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Harper Gamble, Great Duke Street,
Port. GOOD FEELING OF HIS MAJESTY TOWARDS land Place. NAVAL SURGEONS.—BAD FEELING OF CERTAIN COURTIERS AGAINST THEM. S. L. Hammick (retired), Cavendish Square. Dr. J. Clark, Great George St., Hanover Sq. Dr. F. C. Carter. (With others unknown at To the Editor of THE LANCET. present. SIR,-Your talents and exertions are so Influential and distinguished Physicians distinguished, and so beneficial to your in Country Towns. fellow-creatures and to science, .that I can. not but express my regret that any article Dr. George Magrath, Plymouth. so improper, and indeed so untrue, as the Dr. C. Thomas, ditto. of your correspondent A. C. R:’ letter Dr. Physicians totbe in the pages of such a wellDr. J. M.Garogher, do. New Infirmary. should appear ’ conducted and very influential Journal as Dr. Richard W. Coley, Cheltenham. THE LANCET. In consideration of the power Dr. Benjamin Lara, Portsea. you so unquestionably pessess, pray, my Dr. John Somers Down, Southampton. be inculcated upon Dr. Denmatk (phys. to the Fleet), Torquay. good Sir, let caution that you can Dr. E. Robertson, physician to the Noith- your aids (for it is impossible look to every line yourself), and do not ampton Infirmary. Dr. David Baird, ditto, Liverpool Infirmary. allow your sfaield to give cover to the spite and malice of any scnbbler that may chance Naval Surgeons employed officially in Dock to write with the gall of a bad heart. The Alarine Duke of Clarence, as Lord High Admiral, Yards, Yachts, and in the paid as much attention to the medical offi. Corps. cers of the fleet, as to any officer in the ser. Greenwich Hospital: vice. They were admitted to personal inDr. W. Beaty, physician. terviews whenever they had business of Dr. Wm. Gladston, 2nd ditto. sufficient importance that could warrant Richard Dobson, lst surgeon. such an intrusion. I could mention many, James Domville, 2nd ditto. both physicians, surgeons, and assistantWilliam Price, surgeon and dispenser. surgeons, for whom his Royal Highness Portsmouth Dock Yard : showed the greatest regard, and whose David Cowan, 1st surgeon. interests were promoted by him to the ut. John Crocket, assistant. most of his power; and I will venture to affirm that whether as a prince of the blood Yard: Plymouth Richard Jones, surgeon. royal, as lord high admiral of the seal, or as king of Great Britain, his Majesty has George Proctor, assistant. entertained, and ever will entertain, " every Deptford Yard: kind feeling" towards the medical officers Matthew Kent, surgeon. of his fleet. It -too often happens that a Woolwich Yard: kind master is imposed upon by his serRobert Dunn, Surgeon. and particularly when servants are vants, Chatham : new in their places, and have as yet to David Rowlands, surgeon. learn in a great measure their duties. I Sheerness Yard: shall not say from what cause the obnoxious William Warden, surgeon. order which your kind and meritorious exerPembroke Yard: tion,4. have got rescinded, originated, though Richard Tobin, surgeon. I have my suspicions; but of this I am cQnIlaslar Hospital: it never originated with the King. vinced, John Mortimer, surgeon. I would pledge my life upon this, and it is Dr. James Scott, 2ud ditto. proper the world should be made aware of Dr. H. Henderson, dispenser. the truth. It so happens, and I would add most unfortunately (for so I think), that Plymouth Hospital: Dr. Robert Armstrong, surgeon. Sir Henry Halford has got now the comYachts: plete management of the King’s health, and has become his Majesty’s privy counsellor George Roddam, Royal George. James Prior, Royal Charlotte. on all medical matters. I count Mr. ApoRoyal Marines: thecary Davis as only the shadow of the Dr. J. Richardson, surg., Chatham division baronet-to maintain his influence, and seJ. Rickman, Portsmouth division. cure his interests while absent. Now, this Sir Henry for a long time, and ever since Henry Parkin, Woolwich. he came into power, has acted upon a most D. D. Quarrier, Marine Artillery. Isaac Ryall, Plymouth division, it. Marines absorbing and contracted principle. The licentiates of the College were to be de-
J.Forbes,Chichester
Royal
.
