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tion, the second being introduced merely as as-far as regards Sir C. Scudamore preliminary to the third, still it alone excited self, is most grossly false.,
andmy.
interest amongst the speakers, and as the That several members of the medical pro. intended purpose was answered, that of ex- fession, both physicians and surgeons, do
I did not interfere to i occasionally honour me with their recommendation I am proud to acknowledge, and of it. of plagiarism which has I hope in all such cases without disappointI)een made in such harsh and uncivil terms, ment to the public, as to the faithful prepaIt so happens that I am the very last person ration of their prescriptions; but I do most in the community that could have ventured unequivocally assert, that such recommen. to appropriate the opinions of Lallemand or dation can in no instance have been proMartinet, relative to the point of diagnosis duced by such unworthy motives as are but in question. I some years ago published an too plainly insinuated to exist by the writer (dition of Martinet’s Manual, which con- of the article to which I allude. It would tains a summary of his Essay on Arachnitis; be paying but a bad compliment to the phyand in some of the notes I have given the sician in question, were I to imagine that his diagnosis which Lallemand draws between conduct required any vindication beyond the arachnitis’and cerebritis ; this book has gone simple declaration I have just made. servant, through three editions, and it is read by ’ I remain, Sir, your obedient A. GARDEN, most of the junior members of the profession, Feb. 17, 1831. and by not a few even of the seniors. (See Manual of Pathology, p. 138.) Though this diagnosis has been given by Lallemand, it has not received a general, much less a universal, assent ; it does not accord with MEDICAL SCHOOL, ALDERSGATE the experience of Abercrombie ; it is still STREET. and therefore may form a legiti- i mate subject for discussion in a medical ANNIVERSARY DINNER. society, where members have an opportunity THE Anniversary dinner of this Instituof stating the result of their observation, and was held on Friday, the 18th ult., at supporting that side of the question with tion the London Coffee House, and was attended which it accords. .I believe it will not be deemed going too by a very numerous assemblage of gentle. far to say that if "fraud and false pretences" men, Mr. JONES QUAIN in the chair. The cloth being removed, and the usual liave crept into this matter, they did not toasts drank, originate with me, nor do they rest with me. loyal CHAIRMAN proposed, "The Alders. The them back to from source the I consign which they have flowed, and with them the gate Street Medical School." Gentlemen, so appropriately chosen. Each this day reminds us of the past and points in us will then his future, and judging from the present, stand proper position as Ito the the of future will be prosperous. It is say each resumes his own,—" Suum cuique." in like this that we recognise, at meetings obedient servant, II am, Sir, your very a glance, the peculiarities of our system,JONES QUAIN. not chilled down to the cold formality of 14, Compton Street, East, official duty, but carrying with it all the zeal February 27, 1831. and the warmth of personal friendship. It P.S.-I think it right to add that I had is a fact deserving of particular notice, that nothingto do with the publication of the in this country the means and the manage. report of the debate in the Westminster ment of medical education have at all times Society, nor did’ I in any way sanction or been left like our trade and our commerce, of individuals, to our own to the authorise it.
citing discussion, change the current As to the charge
disputed,
inscription
.
exertions
private resources. Elsewhere,
more
parti.
cularly on the Continent, the means are pro. vided
by the state, and are disposed of according to some fixed and methodical rou.
MR. GARDEN.
Here we study the wants of the com. and seek to supply them, no stimulus to exertion being necessary save that which fair competition can give,-no tesources being required beyond those which men of energy and industry can readily com. mand. (Cheers.) Our neighbours on the Continent may appeal to the anuals of’literature, and point to the many splendid con. tributions they hav6 inscribed on theirpagesj
tine.
munity
To the Editor Of TIIE LANCET.
