Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-10-16

brought against
him by the German doctors pamphlet, we,
the German physicians, do not hesitate in
saying that Mackenzie's treatment of the en-
peror did amount to malpractice, inasmuch
as both diagnosis and treatment displayed
gross ignorance of medicine in general
''Mackenzie's defense casts doubt on the
capabilities of his German colleagues, but
Virchows post-mortem clearly established
the fact that Tobold, Gerhardt and had all
been quite correct in our diagnosis of the
emperor's malady. The one who allowed the
fittest time and opportunity of arresting the
emperor's disease to slip away was the
famous laryngologist, Mackenzie.
''He may pen whole libraries to escape this
reproach But in vain. Had the operation
been made on the crown prince in May, as l
wished, his majesty Frederick III might just
as well as not be alive now, as are the four
patients referred to in our report upon whom
the operation was so success sfully performed.
''Gerhardt and Tobold were quite right not
to use the forceps, as the history of the en-
peror's case shows that the piece removed by
Mackenzie led to false deductions. The piece
was pronounced healthy, while the post NOR
tenn revealed cancer. Mackenzie's lack of
general pathological knowledge was the cause
of this mistake and of his not knowing why
Professors Tobold and Gerhardt would not
remove piece of the growth.
The charges against Gerhardt are so alb
surd that they can only find their explana-
tion in Mackenzies despair.
'Now, about the crooked cut Of Bramann.
My answer is this: The accusation is a lie
The cut was made exactly in the middle
Mackenzie told Prince Henry of Prussia at
San Reno himself that the operation had
been admirably performed.
''Now in regard to the very serious charge
made against me with regard to what took
place ON April IL, when / am said to have
plowed deep wound in the Emperor's
throat and caused an inflammation in the cell
lular tissues between the trachea and the
sternum or breast bone
again | am compelled to the belief that
Mackenzie failed to grasp the meaning of
Vmchow's post-mortem report, wherein no
mention occurs Of any such Inflammation
On the contrary, the cellular tissues lying
back of the breast bone, the anterior medi-
asterium. showed no evidence of any cicatri-
Zation, but only of purely normal conditions.
The post mortem showed the immediate cause
of death The inflammation of the lungs
was shown to be OF recent date
Il then asked Professor Virchow, in the
presence of the numerous witnesses who
signed the report, when this inflammation of
the lungs might have been supposed to have
begun. The professor answered: Certainly
not more than two weeks ago-probably not
more than six or seven days ago. This Mac
kenzie heard He saw the diseased lung and
still dared to maintain that manipulation
of mine, made eight weeks before, was the
direct cause of the emperor's death. No
medical man would believe this lie, but the
creduious and ignorant among the general
public may, and make one of the German
doctors responsible for the sad result.
IF no post-mortem had been made Mac
kenzie would have been free to insist ON all
the statements his vivid imagination and bad
conscience lschlechtes Gewissen) could sug-
gest; but after the post-mortem da haben
seine Lugen kurze Beine His lies have but
short legs Mackenzie says that the Emperor
Frederick told him he had no confidence In
me. This may or may not be true, but it in
no wise affects the facts in the case
After the interview with Won Bergman
the reporter called on Professor Virchow.
who indorsed all that DR.. Won Bergman had
said as far as Ii knowledge Of the case per-
mitted.
BERLIN, Oct. 15-The semi-oficial press
abuse DR.. Mackenzies book, but do not at
ternpt to refute his statements. A publisher
has issued the complete English translation
Of the German doctors reports of Emperor
Frederick's Illness which was not published
in London owing to DR.. Mackenzies threats
OF . libel action.