New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-05
=, uoReLb MACKENZIE RECALLED.

z,,+b If Margaret Lady Mackenzie. in the
os. ,lscrrity serves 70 recall the eXtraoreliiai
-. -,s,As BY her husband. tie late Sir Mo1elI
ya..snz;e in connection with the brief reign OF
-. Is Emperor Frederick Of Germany twenty
-. .n6 ,zenty-tvo years ago there was no man
- Vas the subject Of greater amount or pup
"a. sseussion not only in England, nut IN Oh
Is of the Civilized world. BY many ne was re-
,,ssa as self-advertising chaTiatan' but %
- as the most eminent specialist OF the
- IN the earlier stages OF the then crown
s,oss raalady. ali the principal 1nedical euIiioi
-. IN Germany had agreed. after careful eNaIliI
.top that the heir apparent was suHerlns rum
,,osr If the throat. and insisted upon an ihileui
-, ooe-ation as tile only thing possibIe 10 sa'
- .sstsnt-s life But the prince. on learning tha
- ,..-c hin, ,-oiceless for the remainder OF
=. a., and being aware that Bismarck VINO
= - s;s liberal tendencies. would avail hirnseh
$3.50 - eliminate him from the succession 10
- ,t-oae on the strength OF certain clauses OF
=, 4.-nssisn constitution besitated about submit
-. tt-,self 70 the knife until he had consulted
sn-esn specialists 81,
r. nsa-.u Mackenzie Was summoned to Berlin
"a Getting his opinion against al his German col
1o,r,,ss insisted that the malady was hoi a can
.s- ana that The proposed operation. very can
r,-o.s me Al the best, would he needlesslE TER
-, SO lie ~ the prince. on The strength Of this
commencement by Dr. Mackenzie and despite the
--,,,s,s If all Of his German colleagues the on
s.st,ar vas abandoned and the Scotch Specialist
--ss flsced in medical charge Naturally Inc
-,slss~ wen, on from had worse. the prince Was
Subjected 10 cruel suferings through the apphca-
,ion ~ artificial means Of respiration. but lived
long enough 10 succeed TO the throne ana to de as
Emperor after short and sad reign Of less than
hundred days Il was cnly after FREDERICK mad
*7ccaeded 10 the throne that Mackenzie admitted
hist The disease was cancer Of which indeed the
Emperor died This virtually ruined Mackenzie
professionally And while many were Of the opin-
Jon that Frederick owed 20 him his crown. since
i would have either succumbe6 70 the operation
demanded by The German specialists TT have been
farred from the throne he had survived IT, there
sre others who o. the opinion that had the
knife been used in time Frederick might have
been alive to-day.
Il vas prior &c Emperor Fredericks accession !
that Mackenzie knighted AT his request. by
Queen Victoria kind Of reDaratiOn Tor the ter
rble abuse which he had been subjected through
out Germany After the Emperors death neither Z
tbs English the Prussisn royal family saw (
much Of Mackenzie. realizing that the. Emperor 4
might have beep spared much cruel suffering had
il beea for his advice and what ant@g onized
them particularly against him was ,!le ex-
trzo-dinsrv book which he III 10 publish the Z
subject Of the EnlDeror's raaladv and OF his Osu 4
connection herewith, book Distinguished by the /
most stsrsvagantjn taste and lack of deIicacy. and
violating EVERY ethic Of medical etiquette. Lady 4
Mackenzie vas in every way superior TO /
nor husband. and managed To retain for herself /
ths gsoe EiH which Sir Moreu had forfeited Her ]
Yeas q VdeoThood have rot been altogether .
hsnp,- For n her Sons has failed 70 rs7eet 4
"ifh The Success ~ an actor which his devotion I
. Toe erans HeTited While another son. Kenneth, /
Nno hsd tsken VI his fathers profession Of rnedi-
cine vas oank7lpteS. after confinement IN an in /
isntS