave
certificate no, warranted by the documents placed before
MIN. md ica atso he the
the ground that the pient of that certificate would
publish 1.-THE has been guilty of high misdeneanor and
should be immediately displaced from the position he
pics and which he has grossly abused.
None OF the parties known u.s. and fer aught we
&nsw Mr.. HoUsToN may be regularly qualified D.
But the duly appointed Committee of the estate Mcdi
cal Society" has eIamscd the documents referred 10 by
Dr. 3uLKLEY, ant do find in them any evidence of the
fact unquaedy certified by their Recording Secre-
tary there least prina acie evidence OF collision be-
,a, personags and .r HoUSToN, and attempt
deceive the public. Ii Mr.. Houston 81 D. he
quack an upoor and certainly until he produces the
necessary evidence Of his qualifications practitioner Of
medicine he has claim be considered o The pro-
iession.
The suboined statements appear in the Courier OF the
9th Instant:
InDr BvLKLEYs explanation Of bis certificate to JAMES
A. HoUSroN, published in columns tue gu ult he
said
"I beg simply 10 state that never signed any certif
OF the kind referred OF aay other kind for Jas
A. Houston my ocial capacity Secretary of the Med
ical Society Of the City and County OF New York
"That in the certificate which did sgn my name was
placed under that OF practitioner Of deeTvedly respecia
Die standing in the city, whom knew to be less
ACQUAINTED with Mr. H. and of course better qualified than
myself TO Judge OF the propricv of such certificate and
placed there without any o0fc'a addition whatever"
"And that even this certificate was signed under the lu
impression the time that Mr. Houston graduate Of
University of Glasgow OF some other respectable me-
ca institution; and also with the distinct impression that
IL, hn nT md
wished show 10 his friends that he had such tickets"
This explanation was satisfactory 10 the friends of DR.
BuLKLEY but it distinctly charged upon Mr. HousroN the
Suppression one OF the to that certificate and The
addition OF Dr. BULKLEYs official character rs secretary
of the Medical Society of the City Of New-York which OF
course entirely changed the nature OF the certificate
We also gave place to Mr. HousroNs explanation OF his
extraordinary conduct, which was as follows:
ain order to place his conduct in the proper light j,
only necessary for merely state that that gentleman
d. b. did not sign the certificate question his ,cia
capacity; and in the document as originally published oy
sa,e, e es oles bereby ncy enon. as Intended that the
fact was as now represent H.
cal Society has been rejected On The contrary still
candidate and n due lime will be admitted if pass the
examination o' tue oe's0''' JAMES A. HOUSTON"
Having been officially informed that Mr.. RousToa was
unanimously refused admission into 'the Medical Society
OF New-York and his application finally disposed o. we
bound 10 give place TO the following communicates"
from our original correspondent
For tla Cnur;or and Enquirer.
Mr. EpIToR:-I was much gratifed by DR.. BrLKLEY's
answer TO my communication, published in your paper OF
the 26h inst Heisa gentleman for whose character have
ever respect, and rejoice 10 learn that he did not IN
his Official character give HoUsTos the certificate he pub.
lshed but that he been imposed like many others
by that individual Yet although the expose OF Dr. BULK
LEY exoneraes his character it most assurcdy places
HousToN's in much disgraceful position than The
D. had hpfcra inny nyiunl
facts as stated by Dr. B. HousToN having led him to be-
leve that he was Graduate OF Medicine, shows him GER
tain tickets attendance Lectures, delivered IN the
University of Glasgow but not including lie tickets Oh
lu course there being ticket for Lectures on Mdeia
Vedica exhibits The time certificate that he had
studied regularly the University of Glasgow signed by
another medical gentleman, and requests nm 10 aaa MS
name TO H. This Dr. BULKgEy dees under the distinct un
derstandng tia: public to be made 81 IT. nna
ta. he merely srisied to ssos to his friends that he had sc
Tickets HousroS having thus OF his solemn pedge'
,ba, he would make 60 public Of the certificate, OBJ
tanned the prrate signature Of the Secretary OF the sed
cal Society in conjunction with that OF another physician
Immediately the name s the gentleman whose sig
nature he had employed merely decoy to secure Dr.
BuLxIEY's and publishes the certificate, adding himself
the official designation OF Dr. b as Recording secretary o.
The Medical Society of the City and County Of Nssc York.
Was bers ever yyouia ASK disgracetu piece OF
imposition!
HousTos in his letter 10 you positively asserts that IN
tic document originally published oy me- ne eDiea' ae
gna,ioa of DR.. Bsklcy printed IN ordesets se'eog
distinctly dsnoting intended that the fact So as r0p
represent IT., You will scarcely believe that there ne'
one word OF truth in this staemen and 10 prove ITS false
hood to yeu send you copy of Benneu> journai ne
NewYork Lauce of which HousToN The Sdito anu IN
which be has published Dr. BuLHLEys cerucate ana yon
win perceive brackets used, bnt IS pubshea
as genuine official certificate He correcs the press him.
self for Journal canno therefore, plead as sa ex-
cuse typographical But even had he useo te
brackets he falsely he did, his Laylng cone 50
would no, have aSsove3 him from the charge OF mPosl'
ton Why the signature OF The other physician who
signed the certificate and why add Dr. BIS ec!u desgna-
tion even brackets his object had not been TO impose