The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1861-08-28

! your letter Of the 10Th, an from y hatIc
! learn from i you have eitherread nina =.
neehgentiy. or hsve failed in erdeayorirg
snswer y; and would not deem your en- !,
'e worthy Ola reply, nor would / trsnscr..
I"y remark Gin my last letter. rha, wouI
nave 10 further communication with a n,a,
VINO nlu not care for his charscter. il / di
eo' deem i my duty 10 prove 10 vo. ~.
yon assert malciou, falsehoods; and aIso :,
suos'sn''ate the statements in nv last Ist,sr
You write that Mr.. Jos. Guide g. ll.d 80.
70 see his child with the explicit under.,.,
u'"R mat you should perform no opera,;on
under which condition you accepted ,ls ~
"en' 10Y state hat Mr.. Guide told Won
'''"e' man 10 make cripple OF his child
~ "oa'a see her an angel In heaven. Sir.
!" y base falsehood that wished 70 m.La
cripple o. the child proposed to do NV
honest duty, as every surgeon should. ,bs,
= as slated IN my lssi lerter. 10 "a movs y,
nuen o. The necrosed bone ss was prac,ica.
~ ana y The ''last resori,'' Iast ende.va,
marx ffis) 50 save lite became neces.s,,
you'd ampuia'e. Ii Is true 10 .l.t n.,,,.
'Ae - course me child might eyentuallv
et weii, but Il woulj take from six 20 eigh,
'weise months, white il the child VIVA K
'a'ed on and The dead bone removed. ,be 4
'covefy would be much sooner. If fo,. lc
~ substance. such as piece Of wood iran b
'ss' or crai bone, (for | consider I'D bone =
'oreign subsisnce,) is beneath muscles n D
60 ana 'ntegunents. nature will eyen,uslly .
row q OCT. (if Tho patients system ns., n
80 iong) But. sir. ia. /, not the duty Of Il
'geon 70 accomplish in days what would /.
ke nature months! ~
Iiemency in the practice Of surgery does p
consist 50 much in delaying strong and "
sofous measures, as in boldly deciding 10 ..
them IN execution as soon as ,bcv -. "
heated" This i the language of one Of II
most competent surgeons OF the present IA
any aye. That the time Tor vigor, ~ &C
asures mad arrived, in the case OF Mr.. ni
oss child, and DIR. Schuntermann were IA
"-'ncso, (..d wiif state. russns. y.. ~, l..
were SOD You, sir. stated the contrary na
haiiengsd you 10 make good your as.er. III,
, % mine, Ia the presence OF four com. TO
sn' and honest surgeons. You declinedl-li,
challenge Internationally, to Mr.. WIN. do
per, but 10 your letter under The plea d asl
mat! Why. thsi you did no, have ,be wa
sent Of the parents; that the distance hoi
i've from them rendered il utterly in. the
''oie Tor you 70 30 and see il il would be dst
wed' and then 70 hunt up two surgeons. rati
meet me at tho appointed iimcw You geo
ived my letter d, z O'Clock, A. M.. Auo Gre
'"d you were a leisure the greater psuI(yo
1e day, ss am tfuthiully informed by lhei
lsman who was in your company; YOU opel
!. miles from Mr.. GUIDES reside nc Mr..
could have sent message there in four wou
. and you would have received The thin
rul consent OF tho parents, as the father and
Oh told me, in the presence Of DR.. w. surg
ntermsnn, G. Kunst. n. Gerrinr, and To-
per, Jr. You could have sent Z mes. Of Il
70 Jasper, Troy. or Elizabeth, and &C. cling
your surgeons. and without the IcAs, than
'venience, (for no competent aud hon s,icn
irgeon would refuse 10 consent under Sil
circumstances, unless he had much the c
excuse than you gaye,l and have been and
at the appointed time; or, il that could told
ave been done, why did you uncondi. manr
" refuse ny challenge, with the re- ring
10 Mr.. Cooper that you did not care for when
'hsracter, nor did you wish 10 vndica,s lion!
ou state In your letter that you would also 1
erIhce your paiients for your charac. Of be,
mine; Tor your conscience or nine. 70 time
sir' how was Jour or my character tolup irri
''ihed! Why, BY the aid Of honest hood.
mpetent surgeons How was this 10 gave I
es by proper examination, which, of su
cling The child under the Influence ofldrains
or'n. would not cause the leas, pain though
"; Ocr ! gave chloroform slresdv. beer
hsd an excellent effect and BY sa D = clnes.
q proper treatment. aud for this practic
uid call Tour honest and competcn pital %
70 and myself. murderers. The word Physio
. 10 the sense 10 be taken here, that pu
70 destroy; in religious sense il Are 20