The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-11
SURGEON MOORE
IS ORDERED TO
EASTERN POST
Marine Hospital Doctor Who
Slapped Dying Patient No
Longer Useful Here
Gassaway Will Probably Be Re-
fired From the Service or
Transferred

Although il was held that the slap
ping of q dying patient at the United
States marine hospital was a form of
proper medical treatment. the inventor
Of the system. Dr.. Dunlop Moore, has
been transferred from the local branch
Of the service. as a result OF the e&-
posure by The Call of his treatment OF
Mateo Brezzinio, a seaman who died
IT the institution.
That Surgeon in Charge James NJ
CasSswav will also be disciplined by
transfer or early retirement from the
service is predicted as result OF the
bringing Of facts 10 the attention OF
the heads Of the treasury department
in Washington by United States Sena-
tor George C. Perkins.
ORDER KEPT QUIET
The order for the transfer of Doc
tor Moore was signed by Surgeon Cen
eral Walter Wyman and was made inn
naediately following the trial of the
physician before the United States
commissioner on a charge of battery.
II directed Doctor Moore to proceed TO
Baltimore. which maneuVer was exc
cuted without any undue publicity, the
facts having come TO light for the hrst
time yesterday.
Further indication Of q general
was contained in another order re-
ceived about the same time, directing
DR. Samuel HOtchkiss to report Tor
duty on the revenue cutter Bear,
which win leave shortly for cruise
in Alaskan waters. Doctor Hotch-
kiss, however. had no connection what
ever with the assault on BreZzinio nor
was he implicated in any way in the
charges filed against Moore and CASA
way.
The receipt of the Moore ana Hotch-
kiss orders was quickly followed by
the information that the charges
against Doctor Gassaway had not
been disproved nor withdrawn On the
other hand the charges in addition to
being placed before Surgeon General
Wyman had been brought to the at
tention of the secretary of the treas
ury the marine hospital service being
a branch of his department.
PERKINS GETS BUSY
andrew Furuseth. president OF the
International seamen's union, who is in
Washiu gIou. has secured the support
of Senator Perkins as wen as other
influential members Of both houses,
and through them is pressing the
grave charges of misconduct and neg
lect which were made in the form of
afidaHits by former seamen patients
out TO the authorities that seamen
look upon the hospital under Doctor
Gassaway's regime with dread.
In spite Of the report of Dr.. Paul
NJ Darlington. who made a cursory
investigs Of the charges several
weeks ago. il is believed that the ex-
pOsure viii result in Gassaway's trans
fer or retirement for "the good of the
service"
Edward Ellison. secretary of the
sailors union Of the Pacific, who fig
ured prominently in bringing to light
the methods employed at the institu-
ton. yesterday expressed satisfaction
al the shakeup.
WILL NOT BE MISSED
4 10 rot think any one who has
become acquainted with the facts will
doubt that the absence of Doctor
Moore viii rebound to the benefit of
the patients and the credit of the hos
pitsl." he said yesterday. Although
some medical experts might have con-
strued his treatment of "slaps" as con-
ducive TO the recovery of a dying man,
70 the ordinary mortal 1t was nothing
but plain brutality and bad temper.
Il do not care to say anything re-
garding Doctor Gassaway at this time
His case is before the Washington au-
thorities and remarks I might make
might be construed as improper"