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Credit: Letter to Prof. R.D. Mussey / by J.F. Potter. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[ io •] that Dr. M., with another physician, had waited upon them about three weeks before. Mr. W. stated that he knew nothing personally, but requested his wife to state exactly what she had previously stated to Dr. M. Her statement was to this effect: that I had spent the entire night in attendance upon her, and when 1 was about leaving in the morning, she asked if there could be nothing given to relieve her. My answer was, that I would talk with Dr. M., and see what could be done. We met there, and a medicine was given which afforded relief. After she was better, she asked why that medicine was not given before. My answer was, I should have given it had she been my patient, she understanding that I did not wish to take the responsibility of giving it to his patient in his absence. On being asked if I referred to any particular medicine to which Dr. M. had an aversion, she re- plied that no such reference was made, and that she did not know what the medicine was. On being asked if she received any impression that I was unfriendly to Dr. M., or that I was acting against his interest, she replied that neither herself or friends received any such impression; on the contrary, she believed 1 was very friendly to Dr. M. She further stated that she voluntarily remarked to Dr. M., that she was sure what I had said was not intended to injure him; to which he replied, that is not your business, I want his words. On be- ing questioned if she had mentioned my remarks to any one, she readily answered that she had not spoken of it, or even thought of it, until told recently by her mother that Dr. M. would wait on her in reference to it. It may not be out of place to remark here, that notwithstanding Mr. W. said he knew nothing of the affair personally, he stated that the con- versation was not made known to Dr. M. by Mrsi W\, but had its origin, as he understood, in a recent conversation be- tween his mother-in-law and Dr. M., when the latter com- plained of ill treatment received from Dr. Potter. [Note from Dr. S.\ Being the medical friend referred to in the above state-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21148144_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
