, 1881-04-17

College of Physicians. On reference
l.edlcal directory it. was foun
4 that Dr. Kidd was 4 qualified medical pract
: tuner. Sir George Burrows then expresses
Q hts opinion TO Dr.. Quain that if DR.. Kids
being thus qualified, were not treatin
Lord Beaconsficld otherwise than OF
rational PRINCIPLES, DR.. Quain woul
t not be justified in refusing to attend
= Whereupon DIR. >Quain wrote 10 DR.. Kid
asking him to statn his mctll"d Of treatment
d. Kidd replied. TINT lie was i'll tile habit u
treating his patients as other practitioner:
with pharmaceutical remedies In ordlnar
) pharnlactrpival doses, and applying
THE PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC. MEDICINE
although l!e did not ieel precluded from
hsill&, III Ills practice, the s0-called honleo
patllc remedies, which, III his experience
lie had found useful in the troatmento of dis
ease. Dr. Kidd put this in writing, adtling
- beg to say that I am not treat
ing Lord Beaconsticld hoMGopathlcally
l beg further To assure you that every
direction alld prescription Of yours will bt
faithfully carried out by mc.' Armed will
/. This, DE. Quain visited Sir y. Bennett, Pres
ldent Of the College Of Physicians, who
agreed that DR.. Quain ought to attend Lord
i}r;consfrld ThcnccforwaEl
THE TWO DOCTORS WORRIED uAKMoNIoUsl.y
| respecting their treatment ut tile pallcnt.
Dr. Kidd writes: '.Ur. Quai,s, upon reeciy-
Ing my assurance that was acting oh the
ordinary principles Of medicine, and not
honieopathlcally, visited the patient, thus
affirming the spirit Of that boust Of
the medical profession which, in tho hour
OF sickness, recognizes only humanity III
# IT,. ~
1did not work together without being agreed,
nor did citherof Us sacrifice his convictions
! to effect the cooperation. On tllo contrary.
DIR. Quains great skill was thus made tlseful
to our i)lustrions patient, and my intimate
knowledge of his constitution and Of lis dis
ease was US helpful to Ur. Quain."
| DIR. QuA1S WAS EQUALLY LOUD
| iii his praise Of DR.. Kidd. who was thor
oughly acquainted witt, the history of the
case. Nevertheless the incident has caused
great excitement among: the profession.
On the 1lth inst. at q meet
ing held at the College of Ply
sicians, DR.. Quain was asked to explain
Ills conduct His answer is recorded in the
above narrative. Dr.. Quain justilies his
conduct by saying that, having been placed
In 4 position Of great difficulty. he had been
called upon to perform duty in which
he felt that his decision must he
Of considerable Importance to the profession,
and might be 0f vital interest to the patient
and public, but he had acted according to
has clear sense of duty, and from no other
motive.
DR.. KIDD
thus explains his position: "Although 4
reported homeopath, DESIRE once for all,
10 disclaim any such party destination. Six
years ago resigned all connection with the
Homeopathic Hospital and Society. In
very extensive practice, extending over thir-
!J'~fuur years, have always ADOPTED that
course Of treatment which my own study
am! experience have taught tie 10 be most
clfcctual to my patients: Herein lay claim
TO having acted as.lny man does who is not
bound by the trammels Of merely mechanical !
routine. Like older practitioners, !
use the drugs of the Brit !
ish pllarmacopuia, but in many |
cases. / have learned from experience that !
what are called homeopathic remedies may
be usefully prescribed Such remedies l
freely use in suitable cases, and according to
my own Judgment. I do not prescribe ln-
fintesinal doses, nor do prescribe accord
Ing to the caprice Of MY patient"
DIR. KIDD TITUS CONCLUDES
his letter of explanation as to the rnles Of
professional etiIuet which nave been
violated: ut is Impossible within the lI,n-
its of this letter to discuss the EN-
tire question, but am con-
yinced that, il tile Board of the
medical profession, above set forth, is hence
forth to remain 2 living principle OF conduct,
we must be guided. not by the misleading
Ticker OF prejudice and Jealousy, but
rather by the clear, convincing light Of
humanity and common sense"
FORTUNATELY
1T the time this controversy was going on,
he noble patients condition was NOT 50 dam
,erous as it afterward bec3me-not that it is
supposed Lord Beaconsfell had not the
most s&iilful attendance; but had this not
'een the case, 1t appears to be Il |
logma OF the profession, as expounded By
'ir William Jenner and Sir William Gull, that
ooner should the patient die than tile rules |
Il professional etiunet be broken.
THE AMERICAN SILVER COMMISSIONERS.
Ex-Secretary Evarts and family. and Messrs.
Thurman and lowe, with Miss Sherman, ar
ived here By the Arizona OH Thursday, after
wonderfully quick passage. No bad
weather. was experienced, anl no one suf-
cred during the voyage The party could t
ot find rooms at the Grand Hotel. I
indeed, there is never any room t
here for anybody unless it is secured
eycral days in advance, and they put up at
ne Langllam. They leave tomorrow for t
'aris. Mr.. Eyarts is much Interested i'll his Z
nt1es connected with the Monetary Con- &
erence, and thinks it probable that there will
c a special session in London. lie has no
oubt of the fill success of his mission. He
lys the American people justly regard the
uestlOn as one OF Il t
lie MOST IMPORTANT As AFFECTING IN '
TERS-ATlON.L. COMMERCE t
ow before the world. England, as usual, is $
ow in taking the matter up. She is always p
artlcularly slow in her dealings with the d
nlted States, but she must awake to the I
Importance Of tho subject or her
VII interests will suffer seriously, II
+. Evarts said lie regretted the II
ices existing between the President differ p
ii section of the Republican party in the a
'nate, but thought they were not serious II
I'd would soon blow over. His main inter- g
now is concentrated III his new duties, .
llicll lle considers scarcely inferior in iu,- Il