Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-12-31

ry1o hA qtQfA6 in h1H I0EfoT nf fha1
rennest that he made that / wonld
visit the natient at ST. Luke's. which
rannest he repeated again in the sick
room. bo5h of which / peremptoriIy de-
cIinad and if Fl had been repeated
an hundred times it would have been as
often refused and whvP Simply because
Ilr McGuire. the consulting phUsician. ig->
nnrino INV opinion as the yeqatlaY attend
amt If the insecurity OF the removal and
in disregard of that courtesy that is recog-
nizad between physicians similarly situa-
tai ne IRE were. was the nearer then as he
then renresented to me of the wish of the
ladies 10 have NM q,atient removed to ST.
Tnke,s II can ba we'll understood now
Mr.. Editor. if not by the general public.
certainly nv the profession of the whole
State what sacred rights attach Them
selves TO the physician. and when thew
ara assaiIed how reasonable il ia for the
acorieved Marty In he INDIGNANT. Rnt for
fhe hyst tayne learned from DIR. McGnire,s
confession in his letter that he. 1.-THE con-
, shifting nhvsicjan PROPOSED To the pafi.
est TO take him 10 his hosntal. and also
that he conferred with two friends ar the
ma riant az tn hnw tn make arranoements
for that nurnose. IT. will annear nv the
statements IF Mr.. Colnnitt and lin Evans
1.-The cunnerl. that the nroposition was so
SILENTLY mada as NOT To he audible to them.
Aud that the nroposition to the patient as
wall 40 tho nr;vate conference with tho
two friends was ton CONFIDENTIAL for the
consu1tinn 9busician To Communicate TO tia
regular attendant until he. (5be consult
! ing physician) had published it to the COM
: munity About this. comment is entirely
unnecessary A few DAYS after Gen. Lii
LEWIS death there appeared in the Rich
mond Dispatch" my note of correction
to the notice in the local of that paper of
| the day before. This notice represented
in substance that Gen. Lilley was taken
| insensible at the church and removed from
there to st. Luke's Home where he re-
NAMED unconscious until death. was
assured by the writer of the notice that
until nv card was received he did not
| know that the patient was taken to Ford's
or that he had any other medical attend
ant than DR.. Mcclure. When convers-
ing with Mr.. Chesterman about publish
| ing my card, he stated to me that DR.. Nc
| CURE said, THAT when he first saw Gen.
Lilley be did not despair of his life, that he
said he knew the General would never be
we'll man again, but that he believed at
first that the General would get better"
about the precise words | won't be ex-
act. The idea, [ know. as l received it.
was that he did not despair of kfe.'' The
| appended statements OF the nurse, Mr.. ].
| FL. Colquitt, and the cupper, James Evans
| require no explanation from me. To re-
capituIate, have endeayored to present
the following facts:
That Gen. Lillev was in the BEGINNING
! Justly under INV CHARGE a. his nhvsieian.
that I attended him al Ford's HoteI. thai
as his recornized roedical a ttendsnt' T was
asked INV oninion az tn his disease and the
probabilities of recoverv which 7 gave his
| friends: that mon correct dia9nosis
had committed nv patient to treatment:
| that as the regular nhvsician, was anolied
| to for consolidation. which was readily
granted: that a coaemrrent oninion Of
dia0nosis. a,roouosis, and treatment was
eommunicated 70 The natient and friends
! at the first consultation. that at the Sac