The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-09-16
DOCTORS WHO DIFFER.
DR.. Dogge Makes Serious Charges
Against DR.. Richards.
Inquest on the Body of Mrs. Poulson Elk
onorated DR.. Richards-LegaI Action
Threatened Against Dr. Dogge

Dr. Dogge has been at outs with bis
brethren in the medical profession for q
considerable time past. The cause of the
trouble being that the Salt Lake medical
society refused to grant the doctor a IL
cense to practice medicine on the ground
it is said that he has been guilty OF un-
professional conduct. Some few weeks
ago DR.. Dogge commenced suit against
the medical society TO compel the society
to issue the required license and the case
Is expected to como up before Judge Zane
at this term of court.
Yesterday Dogge had q pass with DR..
Richards, who as one of the examiners
for the board refused TO grant Dogge the
license.
The facts were that on May q last Drs.
Richards and Wilcox operated on Mrs.
Anna Poulson. a lady from Kamas, Sum-
nit county. The operation consisted in
removing an ovarian tn NOR, and was per-
formed in this city. The lady recovered
and on the 18th of the same month re-
turned 10 her home cured. Some time
afterwards she again became i'll, not with
her former trouble but with dropsy, and
was again brought to her former medical
advisers in this city. The case proved
very malignant, and few days ago her
husband was informed that recovery was
impossible.
DR.. Dogge was called in at this juno
ture, and gave it as his opinion that the
woman could not recover, and at the
same time stated that she had not been
properly treated by DR.. richards, and the
latter alleged that Dogge accused him Of
being directly responsible for the death OF
the woman. Yesterday morning Mrs.
Poulson died, and DIR. Dogge announced
his intention of holding a post mortem
examination. DR.. Richards also wanted
post norton held, but did not propose
that Dogge should conduct the examina-
ton all by himself. The latter got on his
high horse and refused to even allow DR..
Richards to remain in the room.
Richards, in view of the serious charges
which had been made against him, was
determined to have full and thorough
investigation IN the light OF day, and for
babe Dogge to proceed until the coroner
had been notified. Coroner Taylor or
dered an examination, which was con-
Quoted by Drs. PIummer aud Worthing
ton, in the presence of about dozen
other medical men, among whom were
Doctors j. S. Richards. Wilcox, Beer,
Stephen Richards Ewing, Beattie Has
brouck, Stringham and Dogge. The
latter protested against what he
called this unwarrantable interfer-
the case was in his hands and he proposed
to ascertain what there was in the charges
which had been made.
The doctors making the examination
found that the part which had been
operated on was perfectly healed and un-
affected, and that death resulted from
consumption OF the bowels superinduced
| by dropsical conditions.
The coroner following this announce
lnent asked DR.. Dogge upon what he
based his charges as to foul play and de-
manded if he was satisfied with the result
of the examination.
Dogge declared he was satisfied, and so
the matter ended for the present.
DR.. Richards stated to a HERALD re-
porter last evening that he was consider
ing the question of taking legal action
against Dogge for defamation OF charac-
ter and that it was very likely he would
decide to DO so.