The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-05-28
DAssAcuSa SrArEMENrs.


County of Linn, o.
| |, b, NJ. Savage, being duly sworp
according to law, do depose and say
that l am practising physician resid-
ing in the city Of Albany, Linn county,
Oregon; that on or about the ! 9th day
of October, 1879, ] wrote a prescription
for lady residing in tho aforesaid
county, of which the following is true
copy, to.wit;
Q. Sulph., gr. 80.
Ammon. Glychrrz., "a drachms.
Elk. Simplex, s OF.
| Sig. Dose, tablespoonful every three
hours between ehills until broken, then
three times a day.
That am informed and believe that
in the afternoon of said day tho above
prescription was placed in the hands Of
| d. p. Mason to be filed.
Before filling the same the said d. p.
Mason came to my Office and inquired
concerning the chemical preparation in
said prescription set forth as ammon.
glychrrz., saying he never had seen such
a compound, and did not have il in his
store, and on being informed by me
that il could be obtained from Wholesale
druggists and at one Of the other drug
stores in the city, he left my Office, say
ing he would 60 TO one Of the other
stores and procure the article, and FIJI
the prescription as directed. That
thereafter, on personal examination Of
the medicine represented to have been
J prepared from said prescription by the
said ID. p. Mason, found il to not con-
tain the chemical preparation indicated
in said prescription, bat other ingredi-
ents, and on inquiry of the said ID. p
Mason he informed me that he had sub
stituted for the ammoniacal glychrrhizin,
) aqua ammonia (hartshorn) and pulver.
lied liquorice root, forming an entirely
different compound, and one which
would have had an entirely different
effect upon my patient, had il been
: given. That the said ID. p. Mason in
0 formed nae ~he prepared said medicine
himself That 1 believe no one elsG
> connected with the drug store of Fo
shay L Mason to have had anything tC
+ do with compounding tho aforesaid pre-
e scription. That my timely discovery o
a the matter prevented the lady from
taking the medicine rs directed in th.
aforesaid prescription, and that I be
lieve the medicine as prepared by thu
said ID. p. Mason would have provet
highly injurious to my patient, shoulC
she have been 80 unfortunate rs TO hav,
taken it. DR. ID. NJ. SAVAGE
:, Subscribed and sworn to before mi
u this 18th day of May, 1880.
~ T. p. HAcKLEMAN,
J.. lLSI Notary Public for oregon.
y This affidavit was sworn to by DIR. B
d NJ. Savage, young man Of very lin
b tied practice, aud we wish our reader
e to compare it with the following, whiel
n is signed by all the old and well knowl
It physicians Of Albany:
t ALBANY, On, May %, 1850.
= To t0doHa it may concern;
This is to certify that We are prac
: ticing physicians in Albany and regula
" graduates in our profession that ",
9 have had prescriptions compounded by
y d. p. Mason, Of the firm Of Foshay 1
Mason, during the past two years, ant
+. believe him to be competent and relia
ble druggist, and as such take pleasur,
in recommending him to the public
t generally.
f w. +. ALEXANDER, NJ. D.,
II. j. BoUGHToS, NJ. D.,
J. A. DAVIS, NJ. D.,
G. G. KELLY, NJ. D.,
J. L. Hill, Nj. ID.
These physicians are all fully &C
quainted with the circumstances Of tn,
: case set forth in Savage's :" damaging
statement" and all examined the pre-
scription put up by Mr.. Mason, an,
I still they persist in saying that they "be
lieve him to be competent and reliaJl
druggist"
The facts Of the case are these DIR
Savage prescribed quinine for his pa
0 tient, and the other ingredients xer'
4 simply to disguise the taste of the bite
drug and make the taste moro palatabl,
7 for the patient. Not having the exac
l Ingredients mentioned Mr.. Mason usec
4 some other simple and harmless prepa
J ration to disguise the taste Of the qui
I. nine. DIR. Savage says this was wronl
and that it put the life Of his patient il
jeopardy, while the other physician
: claim the contrary and say that the pre-
t scription as put up by Mr.. Mason coulC
: not possibly harm any one.
r Now, readers, you have the facts il
E the case, and the matter has resolves
{ itself down to simply difference o
: opinion on a medical question. On on
a side a young end inexperienced physi
8 clan takes the affirmative of PROPOSE
5 ton, and the negative is upheld by fiv,
5 well known physicians, some of whom
e have practiced for thirty or forty years
e There will be very little trouble, W,
j. think, in our readers solving this ques
t tien to their own satisfaction, and the,
s cannot help remembering the one whom
S Baum has made tool of in thus try
: ing to breed discord in the Democrati
n ranks.
THE YAQUINA BAR.
If the bar at the mouth Of Yaquini
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