Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-26
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
AReply to the Gard OF A. Wess0n

TN ORDER THAT TIKI. PUBLIC GENE
L rally may not be misled by the most gross
and witfh Ja'sehoods perpetrated by pr; A.
NILSSON Ia reply to our preceding card. both
as relates not only TO oursef az an individuil
and to the MEMPHIS DENTAL ASSOCIATION ito
which We have the honor TO belone) but also to
himself We therefore feel Sa,sa upon s 90
character who has so often. assumed our name.
and with whom we have had to bear for the
past nine years In Memphis. In vindieation
that Of the MRMpHIs DENTAL ASSOCIATION,
and by its permission to use the minutes Of It's
proceedings relative TO this MISTER. We here
place before the public the following, viz;
DENIAL ASSOCIATION met for the purpOae Of
taking action In the case OIL Apner Wesson' rs
provided by the Constitution and By Laws, for
,,nprofess ionai conduct and matproeftce.
CHARGE |. The said DR.. A. Wesson having
been guilty Of causing 10 be published in the
Memphis Appelt an advertisement over ms
signature. the purport Of which IS not only un-
professional and degrading to the dignity OF our
profession, but evidently alludes therein 10 an
honorable member of this SOCIETY. with intent
and purpose to detract from his interest; -,
CHARGE 2. For having elec,ioneered with
and IL huenced q lady to reject the professional
services contracted for with another of the
profes .ion, and secure his (Wesson's) instead
thereof. e
another member Of the profes ion, and oper-
ating for stranger patients and allowing them
10 leave his Office under this false impression.
with opsrations poorly performed. thereby ~
;urin0 the reputation Of our professional broth
err. and obtaining both patronage and money
ru.pap T. For having asserted that he cared
nothing for the Dental Society. that he yves
SOM reserved to himself the tight to talk, cleo
ticneer aud advertise as his judgment dicta-
'sS EuARoE5 For having applied the most viru..
lent poison to exposed pulps Tor nerves.. and
then filing the tooth without removing the
deyitalized pulps Tor nerves.. thereby produ-
cling aiueolar dbscess. =
using nitric acid in cleaning teeth. and thereby
iniuring most seperelv the tooth structure.
All Of the above charges being fully sus-
tanned by the testimony Of number OF wit
nesses. DR.. Abner Wesson was granted per-
mission to make his defense, but having none
~ MAKE. he was, by the President of the So
ciety, earnestly recommended to the etemency
~ IL members, on condition that he would
apologjse for his conduct, aud promise TO re-
form. But he, through the most dogsed stub
hornness. refused TO do either; in consequence
of which, the only alternative lett the .Associa-
lion was his expulsion. which was carried by
ANONYMOUS vote Of every member present. And
his rrpIains the manner in which Abner Wes-
SON made the fortune alluded to in his card.
(Tbe way he lost it during the mar is generally
very well known to the public.) And this also
enpleins. in part, his ability 70 perform cheap"
cbeap work." of which he SO much boasts.
And for these reasons we have deemed il only
lust to an Intelligent community, as well as for
r. benefit of the more ignorant AMI credulous
of the city and country, that these FACTS
should be made known, aud that the proceed
mas of the MEMPHIS DENTAL ASSOCIATION
should also be made known in the case of DIR.
4. WEssoY, which, through sympathy for
LAa lrAu Al
public; but which; most clearly, brands
the assertion of DIR. WIssON as wilfully and
maliciously false, wherein he has said he was
expelled from the Dental Association because
he refused to adhere to Axed rate Of fees, etc.
as no such charge was erer. preferred against
him-everS member being allowed the privilege
of regulating his own fees according to profess
sional services rendered, and which are, to our
own personal knowledge, quite as low (and too
citation or respectable members of the profession
in other cities, unless it should be a,oap up
the country Of toooden hams and bone gun fints,
of which he (Wesson) seems familiar. and from
whence he came originally; for every one who
be one of these very eountrymen-of this pecu-
liar stripe. and TO the manor born. Even the
very cut of his jb. his rapid pace, and volubiitv
of speech, all bewry him, and are marks as un-
mista liable among our own people here as the
distinction of the Anglo.sdron race from any
other. But all this should make no differ
ence, as relates to the misfortune of
DR.. A bner Nelson's nativity. 1t ought not
to ,revent him from speokiss the truth or being
a gentleman. Is to his persopat reference to us
or our nativity, wo will only notice that, so far
as to remind Abner Wesson that he is quite as
much mistaken in this matter as he seems to be
often as to his o,sn aame, for we are South
ern by ancestry and natiyty-haye lived in the
South in infancy and manhood, always answer
ing 10 our ocn name. And now, that we feel
an apology is due the public for having again
called their attention to the discrepancies in
the cards alluded to, and the palpable false
hoods The (Wesson) has SO wilfully perpetrated
therein, we shall now drop the subject, to-
gether with its origin, and shall withdraw our
cards from public print, hoping to never have
occasion again to thus publicly notice A.
Wesson, whom we have most clearly shown TO
be slanierer q charlstan and wilful falsifer
Of truth, and therefore ignore him as unfit to
be further noticed by gentlemen.
Very respectfully,
WIN. WATSON, D. D. S.,
Office with j. B. Wasson, 3lS Main street.
N. B.-For any further proof as to the strict
correctness Of the charges set forth in this
card. we would refer to the members of the
MEMPHIS DENTAL ASSOCIATION. w. w.