.
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pressed
and excluded from all
places of
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emolument, and none but Fellows, lately published, I particularly recommendof these but few, and those only his ed (amongst its other manifold uses) as an the soles of horses’ feet, not own toadies, seem to have been considered as being the best stopping than can be worthy of enjoying the royal salaries, as indeed they do all the other salaries that used, but also in order to prevent the walls Sir Henry ap- of the hoofs from becoming brittle, and for can be heaped upon them. pears to have a decided antipathy to Scotch- rendering them tougher than any other submen, and in every way has tried to oust stance in use. At the same time I beg perthem from both private and public confi- mission to communicate to your readers who dence ; and though some I could name are may not happen to have seen the treatise not yet able " to stand straight in the pre- alluded to, the modes of using it about sence of the great man," and keep, week horses’ feet in the natural and pure state, after week, administering to his insatiable together with a composition prepared with vanity, he has shown the delight he takes it for a superior stopping. in kicking them at his pleasure. Sir GilThe best mode of using the rock oil is to bert Blane was degraded from his station apply it simply, and direct it to the soles as on the list of royal physicians. Dr. Bur- stopping, either through the medium of elastic pads, or tow, during the nett, and most of the naval physicians and surgeons, are Scotchmen, consequently un- time the horse is in the stabe, and to rub worthy of any rank in the profession, and on the hoofs every night with a sponge or not on any account to be suffered longer to small brush in the pure state, or in combiwith fresh mutton suet in the sumapproach the King; and the more so, as that king in the former years of his exist- mer, and palm oil in the winter, in the proence had rather shown a partiality for portions of equal par!s or one-third. The composition to which I particularly Scotchmen, in whom he had found both talent and honour equal in degree at least direct attention is prepared as follows :to that of any other nation whatever. Query, Soft soap, 4 ounces, add by a little at a time had the Admiralty order any reference to until well mixed ; certain paragraphs that appeared some time Rock oil, 1 pound, then stir into it ago in the Sun paper ? Was it not pro- Linseed meal, 2 pounds, two and a lialr, or cured as much to disgust " the sons of the a sufficient quantity to make it of such a mountain," as to degrade the medical officonsistence as that when plastered into cers of the navy? the feet, it will retain itself there. Indeed, none but a starving Scotchman or Irishman would ever This possesses one useful property over enter that branch of the service ; and I was the or tow, that of remaining in the in hopes that when a " Sailor Kingcame foot pads without any other assistance than its to the throne, the degraded state in which own ’adhesiveness ; thus it can always be an assistant-surgeon is placed on board a left in, and also advantageously, as during man-of-war would have been remedied ; exercise, and on many occasions will be reand so it would, if men of any spirit and tained a journey of several hours’ during nerve were placed at the head of the departduration; on returning to the stable it can, ment. The King is one of the most rea- soon be renewed; and when it is nesonable men living, and will listen to any to clean the feet, this composition cessary suggestions for the benefit of his iavourite is easily removed by washing, from the soap service ; and unless the royal ear has been which it contains, and consequently it does poisoned by very gross misrepresentations, not soil the brushes, or any way annoy no order will ever be issued that can interthe groom. In the winter, and very wet fere with the interests of his Majesty’s weather, I prefer substituting palm oil for naval officers. the soft soap, or to use them in equal proI am, Sir, yours, portions. A. B. C. Understanding the rock oil of Barbadoes March 29. can now be obtained throughout the country, gentlemen and travellers who attend to this important particular, will be enabled to procure this useful sort of stopping easily STOPPING FOR THE FEET OF HORSES. in a few minutes from a druggist at a very trifling charge, without the trouble and inconvenience of carrying it with them. I To the Editor of THE LANCET. honour and
or
even
application to only
a
Cherry’s it a nation
in
_
.
