Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-08-03
For the Democrat

| MeSSRS. EDITORS -
-"Now could rick hot bl cd,
And do such business the bitter day
would quake to look on"
| wish to say few words to JOHNNY
johnny OReardon, the ''cat's raw" prodigy
who has raised himself above the common
h.rd," and made n target of himself. Now
John, you know you should not put on such
airs because you once held the very digni-
ned station of Porter or Steward in an insti
tuition in Troy, n. u, for dispensing dvice
and medicine gratis, to the poor nor even
because you have been admitted to mem
bership in the Scott County Medical Soci.
ty. Ahem' the Scott County medical So
ciety, society possessing no other merit
than that of meeting together and passing
resolutions to expunge and hunt do WIN all
other physicians who do not choose to think
and act with its members. They are ma
king tool of you, John scorn personal
tiles and will not stoop to them, only as re-
lates to myself
am regularly accredited member Of the
profession of medicine and surgery, as ac-
knowledged in the United States, and
throughout the W orld never allow my
self to be clicked" not even by ''jackass ;"
That was knocked down by an Irish brick
bat, in Detroit, is true but the miscreant
was punished, and have been in Detroit
several times since, as often as business or
ther did leave there then or on that ac-
count
Now to the cease" The Surgeon says
for reasons stated, that it required but a
moderate amount of pressure to bring the
ribs and backbone in contact" Is there
any one SO ignorant Of the osseous economy
as not to know that the ribs in man and
beast, are situated upon the spine or back
bone at their posterior eytremities ? and if
he meant the other portion Of the ribs, he
must first dispense with the heart, lungs,
liver and stomach, to bring them in contact.
The "tumor was of malignant growth,
and adhered to the muscles of the neck on
both sides Of the oesophagus, and literally
supplied with all the branches of the carotid
artery, except the one alluded to by Cole,
unfortunately for his diagnosis, was obliter-
ated. Mere Springs to catch woodcocks
The oesophagus is in contact with the GER
vlcal vertebrae, or that portion of the back
bone occupying the neck. Now, MT. Sur
geon, if you divided all the structures ante.
rior to it, the muscles, the windpipe, or
larynx, together with all the arteries con-
veying blood to the brain, and the nerves
coming therefrom, you divided all the mus
cles that depress the lower jaw, or open the
mouth and it was no wonder that the pa
tient had lock java dog would have had
the same
1t was malignant tumor, was it? You
pronounced it an incisted tumor; and you
and your colleagues sounded it several times
to strengthen you in your diagnosis; but
now, all at cnce, it was Of malignant growth.
II yon would say the Sury'on was malig-
nant, and not the tumor. you would come
nearer the truth. And the most sanguine
despaired after you had begun the work Of
blood, did they2 No wonder. And there
was one more conscientious than the rest,
who left the farcical scene, and retired be-
fore the work of death was consummated.
In conclusion. Johnny, for this must be
the last notice l take of you, l advise you
to stick to your resolution, and only throw
physic to the dogs, for you will thereby
do less damage to mankind, and relieve the
City Marshal of some labor.
Aug. 2, 1858. VIC. COLE