Correspondence relative to the introduction of homœopathy into the hospital.

Date:
[1868]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Correspondence relative to the introduction of homœopathy into the hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    This would serve no end that we can see, unless to furnish you with another opportunity of giving vent to an equally long diatribe on the subject of Homoeopathy. Besides, the general tone of your letter is such, that we should hold ourselves excused from complying with the request, were we otherwise disposed to do so. Offensive to ourselves personally, it is a reckless attack on the profession at large,—a body which, for reasons best known to yourself, you strive to blacken and discredit. Moreover, to answer your questions would be foreign to the ob¬ ject we have in view,—which is not to discuss Homoeopathy with you, but, simply, to acquaint the Managers of the Infirmary with the fact, that since your appointment as one of the Physicians of the Institution, you have introduced into it the practice of that system. We now leave the matter in the hands of the Committee of Man¬ agement, and any reply you may see fit to make to this letter, you will please address to the Committee. We remain, Dear Sir, Yours truly, (Signed) ALEX. HARVEY- „ J. W. F. SMITH. Dr. Archibald Keith, Physician, Eoyal Infirmary.
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