London,
remain, Sir, au opposer of secret nostrums, SIR,-I beg to direct the attention of and yours, &c., wuch obliged, who are as inall, your readers, surgeons, B. HART. terested in horses, to a valuable exotic substance termed rock oil, or green mineral "
which is indigenous to the island of Barbadoes, and which, in a smalt treatise
naphtha,"
Harper Gamble, Great Duke Street,
Port. GOOD FEELING OF HIS MAJESTY TOWARDS land Place. NAVAL SURGEONS.—BAD FEELING OF CERTAIN COURTIERS AGAINST THEM. S. L. Hammick (retired), Cavendish Square. Dr. J. Clark, Great George St., Hanover Sq. Dr. F. C. Carter. (With others unknown at To the Editor of THE LANCET. present. SIR,-Your talents and exertions are so Influential and distinguished Physicians distinguished, and so beneficial to your in Country Towns. fellow-creatures and to science, .that I can. not but express my regret that any article Dr. George Magrath, Plymouth. so improper, and indeed so untrue, as the Dr. C. Thomas, ditto. of your correspondent A. C. R:’ letter Dr. Physicians totbe in the pages of such a wellDr. J. M.Garogher, do. New Infirmary. should appear ’ conducted and very influential Journal as Dr. Richard W. Coley, Cheltenham. THE LANCET. In consideration of the power Dr. Benjamin Lara, Portsea. you so unquestionably pessess, pray, my Dr. John Somers Down, Southampton. be inculcated upon Dr. Denmatk (phys. to the Fleet), Torquay. good Sir, let caution that you can Dr. E. Robertson, physician to the Noith- your aids (for it is impossible look to every line yourself), and do not ampton Infirmary. Dr. David Baird, ditto, Liverpool Infirmary. allow your sfaield to give cover to the spite and malice of any scnbbler that may chance Naval Surgeons employed officially in Dock to write with the gall of a bad heart. The Alarine Duke of Clarence, as Lord High Admiral, Yards, Yachts, and in the paid as much attention to the medical offi. Corps. cers of the fleet, as to any officer in the ser. Greenwich Hospital: vice. They were admitted to personal inDr. W. Beaty, physician. terviews whenever they had business of Dr. Wm. Gladston, 2nd ditto. sufficient importance that could warrant Richard Dobson, lst surgeon. such an intrusion. I could mention many, James Domville, 2nd ditto. both physicians, surgeons, and assistantWilliam Price, surgeon and dispenser. surgeons, for whom his Royal Highness Portsmouth Dock Yard : showed the greatest regard, and whose David Cowan, 1st surgeon. interests were promoted by him to the ut. John Crocket, assistant. most of his power; and I will venture to affirm that whether as a prince of the blood Yard: Plymouth Richard Jones, surgeon. royal, as lord high admiral of the seal, or as king of Great Britain, his Majesty has George Proctor, assistant. entertained, and ever will entertain, " every Deptford Yard: kind feeling" towards the medical officers Matthew Kent, surgeon. of his fleet. It -too often happens that a Woolwich Yard: kind master is imposed upon by his serRobert Dunn, Surgeon. and particularly when servants are vants, Chatham : new in their places, and have as yet to David Rowlands, surgeon. learn in a great measure their duties. I Sheerness Yard: shall not say from what cause the obnoxious William Warden, surgeon. order which your kind and meritorious exerPembroke Yard: tion,4. have got rescinded, originated, though Richard Tobin, surgeon. I have my suspicions; but of this I am cQnIlaslar Hospital: it never originated with the King. vinced, John Mortimer, surgeon. I would pledge my life upon this, and it is Dr. James Scott, 2ud ditto. proper the world should be made aware of Dr. H. Henderson, dispenser. the truth. It so happens, and I would add most unfortunately (for so I think), that Plymouth Hospital: Dr. Robert Armstrong, surgeon. Sir Henry Halford has got now the comYachts: plete management of the King’s health, and has become his Majesty’s privy counsellor George Roddam, Royal George. James Prior, Royal Charlotte. on all medical matters. I count Mr. ApoRoyal Marines: thecary Davis as only the shadow of the Dr. J. Richardson, surg., Chatham division baronet-to maintain his influence, and seJ. Rickman, Portsmouth division. cure his interests while absent. Now, this Sir Henry for a long time, and ever since Henry Parkin, Woolwich. he came into power, has acted upon a most D. D. Quarrier, Marine Artillery. Isaac Ryall, Plymouth division, it. Marines absorbing and contracted principle. The licentiates of the College were to be de-
J.Forbes,Chichester
Royal
.
