The Placer herald., 1859-01-01
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
A CARD TO THE Pr1RI.rC
ISLANDER AND MALICE rvpo,,-

For a number of years the underso,
been made target for the assaults of malice nas
envy, which he has thus far refrained from IA ana
ing as they were covertly and felonionsiu notlc-
but now, that they emanate directly fron;y made
ply professional men, through an ostens;h,n hs'ensi'
fesslonal periodical, he feels it due to ~ pro.
and his thousands of friends in California ,s
have been recovered from the very brink of VINO .ho
grave through his skill, as we'll as to thons. me
of others who may hereafter need bis fueahds
services to refute his unprincipIed calumn"nsl ls,onsl
and make manifest the unworthy mot;n".
"hich they nave been and are now actuated y
ABOUT one year ago, ascertaininp that Tho 49,
traordinary success | enjoyed in California h.s
singled me out as an object of special attach f". 10y
.nose whose professional skill, want of induMrv'
or other lnabtitude had left them still nnoca11.s
OF practice, to such extent as to comnaj ttau
TO seek precarious livelihood by other me.nr
than that OF profession in which thew wero "'
dently out of their proper element, forward o
TO Philadelphia such unmistakeable vouchers tbs.
by their lncontestible evidence, and by mcons ,nns
OF the attestatlons of professional and other oan
tlemen of irreproachable character. the PHiff ~
DELPHlA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE was nlooa
| ed to accord me DIPLOMA. tooetbe, r;.s
honorary title of "a. f." WIN
Ihls proceeding on the part of the Pbilade,nb;,
college; was SO pal pable, so crushing rebuis 10
.nose VINO : lad slandered my professional charse
Ter IN THIS country, that find them giving ven,
10 1heIr petty spleen in the following paragraph
published in the November number of the "P.cin.,
Medical and Surgical Journal:n A0
line pennsylvania University has conferred a.
''honorary degree of NJ d. on notorious charla'e
tan OF this city. How much did the ancentand
honorable University receive for such q proSti.
tuition of its venerable seal?"
lt Is altogether unnecessary TO point ont Tho
Illthy venom OF the above paragraph which at
one sweep accuses the whole Faculty of one of
our most revered Medical Institutions with tho
In cnrp ,fi I
capable of being purchased. 1t is clear that tba
writer of the unmanly paragraph measured tbo
Faculty by his own guage.
month afterwards, the following clecap.
sequtr appeared in the same journal for Do
ccmber:
I'VE made serious mistake last month in an
nOuncing that the Pennsylvania University had
conferred the honorary degree of NJ. D. on \ no.
lorious chariatan Of this city. We could hardly
believe it while writing it, but we had been 80
directly informed that we could not with reason
doubt. But since then, having seen the catalogue
OF graduates etc, Of this renowned University.
we are pleased to see it sullied by no dishonor
1t was reserved by the comparatively new insttu.
tion-the Philadelphia Medical College-to con.
Ter this honorary degree. We find the name of
the charlatan conspicuous in its list of graduates
with the honorable y. f. appended. 1t is impos-
slnie TO imagine any motive for even this neophytc
college to thus degrade its seal" etc. etc
Were it not that the integrity and character If
the honorable Institution from which | received
my Diploma is called in question: and aspcrrJ
in the above extract. would have even nas.cd
That over IN silence. Knowing as do, and ~ th,
public OF California does. that the fangs of tho
reptile have been already drawn by its singulsrlv
q'ackish propensitcs. and that it is powerle.s 10
harm where It's true character is known
But. TO 0bNalc all chance of injury to the r.-
putation OF the Honorable Faculty of the rbiu-
uepha College. make the following plain ami
unvarnlehcd statement:
| am a regular graduate of the University of
Pesth. in Hungary; subsequently Acknowledged
and ndorscd by the Josephenian institute at Vi-
emma. soon after, Hungary, my native land,
tried to throw Off the Austrian yoke and, imprl-
led by my love of country and of liberty, took
up arms IN hcr defense and was appointed TO u
high rank in the Medical Staff in the CITY where
graduated. The subsequent struggle is known
TO all. and, among thousands of others | found
myself an exile from my native land, and deprir-
td ny That exile OF ali titles and privileges had
formerly enjoyed in that country or in Austria,
IN the hurry OF my flight saved life only. and
being an exile. could never again obtain the res
tltution CT renewal of my DIPLOMA. | had. how
ever, preserved the skill for which that Diploma
hau been awarded, and which. am most proud
to say: the people of California have notably in
dorsed since my residence in their midst. Fortu-
nately, had friends in Philadelphia and other
Atlantic cities, who, like myself were eXiles: and
being personally cognizant of the truth of the
above statements. | transmitted the reousite
vouchers to them, when they scverally made oath
to the facts before the Honorable Faculty of the
Ihladelphla College, and their own irreproach-
able charactfrs and stcadfast integrity being I'M
doubted, the Honorable Faculty immediately ac-
corded me the DIPLOMA now in nv possession.
And now. who are my raducers? What is their
standing, when compared to the Honorable Board
OF scientific gentlemen whom they so wantonly
and malclousy assail in order to vent their abuse
upon me: 1T IS notorious that the conductors of
the 'Pacilc Medical and Surgical JCurnal' have
not been able to maintain themselves by the prsc-
tice of the Medical Profession but have freouent-
ly been compelled to have recourse to other en-
ployments. Whether their misfortune in this re-
spcct proceeds from want of skill, want of en-
ergy and industry, or plentiful lack of brains,
1t is not for me to say; but the people of Cnlifor
MA, with whom they claim to have resided for
several years, have pronounced their verdict in
The premises by not intrusting them with the care
of their health and happiness.
, nave now only to add, in proof of the charge
that thelr assaults are the results of envious NAL
ice, that one of the editors of the medical and
Surgical Journal' was exceedingly anxious to be-
come my partner, prior to my reception of a
DIPLOMA from the PHILADELPHIA MEDICAL Coll
LEGE; ana yet he hestates not to assail me now,
even alter that document has been accorded to
me- together with the honorary title of A. E.
have now been before the public of California
Tor five years, and the thousands of gratifying
in my possession from people
81 the first standing and intelligence. would of
themselves be sufficient refutatOn from the SLAM
ferrous lnuendoes of journal which is not recog-
1lzed 1 by the Medical Profession generally, and
"hlch "hl almost everybody knows to be little better
han an advertising medium for men who skulk
llder ilS assumed title of Surgical and Medical
% lay their wares before the public, and at the
same time are garrulous and vindictive to all
VINO employ the regularly acknowledged medium
, u intercourse with the public, i. e: the Public
:ress' With these remarks l leave the subject
OF the consideration of the liberal and enlig ghten-
ID people, III. CZAPKAY NJ D.
late Chief Surgeon of the Hun narian A rmy md