The times., 1898-01-31
THE DEADLY PARALLEL
Father Doyle Draws 1t Upon DR..
Shrady.
Extracts From the Catholic World
Compare Literally With
Medical Record Article.


New York, Jan. 3o.-Rev. Father A. p.
| Doyle, the eminent Pa,list priest, is daily
| expecting IN offer Of a position on tic
! editorial staff OF tile Medical Record.
| Fatner Doyle prepared for the November
number OF the Catholic World, Of which
lie is editor, an article upon Disease in
Fiction.n he drew. from his store OF
knowledge of medicine and of novels
| enough material to.make an exposition
Of tie employment df diAease in the tales
of story writers II
on Tuesday of last week Father Doyle
received aopy Of tefssue OF the Medical
Record for January 2y, Naturally the
| father looked over the publication, which
| is a standard authority ,ipon medical mat
ters The rtiitoy OF the Record is Dr..
| George f. Slmady, who stands at tile head
| or ins profession III this eity,is the father
| in-law Of Edwin Gould, and equally prom
| inent In society as lie Is eminent in nedi-
| cine.
The reverend editor VI the Ca tholc World
was surprised to notice that the leading
editorial article in the Medical Record wa S
| down the column and was amazed to recog
nize the periods he had carefully penned
for the World, with verbal amendment a s
the only change.
fatner Dole appreciates the compliment
OF the use 1f his article in a publica ton
devoted to medicine, ret he ca mot under
stand why DR.. SbIady omitted the custom
airy ackno yiedGment To the ma gazine
|
understand why the matter should have
been rewritten and slightly changed iii
order OF words.
Possibly Ur. Shrady will explain these
matters to the satisfae etion of the editor
OF the Catholic World.
Following are printed extracts from the
two articles as they were printed in the
two publications:
CATHOLIC WORLD. NRpIiAI RECORD.
November, 1897. January22, 1898.
Thus Charles Kings Charles Kingsley, iii
ley, in his TWO his.'Two Years s GO
Years Ago" gives traces the history OF
an account of a chol- cholera endemic
era epidemic which With the utmost at
is not surpassed in tentiOn 70 technical
accuracy of descrip- niinutiae.
ton by any medical
Work.
Pneumonia is Pneumonia may be
cratic disease than disease. while ty
typhoid, and savors pipoid, though no re-
less OF foul smelling specter of PERSONS,
trenches, brackisn slill has q certain pie
water and infected beian flavor, savOr-
wells. Ig OF foul Hing
drains and tainted
wat.r.
Novelists are rather CONSUMPTION is II
charyof dealing with disease or SUCH a Dd-
such a la Ckneyed and tufe that most novel
ubiquitous disease as lists fight shy OF il
consumption. w D. and ara very clIdry
Howels has given us OF relating It's te-
in Ifs latest work dIous course " iiiiam
tie history OF fam u. Howells, in his
ily, ,all of Whose menl latest work, has been
bers save one are bold enough tu intro
afflicted with the duce family q ii or
White Blight" whose uIeniDers are
afflicted With phthi-
sis.
In Marion Craw- Marion era wfortl, in
ford's latest novel A Rose OF YestcT-
"a Rose of Yes;er- day. has drawn a
day." n striking lie < rapidc picture OF
scriptioI. is given or the life ami death OF
the effects OF FAST fast man
living.
with these parallels, Father Doyle rests
his case, and awaits a-seply from Dr.
Shrady