The Portland daily press., 1882-04-11
DR.. sanrer's Case.

Mr.. EDIroR:-I read in the PRESS OF the
9th inst. the following which has not been cor
rected: 'sThe Board of Censors of the Maine
Medical Association met at the Preble. House
yesterday.to consider various complaints and
espectaAy the charges of unprofessional con-
duct against Dr. e. F. Sanger of Bangor, &c.;
to this presumption he opposed his denial and
the Censors adjourned last evening declining
to make the result public &C."
l ask brief space in your widely circulated
paper to thank you for free advertising, as
well as to disavow any knowledge OF or consent
to the above notice, as it might render me liza
BILE to a second trial similar to the one which
you have just reported although was about to
start on the night train for Portland to take
hand in it, when received telegram not to
come as the charges were no. sustained.
The charge of unprotessioraal conduct is
grave one against an old practitioner OF nearly
thirty years. who has occupied prominent Of
fetal positions, and needs explanation, as 9th
erwise it might reflect discredlt upon the asso-
citation that elected him its president in 1876.
Four Of the physicians of Bangor, one year
ago this month, preferred the charge against
me of publishing my cases and operations in
the Bangor Daily Commercial or suffering and
permitting the same to be DONE" They fur
nished copies OF the Commercial as. specifica-
tions to the charge, among which were the
following:
HoULToN, Sept. 1, 1880.
ssHon. Ltewellyn Powers met with severe acct
dent Yesterday. DR.. Sanger of your city was sum-
moned by telegram to attend him."
SPECIFICATION NO. 8.
Commercial Oct. 8, 1S30.-"Pe-haps 1t Is not
too late to print the following dispatches sent py
appeared for the first time we believe in the HAN
COCK Neteran. r. -. m 1ooo
Maine of your favorite brigade and your first medi-
cal officer sends greeting.
Yours Truly, Il. +. SANGER
SPECIFICATION NO. 8.
Commercial, Dec, 8. 1SsO.-"Dr. Sanger states
that it NAV be possible to save DR.. Teft's finger
which it was at first thought might have TO Do am
putated on account of py3mia
SPECIFICATION NO. 10.
Commercial, Dec. 10, $780, On Wednesday,
Dec. 3, DR.. Sanger of this oity assisted BY Dr. ".
C. Collins, performed successful operation on the
hip joint of Dr. A. +. Page OF bucksport.
SPECIFICATION NO. IA.
Commercial. Feb. 2l. 1S81.-''The Portland Ad-
yertser speaking of DR. Sangers letter OF defense;
and his proposed expulsion from the state Medical
Association If the attempt is made there will be
lively discussion at the annual meeting in Portland
DR. Sanger has an excellent reputation founded
upon long practice and wide reputation as sur
geon and is fighter when assailed.
SPECIFICATION NO. 16.
Commercial. March H. 18S1.-"Dr. E. F.Sanger.
whose well known reputation bold and skillful
surgeon gives him calls from long distances visited
Wateryil last week for an operation on mare nP'
&c."-W aterville Mail.
SPECIFICATION NO. II.
Commercial, March Is. 1881:-"Letter from
Dover-Prof Greene and DR.. Gordon of Portland
whose reputation ranks as high IN surgery as any
also Dr. Sanger OF Bangor, one OF MAINE most
| skillful surgeons
| The above is fair sample Of the charges up
| on which 1 was tried.
offered the affidavit of the Commercial to
| deny the charge and the plea that such VIC
| lation of the code of medical ethics was obso-
| lete that the Maine Medical Association by the
| published accounts of its annual meetings VIC
| lated il. that the Maine General Hospital and
| the Maine Medical School by their reports pam
| phets, circulars cards, notices, &c., violated
| it: that my accusers were not sincere as they
! had violated it relatively more frequently than
| had; that computing llo cases and operations
| reported in the Commercial one of my COM
| nlainants was mentioned in thirty OF these
| cases; that the specifications we're not PRIME
| facie and corroborative; that they were irrele-
| want and frivolous and consequently should be
dismissed or nOn-sulted.
As To 6yarious complaints mentioned in
your article, they referred principally to the
| Testimony of one of these parties In the case
| of French VS.. Allen, tried before the supreme
Judicial Court for Penobscot county, April
term, which forms the base of charge that
the said witness procured on an average one
abortion month for forty years and charged
| ten dollars apiece. / consider "unprofesslonal
conduct very harsh term to apply TO not
ices of surgec ms cases in the papers which
they have no control over and "various COM
plants" very mild expression to whitewash
the conduct of others with. r. +. 5.
| Bangor, April 9Th, 1882.