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Credit: Letter to Prof. R.D. Mussey / by J.F. Potter. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[4] The present time I have deemed a proper one, as the National Medical Convention is soon to assemble here, where I expect to see several of my professional friends, who will be desirous of knowing the nature of your charges, and by what testimony they are sustained. There is yet another reason. I am unwilling that any respectable members of the Convention, or of the profession, strangers to me, should have their minds so abused as to suppose me capable of doing or saying what would tend to the discredit of that profession of which I am proud to be a member. I applied to the Medico-Chirurgical Society for a copy of all the proceedings in the case, with a view of printing them entire, of which fact you must have been informed. My request was not granted. I am, therefore, necessitated to confine myself to your charges, as furnished me by the Committee, a copy of which I fortunately preserved. Yours, respectfully, J. F. POTTER. Phof. R. D. Musset. In the preliminary observations accompanying my answers to your charges, I remarked that, In order to arrive at just conclusions respecting the difficulties existing between Dr. Mussey and myself, it will be necessary to understand what terms of professional intimacy existed at the time the events referred to in the charges occurred. It was with much pleasure that I learned of the arrival of Dr. M. in Paris, in the spring of 1846. Dr. M. had been one of my medical teachers, and for him I cherished a sincere respect. I did all in my power to render his visit both agree- able>nd profitable. During our friendly intercourse there, Dr. M. took occasion to speak favorably of Cincinnati as a location for me. Soon after my return home, I received a letter from Dr. M., dated Nov. 18, 1840, in which he said: « I still believe, as](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21148144_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
