A supplement to the first part of Medical commentaries / by Dr. Hunter.

  • William Hunter
Date:
1764
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Credit: A supplement to the first part of Medical commentaries / by Dr. Hunter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    When I obferved what ufe Mr. Pott had made of Lagaranne, in his defence, the mifreprefentation diverted me exceedingly. I was very de- firous that the public might know the fecret; and therefore I wrote a letter to Mr. Moffatt, putting him in mind of what he had told me, and complaining of the ill ufe which Mr. Pott had made of his informa¬ tion. I told him, that he could not be angry with me for telling the truth; nor could he, with honour, refufe to be an evidence in fupport of it. Then I put fome queftions to him upon the fubjeCtj and he was pleafed to fend me the following anfwer. €< Sir, “ If I am called upon, however difagreeable it may be. Truth €C obliges me to declare, that I fhewed to Mr. Pott the paffage in La- <c garanne .relative to the proceffes of the Peritonaeum, in which the Con- “ genial Hernice are formed. He did not, at that time, feem to be ac~ “ quainted with the book. I lent it to him, and in a few days he “ returned it, and told me, that he had long had that book; and in- €i timated, that he had taken notice of the fame paffage, before I fpoke <c to him j and rather wondered that he had not recollected it. Phis “ was after the publication of his traffi ; and, I believe, about the time when that number of the Critical Review was publifhed, which gave c* an account of his traCt. I am, &c. “ Queen-ftreet, Nov. 14, 1763. J. Moffatt.” This evidence puts the fiction of Lagaranne, and of the inquifitive gentleman, in fo clear a light, that it requires no comment. What Mr. Pott could fay for himfelf, in this very aukward fituation, we fhall pro¬ bably never know; for he has declared that he will write no more upon the fubjeCt: and the world may think the declaration was made at a very* proper time; viz. When his fubjeCt was growing intractable and delpe- rate. But my intention being only to convince the candid reader, I will not dwell upon circumitances fo humiliating to an author, and to a man. SECT.
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