New-York tribune., 1910-12-31
DR.. EWALD HAS Court
STAY MEDICAL CENSORS
ForestaIIs Hearing on Changes in
Sydenham Hospital Records by
Getting an Injunction.
SETS UP PREJUDICE IN PLEA
Declares County Society Board
Purposed Not to Believe His
Denials, but to Favor
Throwing Him Out.

The board of censors of the New York
County Medical Society did not meet
last night according to schedule to hear
what DR.. Louis A. Ewald had to tell
them about the changes that occurred In
the records of the Sydenham Hospital
some time last spring
The reason was that the doctor, acting
through his attorney, got out a tempo
censors from meeting then or at any
other time for the purpose of preferring
charges against. hearing evidence on, or
in any way discussing him in connec-
ton with the affair.
The injunction was granted by Justice
Blur, and is returnable before Justice
Goff in Special Term, Part 1, of the Su-
preme Court, on January f.
In his application for the injunction
Dr. Ewald maintained that the purpose
and intention of the defendants was to
try him, pro forma, on the said charges,
to again listen to his denial of their
truth, not to believe it. to find him guilty
of them and then to unanimously recon-
mend his expulsion from membership in
the society.
Dr. Ewald first attracted attention
from his colleagues when the Obstetri-
cal Society found. it said. that he had
grossly exaggerated the number of times
which he had performed a delicate op-
Grafton in an article written to celebrate
the fortieth anniversary of the German
Hospital They sent a committee to in
vestigate the records of the Sydenham
Hospital, where twenty-seven of the
cases were reported to have occurred,
and though the committee reported that
il was obvious the records had been
tampered with enough discrepancies
were found. the committee stated. to
cause Ewald's expulsion from the So
ciety.
A committee from the County Medical
Society, examining the records later. re-
ported that it discovered that the rec
ords had been changed a second time in
the interim. So perfectly, said the COM
mittee had this been done, however. that
the society could not find evidence suffi-
cient for expulsion. The doctor was ac-
cordingIy suspended for a year.
When it became evident that the
change in the records could not be con-
cealed, the report stated. the blame was
put upon Superintendent Egghard. and
after going to Europe, shipped there
according to his own testimony, he was
virtually expelled
Epghard laid the whole matter before
the County Medical Society. declaring
that both DIR. Robert Kunitzer vice
president of the hospital and Dr. EwaId
knew OF the change. and stating that the
former had ordered h m to allow il.
on this evidence DR.. Kunitzer was ex-
PEELED. but no action could be taken
against DR.. Ewald because he was un-
der suspension. Accordingly. at meet
ing of the Comitia Minora of the society
on December Il. il was voted to rein
charges could be drawn up against him.
however. his resignation was received
by the secretary.
The doctor now holds that the associa-
ton has no. Jurisdiction over him be-
cause of his resignation. DIR. Houghton
asserted last night. however. that accord
ing TO the bylaws his resignation will
not take effect until il has been accepted
This is a question that will now be de-
cided by the courts.