The medical annals of Maryland, 1799-1899 : prepared for the centennial of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty / by Eugene Fauntleroy Cordell, M.D.
- Eugene Fauntleroy Cordell
- Date:
- 1903
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The medical annals of Maryland, 1799-1899 : prepared for the centennial of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty / by Eugene Fauntleroy Cordell, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.
860/968 page 792
![The autopsy by Dr. Jennings showed a considerable quan- tity of water in the abdomen; the ovary formed a great, solid tumor, above which and attached to it was seen a great num- ber of hydatids, the opening of one of which had caused the discharge of the fluid. “It will follow then,” says Jameson, “as there was a considerable quantity of water in the abdomen, that there was a space between the peritoneum and the tumor filled with water, and hence it was that as soon as the cavity was opened a great deal of water escaped.” Ac- cording to the pamphlet (disproved on the trial) this woman was “happily seated” at the table with her children but a few minutes before, and her children “followed the operator as he fledsirom*the- house? shouting) = 2 = fe ee datecc asterisks were taken by the jury to mean “murder.” Other interesting operations were commented upon with the same severity, and, as shown by the testimony, with the same disregard of facts. Jameson took no notice of the pamphlet of Turnbull, but early in 1828 it was republished by Dr. Hintze with a short appendix, 500 copies being circu- lated. Urged by his friends no longer to ignore so “foul a calumny,” the suit was instituted. The result of this trial was a complete vindication of Jame- son. It was shown in the clearest manner that the pamphlet was full of misrepresentations and that Turnbull knew nothing personally of the operations which he criticised so severely, basing all his charges on hearsay. As Jameson said, and as was shown conclusively, “these most cruel attempts to involve [him] in ruin emanated entirely from professional sources.” He was fully justified in regarding Turnbull as but the mouth- piece of others who had joined in the effort to injure and de- stroy his professional reputation. The whole thing originated](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31349146_0860.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
