Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-10-24
Z NO. 5.

commissioned to do so. Now had
he Doctor any such authority for going
in as physician 1t is not pretended
that called him in, and certificate
hereunto appended signed by Mr.. Mu-
nav showS that neither he nor any Of his
family either called him in or commits
i stoned any other person to call him in.
Well, now let US examine the GER
|tiGcate of Mr.. Jennings and see what
was The authority as related by him.
By the certificate, we find that Mr..
Jennings s'with some others feeling
interested, concluded to call in all the
physicians that might pass that eve
ming" ain carrying cut this con-
cluSion." he calls m one after another,
till finally DR.. Irwin comes up, and on
being asked to go in by the said Jen-
nings, "rather positively objected;''
Jennings "was importunate," but still
could not induce the Doctor to go in,
why2 because his (Jennings) authors
ty was not good enough, or was not
the "proper authority" well how did
the Rev. Gentleman finally accomplish
this labor of love? What means does
he adopt to render the authority ''prop
err" why, he says che finally prevailed
by telling him that John J. Allen Esq.
had made the same request through the
family in his presence" Well would
that alter the case any, if the family had
made the request through Mr.. Allen or
any other person, or through Jennings
himself, then all would have been right,
so far as this charge is concerned
But even this authority fails him as
will be seen by Mr.. Aliens certificate,
and there is none left bat that Of Mr..
Jennings, which the Doctor himself did
not consider good, from the fact that
he refused to go in till that Of Aliens
was added. ! am not responsible for
the deception which Jennings practis-
ed upon the Doctor in order to get him
in, by no means. Now I appeal to
an intelligent public, if have not es-
tablished my point according to the
Doctors own showing, VIZ: that he
called in masked by any proper au-
thority and thereby did what he, him
;e'f, denomilates, "unprofessional, low
and mean:"
Had Doctor Irwin been called in by
"proper authority" should never
have complained ofhis differing with me
IN opinion, however erroneous | might
have considered that opinion. Again
he says, that Sin the country it is very
seldom that two physicians attend the
same patients at the same time; one is
generally dismissed before they call in
another" Now, had the Dir. any init
nation that | had been dismissed did
he stop to enquire whether or not such
had been the case' No! he probably
concluded from Mr.. jennings impor-
tunity, that the parents, and perhaps
the whole neighborhood had become
dissatisfied with me: he thinks it pre-
cious opportunity 10 give finishing
stroke, death blow to my medical
reputation, and to transfer my practice
to some one else; he stops not, notwith-
| standing he knew at the time, as well
: as he knows now, that he was doing
: an "unprofessional, low and mean" act.
!; The patients We're mine, and not his;
: they had not been transferred to his
; care, nor had any part Of the response
! bility Of the cases been laid upon him;
] why, then does he NEEDLE in the mat
5 teri
If there was no objection on the part
If .Nr. Mumaw, he had right to go in
| and see the patients, as any other per-
son had, but he had 70 right to go in
5 a professional capacity, unless called
! IN by myselfor Mr.. .Mumaw. In that
: case, the patients would have been Ell
Their wholly Or in part his. If / had been
: dismissed, he could have done with
! them as he might think proper If /
had been still retained, and he called
: in consultation, then our opinions must
coincide or one Of US must succumb TO
the other before any thing could be
: properly done.
Torepresent the case in a stronger
light (ifi be possible to do SOY sup
pose mechanic is engaged to make,
r or repair a certain curious and intricate
! Machine, upon his own or his neigh
boris premises; another machinist pas
ses;-he is urged by some one happen
/, ing to be present to 60 in and see this
n novel affair, and Notwithstanding the
e absence of the workman, he goes in,
e and in a clustering, bombastic style,
n commences finding fault with the work
: and ordering the hands to do this and
e do that, Would be not deserve to be