The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-28
DIR. ROBI. KUNITZER EXPELLED
THE COt MY MKDICtL SOCIETY
CASTS INV or.
Found Guilty sf Altering ssIealam Hos
pisai Records Geins 20 she~ mat Dr.
EwAid Had Performed Frsund Oper.
alton n Times-sote 3D3 10 -


EwAld Had Performed Frsund Oprr-
| alton II Times-Seie IB1 To ~.
The County Ned cal Society last night
by vote OF 30. to' decided to expei from
membership DIR, Robert kunitzer. a visit
ing physician and the chairman % the
medical board of Sydenham Hospital
Tn. meeting was one of the largest the
society has ever had. the members crowd
ing the assembly room Of the Academy Of
Medicine in West Forty third street. Old
members Of the society say that IL in the
first expulsion they recall in ten years or
longer. Officers Of the society added
that it was the first expulsion since the
founding OF the society in i1ss for other
reasons than those OF advertising.
DR. Kunltzsr was charged with com
plicity in the alteration OF the records Of
the Sydenham Hospital To make IT appear
that Or. Louis Anton Ewald. formerly
gynecologist Of the German Hospital.
had performed nj tn. Sydenham Hospital
twenty seven operations known IA
Fr.und's operation and with failing 10
furnish the investigating committee OF
the County Medical Society all the hospital
records bearing on the charges after he
had been asked Ia furnish them.
The charges against DIR kuntzer
are an out growth OF the publican ION by
the German Hospita about a year ago
of a book celebrating the fort i-th ami
versary 81 The inst tuition 10 which DIR.
Ewald cont ribu'-d a paper in which he
asserted thar he had performed the
Freund operation sixty nine times.
DIR. Ewald is said to he 70 years old.
The comparative mfr equency II the
operation. according TO physicians. |
prompted the County Medical Society
20 doubt DIR. Ewaid's word for it and he
wss asked 70 give further part icuIars
The officials Of IN. medical society were
not satisfied with hi- -Splanai ion and
las; June DIR. Ewald was suspended by /
IN. soc,ety'- com'tia mlnora for one
wear. He was reelected TO full member /
ship in good standing in December
Two months ago Egon Egghardt. a !
cousin Of DIR kuni'zer. was discharged
Syd.nham Hospital Following his dis |
charge Egshardt appeared before the
board of censors Of tn. County Medical |
Society and told its members that DIR |
X unitzer had been implicated IN the !
changing Of records Of the hospital 50 as
to show that twenty seven out OF the /
81 xty nine operations which DIR. Ewald |
mentioned had been performed in the !
Sydenham Hospital.
Tn. board OF censors held 'hre. meet
ngs. devotins altogether something like
thirty hours TO the discussion OF IN.
and finally reported favorah'y
upon them II tn. romitia minora. an
organization Of thirteen members Of the
society which has power Of suspension.
bu' not ot expulsion.
The comitia mnora then approved the
iindings u the board 81 censor~ apd passed
hem ON ~ the society. recommending
that Or. kunitI-r Ice expelled The mat
Ter was put ON the calendar for - general
Of the society last night and drew
more Of - crowd III medical men than
several interesting technical discussions
,ould have attracted
Tn. proceedings were DELAYED by the
incoming rush Of members When they
Tally got under way DR. II Seymour
u oughton. chairman Of IN. board OF
'ensor-. read the charges. 30 which DIR.
kunitZer replied al some length. The
accused physician entered general
i.nial To The charges and declared that
and other witnesses who had
Ie-n examined before the board were
,ctuat.d by malice. believing that Or
K unitzer had been responsible for their
discharge
In TN. matter Of IN. hospital records
DR. kun'Zar saId that h. had turned
,ver to the members Of the board every
hing but the admission book and the
louse stan reports. which ne did not
know that the board cared for and for
which they did not specifically ask
DR. kuniizsrs speech in defence got
small round Of applause and then the
began. the members voting
~ the raised hand. DIR kunirzer WAS
'iaibly affected by the decision. Samuel
!. Franksnstein. lawyer Of us Broadway.
~ho was associated with James W Os-
,orne a. counsel for DR.. kunitzer. said
nat he didn't know vet what was next
o ne done. a. IL appeared that the So
iery's vote was final and there was no
appeal. The society was represented
n q legal way by it's counsel. Almuth
: vandiver and John G Dyer
Egghardf. who was discharged. accord
ng TO DIR. Kunitzers counsel. because
4 irregularities in the matter Of attend
nee NJ his post. went abroad last July
md came back with what purported
o be q letter from the rector OF the Uni. +.
ersity Of Vienna. OF which DR. kunitzer !,
n the county medical directory had
ssert ed himself TO be a member, saying
hat although DR.. Kunitzer had been a :
{ udenf AZ the university for five years
~ had not received his degree Their.
he medical directory for 1910 changes :,
his item after DIR. kunitz-r's name TO
cad New York Eclectic College. 1890
The Freund operation is for the re-
loyal % cancer.
Several of the directors 81 the SyCi.nha :
Iospi'al either appeared before the board
c-nsors Of the society or wrote Letters q
, it expressing their confidence in DR.
unitzer. Among there were Joseph p.
ay. Judge Otto A. Ro~alsky. William j,
irasb,irger and William { SpIegeiburg