The San Francisco call., 1897-11-11
D EVELYN
NOT THE
ONLY ONE
A Bitter Editorial Refers
Additionally to Dr..
Hirschfelder.
MANY WANT HIM EXPELLED ALSO.
Certain Technicalities, However,
Seem to Battle Draeo's
Disciples.
MANY WANT HIM EXPELLED ALSO.
EQUISINE SiLUTES 0XYTUBERCULIN.
Individual Comments Made at Tues
day Nights session-d'Evely
Seems Not Worried.

r
CAS- physicians do we not desire the re.
spect of our brethren, famous or obscure,
in other States and other lands? Then
culin and equisine methods must be
stopped or the medical profession of
California stands disgraced i'll the eyes
of the medical world"
The foregoing paragraph, which will lie
seen to refer to DR.. Joseph o. Hirsch-
fielder and DR.. Fred W. d'Eveiyn as
strongly as English can be made to with
out the actual mention of names, is an ex-
tract from an editorial in the Pacific Med
ical Journal for Novem Der, entitled "Con-
sumption, Alcoholism and Quackery."
"Strews show which way the wind blows"
is maxim of long standing. DR.. d Eve
lyn has been expelled from the County
Medical Society, and DR.. Hirschfelder-
well, he is still! mem Der, but in the Ian
guage of Polonius, when his name is
mentioned you can hear words, words,
words"
The action OF the society in dropping
DR.. d Evelyn's name from the roll, while
expected for some time in profe IS onal
circles, is creating no end of discussion on
account of the fact that it IS well known
that just as strong sentiment prevails
among members as regards DR.. Eirsch-
ie.der. But in the case of the latter
dis cipe OF Esculapius few technicalities
remain to be overcome not existing in the
circumstances connected with the d Eve
lyn affair. Dr.. d Evelyn was expelled on
account of the fact that be was alleged TO
have violated the bylaws of the society
by not revealing his "equislne" treatment
for alcoholism m to the society IN regular
session and giving it to the medical Jour-
nails for publication before it was dlvulsed
to the public through the medium of the
daily press.
DR.. Hirschfelder took the precaution in
the case OF his oXytuUerculin treatment
for tuberculosis 10 read a paper on the
sub jeCt before the society and to give it
to the medical journals before the public
got hold OF it. Therefore, it is hard in his
case 10 see why any anmosity should be
felt, unless it be on account of the fact
that he has got considerable advertising.
Another thing that might cut consid-
cradle figure in the matter is that Cooper
Medical College stands behind DR.. Hirsch-
! fielder, though nobody-in pubHc-woud
be likely to admit this as having any
weight. DR.. Hirschfelder himself has al.
ways refus ID TO b. interviewed as regards
his oXy ytu berculin treatment, so far as the
daily press is concerned.
The members of the society are highly
| indignant over the fact tnat DR.. d'EyeIyn's
expulsion has reached the public and
threats of expelling the one who furnished
| the information which appeared exclu-
sively IN yesterdays CALL are being made
on al hands, as it is claimed that such
| was violation OF the bylaws The So
| ciety took stringent measures to keep DR..
Evelyn from getting any more adver-
| tising by permitting no discussion of the
| proposition at all on the floor. The
matter had all been settled beforehand
| But the fact is out; and that is not all.
The bitter feeling existing against DR..
| Hir- chielder is shown by the members
| statements made while discussing in scat
| tered groups the expulsion OF DR..
| d Evelyn. Several are mentioned as hav-
| ing openly stated that the professor OF
theory and practice of medicine in Cooper
Medical College ought TO be keeping his
| confrere OF st. Lukes Hospital Com pany.
But it seems at present that they are
| powerless.
| The only inconvenience DR.. d d'Evelyn
| will suffer by having his name dropped
| from the roll of mem bershlD will be that
he cannot be me m Der OF any of the State
societies and that his fellows cannot con-
| fer with him; tnat Is, at least, mem bers of
| the County Medical Society cannot do SO.
| He is not in the slightest degree dis
| turbed by the action tIken night before
| last. He was not inclined to discuss The
subject when seen yesterday. but he said
II do not care to dignity the in cident
| by discussion OF the matter. ] have not
been officially informed thatany accusa-
ton was laid against me or that my pro-
| fessional conduct was the subject OF dis
| cussion. | was not informed OF any COM
| paints against me, and if il be true that
! action was taken which resulted in ex-
pelllng me from the organization, then
some me EN- ber was guilty of violating the
rules OF the society in divulging the pro-
| ceedings of the session"
Speaking further on the topic DR..
| d Evelyn said he appreciated the courtesy
| and fairness of THE CALL in offering him
| an opportunity to speak in his own behalf,
but until an official notice of the proceed
ings of the County Medical Society
| reached him he could not offer any state
| ment for publication.
The County Medical Society, which con-
sidered DR.. d d'Evyien's case Tuesday even
ing, is one of the subordinate branches of
the State Medical Society. 1t is a local
club of physicians TO W hich forty or fifty
doctors belong. Perhaps the doctors, who
were anxious that DR.. d Evylen should be
disciplined, fancied that he went around
from one newspaper office to an
other Soliciting some publisher to make
known his medical discoveries before the
medical profession had been advised Of
his investigations. The fact is the news
papers sought BIN.
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