Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-01-15
Sir Moreu MackenzEe Again.

a special dispatch from London to the
New York World says:
"Last night al official announcement was
made in a quiet way that the Royal College
of Surgeons he'd adopted resolution &C.
verely oensuring Sir Morell Mackenzie for
publishing bis book about the illness of the
German Emperor This great blow IL
struck at Sir Morell by his own college, and
amounts to notification to the famous throat
specialist by the most powerful and distiu
gushed body Of medical men in England
that they want nothing moro TO do with
him.
'Sir Morell Mackenzie got wind Of he IL
tended rebuke by means Of 6 notice TO ap-
pear before the Council of the College for
the purpose of defending himself against
the charge Of having been guilty OF breach
OF rofessione etiquette. He, however,
paid no attention TO the summons 30 far as
putting 10 al appearance Was concerned,
but invoked the direct Interference OF the
Empress Frederick and the Queen &c head
off the resolution, OF ceusure. The Empress
wrote letter to the college through the
eminent surgeon Sir Spencer Wells, who
had proposed the resolution hesaeching the
members of the college net to take ans such
step, since it would seriously impair her po-
sition and interests in Germany. This let.
ter was written from Osborne, oD the
Queens letter paper. The Empress indica
ted further that Sir MoreI Mackenzie
wrote the book in question at the 5oiicits
ton of herself and the Queen. snd that any
censure passed or bin must necessarily re-
fleet on them This letter was read 10 the
college, aod get in the teeth of such power
ful royal persuasion ths college threw Sir
Morell Mackenzie overheard and sided with
the German DOCTORS The letter has not been
made public get, but surely will be when
the matter becomes the subject of contro-
versy 10 the papers The greatest subject
for surprise will be the fact that certain
well-RnoWn doctors who depend 10 q great
degree on royal circles for patronage end 20
sitioD could have afforded to disregard such
a request. a prominent surgeon said: 1t
will be hard to convince people that the col
lege has been actusted by motives of pro-
fessiona honor and not by an acute attack
of professional jealousy, which is undoubt-
edly at the bottom of it, Few people out
side the profession realize what blow this
is to Sir Morell Mackenzie, and particularly
when the Empress Frederick, backed by cur
Queen, almost went down on her knees TO
ward it off, Yet the vote of the college
lacked only two votes of being unanimous
In my opinion the Empress bupgied as bad.
ly in heading off this move as Sir Moreli
Mackenz did in publishing the book. If,
instead OF writing the letter TO the college,
che had quietly summoned Sir Spencer
Wells and one or two other prominent men
to Osborne, and had made the matter per.
sonal affair instead OF a college affair, l
think the resolution might have been sup
pressed
"The Empress Frederick has such hold
on popular sy mpathy here at present that
the publication of the facts will probably
cause the tide OF public feeling to flow to-
wards DIR. Mackenzie. The Empress feels
prosecuted enough by the course OF events
in Germany without additional burden from
the people here. 1t is known that she per-
sonally wrote to her son, the Emperor, 8
few days since, asking him to put stop to
Prince Bismarck's revenge in keeping alive
the Morier incident"