, 1881-09-25

To the Editor 0( INC thtfdQo 4EtouHes
CHICAGO, Sept. al nm subscriber for tho
Chicuyo .Nc,licttt I1crie1c. 1t started out very
well, and VIC nll thought we were going to have
ano,hcy live, pure just, end candid iournu',
worthy Of the city i'll which we live. and truly
representative OF medical science Us 1t exists ut
the present day. Instead. It seems lately 10
have taken its cue from the most lisreputabIa
OF !uy publications., for it indulxes In persona-
ties, misrepresentation, mnladicuons, half
statements. fawning. sneers, aud uses ITS COL
umus to yeutiiate Its couceit md revolving
cy1,icisu1 OF nte have not discovered In It =
settbinuce OF true logic and criticism 1t " the
incarnation Ut gull anu bitterness We turhi ifnM
It's pages with disgust, aud say that though there
be lights unt shadows, the bright nnd sacred
side ~ medicine ls in the ascrnduncy, and SO
1ukc heart once again. 49,.
pear In your issue Ut today, are specimen OF
the tone Of the Journal. The aim Is evidently
to tl-nw down the thunderbolts o. ausefse
criticism upon the surgeons who attended our
beloved President, amongst other things oy
coming the phruse "Ctndurargo S5n''ica1rr,
aud By publishing It before Il was to appeae ~
the Sleepy Hollow or medical Journalism, give 1t
circulation far and wide. and thus hurl the uIl-
suspicious lntty into caldSpn OF unwnrrant-
BIZ %hs in'S"at'9aa 's"1t saan the raxs
hearty i1.uorsenlent to the l.ew dcsl'ised ctltl-
durango! They tiit not, like the too.sangtline
Hiss. lind in it a specific for cuncer, but. nttee
careful experimentation, they fot1n'i that the
healing of rAncerou3 aS well us othor ulcers wis
Facilitated by its Use Eut what has cuntsuranKo
to do with tho Presidents cnsc: The issritfo
will, however. never lose Hn opportunity to
surer! How ridiculous the STRUCTURES VI chhn!-
ber-s,lryeons who sit tho whole day long IN shelE
easy chairs scratching their hcnds III tlnd y
Thought or ileu which may be expressed without
the danger uf professional ostracss'n, anu ~ ~
this case venture To nuke STRUCTURES Epon the
conduct nf sk!lltui surgeons In nctlve service
thousand miles away. 1t is easy for Dr: Hhin-
1non., Of New York, to cry " Cut, cut for me
Dalt md for tho fterie.r to echo hl5 cry, bnt II
IIu,umotlI had been there, anu under the CIR
cury,stunces had cut for the ball, tho whole world,
Including the wiser, and better. anu more con-
sery;lttye 1uc,1ical world, woll! have denounced
him US a second Guitenu. Where would ht nave
cut? If it was go difficult To lind the bntl after
death, how much more so 1t would hnve been 10
iiud it during life:
Dr." Agncw Is a bold surgeon, q modern sur
gco11, believer and user or unfiseptic Mctnoas+
hut, like nil surgeons Ut grea: experience. aas
boitincss IL guided by Judgment anu ms nefola
etTorta to save life always tempered Win mercy
| regret the appearance of such m article IN
nuy Journal designed 10 promute the intertsta
Or medicine und surgery. because 1t s prostl-
tuition uf mc,licnl journalism and calculated to
naisleau md cmbitter the younger members ot
the profession and to impede the advance of
mcllcui culture. 1t Is particularly tamentable
now when every one inside and outside tho prt>-
fee=ou is reading every item with the tt11ost
cuuc~ncss because the utter1lnces OF = medical
io,,r,,ul, however obscure, are apt 70 " con5'd-
cred US authority. Dk JAMES l. 1GIh11@