Report of Drs. Nelson and MacDonnell, and Zephirin Perrault, Esq., advocate, of the Quebec Marine and Emigrant Hospital / [Wolfred Nelson].

  • Nelson, Wolfred, 1846-1913.
Date:
1853
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Credit: Report of Drs. Nelson and MacDonnell, and Zephirin Perrault, Esq., advocate, of the Quebec Marine and Emigrant Hospital / [Wolfred Nelson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (No. 9.) SEcRETARY’s OFFICE, Toronto, July 4th, 1851. Sir,—With reference to the correspondence which has already taken place between the Government and the Visiting Physicians of the Marine and Emi- grant Hospital at Quebec, as also. with the Quebec Board of Trade, in relation to certain charges brought by those Bodies against the administration and man- agement of that Institution, I have the honor to state that a Report of a full in- vestigation made by the Commissioners has been received by His Excellency the Governor General. As your conduct in connection with the above mentioned charges is severely censured and condemned by the Commissioners, His Excellency before taking final action upon their Report, has commanded me to transmit to you a copy of these charges, in order to afford you an opportunity of giving such explanations as you may deem proper to offer to any parts thereof which appear to aflect your conduct. I am at the same time commanded to draw your special attention to that portion of the Report which states that ‘there cannot be any good understanding, ** mutual assistance, or harmony between Dr. Douglas and the Commissioners, “and that prompt measures on the part of His Excellency are necessary to do ** away with a state of things so much the more dangerous, as the season of navi- ** gation is commenced, and as the active co-operation of all the officers of the ** Institution will be promptly and unavoidably indispensable.” I have, &c., (Signed,) J. LESLIE, Secretary. Dr. Douglas, Quebec. (No. 10.) | Dr. James Douglas’ Letter complaining of the conduct of the Commissioners. Quesec, 17th July, 1851. Sir,—I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your communication of the 4th instant, inclosing copy of a Report of Commissioners of the Marine Hospital. The papers, through mistake, were transmitted to Grosse Isle, and only reached me yesterday. : , In conformity with His Excellency’s desire [that] should furnish him with any remarks or explanations on the Commissioners’ Report, I beg very respectfully to reply that I know nothing whatever of the affidavits transmitted to the Commissioners by Dr. W. Marsden. I have had no communication with Dr. Marsden on this matter, directly or indirectly. I have not seen the afhdavits, and | do not know the parties whe made them. With regard to the correspondence with the Board of Trade with which the Commissioners have been pleased to identify me, I beg to assure you that | am not the Secretary to that Body. I have not now or never had any correspondence or connexion with the Board either verbally or in writing. Ido not know the members. [ never conversed with any one of them on the affairs of the Hospital, knowing him to be a member of the Board, with the single exception of Mr. Dean, whom I know very slightly ; he called on me during the period when the affairs of the Hospital were the subject of newspaper discussion, to inquire about some transactions relative to the monies of the patients, and to the diet and
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