.
-
pressed
and excluded from all
places of
63
emolument, and none but Fellows, lately published, I particularly recommendof these but few, and those only his ed (amongst its other manifold uses) as an the soles of horses’ feet, not own toadies, seem to have been considered as being the best stopping than can be worthy of enjoying the royal salaries, as indeed they do all the other salaries that used, but also in order to prevent the walls Sir Henry ap- of the hoofs from becoming brittle, and for can be heaped upon them. pears to have a decided antipathy to Scotch- rendering them tougher than any other submen, and in every way has tried to oust stance in use. At the same time I beg perthem from both private and public confi- mission to communicate to your readers who dence ; and though some I could name are may not happen to have seen the treatise not yet able " to stand straight in the pre- alluded to, the modes of using it about sence of the great man," and keep, week horses’ feet in the natural and pure state, after week, administering to his insatiable together with a composition prepared with vanity, he has shown the delight he takes it for a superior stopping. in kicking them at his pleasure. Sir GilThe best mode of using the rock oil is to bert Blane was degraded from his station apply it simply, and direct it to the soles as on the list of royal physicians. Dr. Bur- stopping, either through the medium of elastic pads, or tow, during the nett, and most of the naval physicians and surgeons, are Scotchmen, consequently un- time the horse is in the stabe, and to rub worthy of any rank in the profession, and on the hoofs every night with a sponge or not on any account to be suffered longer to small brush in the pure state, or in combiwith fresh mutton suet in the sumapproach the King; and the more so, as that king in the former years of his exist- mer, and palm oil in the winter, in the proence had rather shown a partiality for portions of equal par!s or one-third. The composition to which I particularly Scotchmen, in whom he had found both talent and honour equal in degree at least direct attention is prepared as follows :to that of any other nation whatever. Query, Soft soap, 4 ounces, add by a little at a time had the Admiralty order any reference to until well mixed ; certain paragraphs that appeared some time Rock oil, 1 pound, then stir into it ago in the Sun paper ? Was it not pro- Linseed meal, 2 pounds, two and a lialr, or cured as much to disgust " the sons of the a sufficient quantity to make it of such a mountain," as to degrade the medical officonsistence as that when plastered into cers of the navy? the feet, it will retain itself there. Indeed, none but a starving Scotchman or Irishman would ever This possesses one useful property over enter that branch of the service ; and I was the or tow, that of remaining in the in hopes that when a " Sailor Kingcame foot pads without any other assistance than its to the throne, the degraded state in which own ’adhesiveness ; thus it can always be an assistant-surgeon is placed on board a left in, and also advantageously, as during man-of-war would have been remedied ; exercise, and on many occasions will be reand so it would, if men of any spirit and tained a journey of several hours’ during nerve were placed at the head of the departduration; on returning to the stable it can, ment. The King is one of the most rea- soon be renewed; and when it is nesonable men living, and will listen to any to clean the feet, this composition cessary suggestions for the benefit of his iavourite is easily removed by washing, from the soap service ; and unless the royal ear has been which it contains, and consequently it does poisoned by very gross misrepresentations, not soil the brushes, or any way annoy no order will ever be issued that can interthe groom. In the winter, and very wet fere with the interests of his Majesty’s weather, I prefer substituting palm oil for naval officers. the soft soap, or to use them in equal proI am, Sir, yours, portions. A. B. C. Understanding the rock oil of Barbadoes March 29. can now be obtained throughout the country, gentlemen and travellers who attend to this important particular, will be enabled to procure this useful sort of stopping easily STOPPING FOR THE FEET OF HORSES. in a few minutes from a druggist at a very trifling charge, without the trouble and inconvenience of carrying it with them. I To the Editor of THE LANCET. honour and
or
even
application to only
a
Cherry’s it a nation
in
_
.
London,
remain, Sir, au opposer of secret nostrums, SIR,-I beg to direct the attention of and yours, &c., wuch obliged, who are as inall, your readers, surgeons, B. HART. terested in horses, to a valuable exotic substance termed rock oil, or green mineral "
which is indigenous to the island of Barbadoes, and which, in a smalt treatise
naphtha,"