SIR,—Having read in your Number of the 12th inst., an article impugning the honour of hir C. Scudamore in connexion with my name, I feel it due to that gentleman and to myself most distinctly to declare that the statement therein contained,
tion, the second being introduced merely as as-far as regards Sir C. Scudamore preliminary to the third, still it alone excited self, is most grossly false.,
andmy.
interest amongst the speakers, and as the That several members of the medical pro. intended purpose was answered, that of ex- fession, both physicians and surgeons, do
I did not interfere to i occasionally honour me with their recommendation I am proud to acknowledge, and of it. of plagiarism which has I hope in all such cases without disappointI)een made in such harsh and uncivil terms, ment to the public, as to the faithful prepaIt so happens that I am the very last person ration of their prescriptions; but I do most in the community that could have ventured unequivocally assert, that such recommen. to appropriate the opinions of Lallemand or dation can in no instance have been proMartinet, relative to the point of diagnosis duced by such unworthy motives as are but in question. I some years ago published an too plainly insinuated to exist by the writer (dition of Martinet’s Manual, which con- of the article to which I allude. It would tains a summary of his Essay on Arachnitis; be paying but a bad compliment to the phyand in some of the notes I have given the sician in question, were I to imagine that his diagnosis which Lallemand draws between conduct required any vindication beyond the arachnitis’and cerebritis ; this book has gone simple declaration I have just made. servant, through three editions, and it is read by ’ I remain, Sir, your obedient A. GARDEN, most of the junior members of the profession, Feb. 17, 1831. and by not a few even of the seniors. (See Manual of Pathology, p. 138.) Though this diagnosis has been given by Lallemand, it has not received a general, much less a universal, assent ; it does not accord with MEDICAL SCHOOL, ALDERSGATE the experience of Abercrombie ; it is still STREET. and therefore may form a legiti- i mate subject for discussion in a medical ANNIVERSARY DINNER. society, where members have an opportunity THE Anniversary dinner of this Instituof stating the result of their observation, and was held on Friday, the 18th ult., at supporting that side of the question with tion the London Coffee House, and was attended which it accords. .I believe it will not be deemed going too by a very numerous assemblage of gentle. far to say that if "fraud and false pretences" men, Mr. JONES QUAIN in the chair. The cloth being removed, and the usual liave crept into this matter, they did not toasts drank, originate with me, nor do they rest with me. loyal CHAIRMAN proposed, "The Alders. The them back to from source the I consign which they have flowed, and with them the gate Street Medical School." Gentlemen, so appropriately chosen. Each this day reminds us of the past and points in us will then his future, and judging from the present, stand proper position as Ito the the of future will be prosperous. It is say each resumes his own,—" Suum cuique." in like this that we recognise, at meetings obedient servant, II am, Sir, your very a glance, the peculiarities of our system,JONES QUAIN. not chilled down to the cold formality of 14, Compton Street, East, official duty, but carrying with it all the zeal February 27, 1831. and the warmth of personal friendship. It P.S.-I think it right to add that I had is a fact deserving of particular notice, that nothingto do with the publication of the in this country the means and the manage. report of the debate in the Westminster ment of medical education have at all times Society, nor did’ I in any way sanction or been left like our trade and our commerce, of individuals, to our own to the authorise it.
citing discussion, change the current As to the charge
disputed,
inscription
.
exertions
private resources. Elsewhere,
more
parti.
cularly on the Continent, the means are pro. vided
by the state, and are disposed of according to some fixed and methodical rou.
MR. GARDEN.
Here we study the wants of the com. and seek to supply them, no stimulus to exertion being necessary save that which fair competition can give,-no tesources being required beyond those which men of energy and industry can readily com. mand. (Cheers.) Our neighbours on the Continent may appeal to the anuals of’literature, and point to the many splendid con. tributions they hav6 inscribed on theirpagesj
tine.
munity
To the Editor Of TIIE LANCET.
SIR,—Having read in your Number of the 12th inst., an article impugning the honour of hir C. Scudamore in connexion with my name, I feel it due to that gentleman and to myself most distinctly to declare that the statement therein contained,