A full reply to a letter : under the name of Joseph Benwell of Eton - concerning a late operation / by George Aylett, Surgeon, at Windsor.

  • Aylett, George, -1792.
Date:
1760
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Credit: A full reply to a letter : under the name of Joseph Benwell of Eton - concerning a late operation / by George Aylett, Surgeon, at Windsor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ ?? ] n. ter dinner on friday, fome gentlemen came SnJ ^ and faid, you look’d on yourlelf as difcharg’d from any farther attendance on Mr. Benwell ; (i on which I went up to him, and told him what I thought was right in refpect to you; when he 4C declared he never had the leaft thought of dif- ?6 miffing you, the wffiich was defired by me,that u you ffiould be made acquainted with.—What- ever tittle tattle, ufual in country towns on •c thefe occafions, and propagated by oppofite *6 parties, affure yourfelf they have no foundation ec from me, nor has any thing faid to your pre- judice ever met with encouragement from me.— If any mifreprefentations have been made to <c your prejudice, I ffiall always take the greateft pleafure in contradicting them, whenever you call on me fo to dq^55 Another Extract from a Letter a Month after. 65 I am much concerned to hear that any of my people fhould propagate any thing to your pre- judice, 1 hope you are mi (informed ; you may be affured fuch behaviour is not countenanced by me, or ever will. The impertinence and “ felf conceit of young men in the profeffion, is what you cannot be a ftranger to, and criti- dims from them, is what the fir ft operators in ** town are liable to every day ; in cafe it ffiould ever reach their ears, they are always defpifed “ by men of eminence in the profeffion ; never- thelefs, if you defire it, I will enquire into the affair, and will certainly reprimand any of my young gentlemen, if they ffiould be found to blame?5 I ffiall make no reflexions either on the above affidavit, or extracts, as they are obvious to every reader ; who can have no room to doubt of my having i-•- • Q.