The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-07

After months OF most untIrIng effort
aud bloodhound pertinacity, he sue
eeeded IN collecting njae members;
resolution was at once introduced,
making it the duty Of the Chair to
appoint committee to inquire into
and settle the question, how far
a physician should be permit
ted to go in advertising, and
report at the next meeting. The So
clety then adjourned. In the mean
time DR.. Thompson clustered and
threatened to withdraw from the So
cietyg if it deviated hairs breadth
from the medical code, in order to
s0Ue his reputation. This much to be
deplored event would inevitably again
consiga the Society to the shades Of
Hgdes. as from his God-like form
flashed the Promethean spark that
warmed it into life.
. In due time the second meeting
was held, and the Committee reported
according to instructions. The re-
port elected a warm discussion, which
lasted to a late hour, some taking
ground in favor Of advertising. The
fsubjeet being an important one, and
the result of the decision 81OnsentOHs,
it was very properly continued.
Finally, the third meeting was held
on last Monday evening, and the
grand idea conceived by DR.. ThOmp-
1sOn's mighty brain two years ago, was
safely delivered from its long gesta-
ton by the skillful manipulatiOns of
his medical Society, In the form of
string of resolutions which tell what
a physician cannot do without viO-
lating medical ethics, but, singu-
lar to relate, say nothing about
ostracizlng him should he of
fend. This looks to me like
malformation, but | would not have
mentioned it.for the world on account
of DIR Thompson's health, ifI did noh
believe it within the power Of the So
ciety to remedy the. misfortune to
hide def01 n1lttes seems to be the object
OF the organization. The Doctors
breathing and pulse have so much inn
proved since his accouchmcnt, as to
inspire his friends with the hope that
the illusion sc vividly impressed upon
his mind, that he is the veritable
Hercules Of old, will soon be dis
PEELED. .a..
1t would be reasonable to suppose
that one so ready to throw stones does
not live in a glass house; that all this
newborn zeal for medical ethics, and
holy horror of qnackery surely pro
ceed from one who has strictly con-
formed to all the requirements of the
code, and can thank his God that he
is not as other men. How stands the
account2 We shall see. DR.. Thomp-
son arrived Ia this city a few years
ago a stranger, without medical repu-
tation, lat least In this locality,) and
In a short time had the good fortune
TO become associated with DIR. Bray
in practice. Under his fostering care
and upon his we'll earned reputation.
DR., Il fpurished aud prospared, aud
1 from him absorbed, as a sponge, what
reputation he enjoys as a surgeon.
And yet DIR. Bray has always enter
| tanned the same views that 1 DO, aud
has tearlessly maintained them as
the following certificate will attest:
PROOF! proof 8ss 81
DR.. HATCHIrT: We have examined the
/ recipe for your Compound Extract OF Co
/ hosh, and believe II to be good and safe
I medicine. 5a#I flH Hff II
/ ing IL as equal,,tf not superior, 10 any pre-
4 paTaLiOn OF SaFsa parilla for all diseases in
( which mat article Is so. generally used.
JOHN r.. WILCOX. M D., Prof. Materia
Med1ca and Therapeutics, Evansville Med
ical College. io
Practice o. Msdicine, Evansville Medical
IL. Bray. Md, Prof Principles and
Practice OF Surgery, Evansville Medical
]. s. SwAss, NJ D., Henderson, Ky.
Dated at Evansville, Oct p, IS49. ,... -
If, then, my positions make me q
| quaek, they. certainly make DIR. Bray
quack, and Dr. Thompson becomes
a quaok by association and utilization
| Did DIR. Thompson withdraw from DIR
Bray because he discovered at the
eleventh hour that DIR. Bray was Z
quaek, or did DR.. Bray cast him off a
q useless tuag0sity? Medical ethics pro
hibit physician from publishing his
cases in the news papers, or permitting
u done Who has not seen Doctor
/ Thompson cases frequently pub
lished In the Evansville Journal
Again. | was told by physiciaa tina
3 Dr. Thompson treated him very IN
professionally In q consultation case
and that he would avoid him in fu
ture. This is not all. The celebrated
DR.. Runcie made his debut in thi;
city about two years. ago and rendered
his services to'the public, boasting q
was told OF being graduate o
HeidJsbHrg aud London. when, IN re
atty, his ain9u mater was none othei
than the Evansville Medical College
which fourished sometime during tn,
nineteenth century. Now, DR.. II
/ had been here but few months unit
he was, as | am informed. freauentl,
heard TO boast of making from
one thousand to fifteen 6undre,
dollars per month, and [ could rarely