Dr Todd and the late member for Ashton : fatal effect of the stimulating treatment of disease (in a letter to the editor of the Medical Circular, February 29, 1860) : to which is added a short account of Dr Todd's professional career, and an epitome of his stimulating doctrine, with an answer to the fallacious charges brought against the author / A.B. Granville.
- Augustus Granville
- Date:
- 1860
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Credit: Dr Todd and the late member for Ashton : fatal effect of the stimulating treatment of disease (in a letter to the editor of the Medical Circular, February 29, 1860) : to which is added a short account of Dr Todd's professional career, and an epitome of his stimulating doctrine, with an answer to the fallacious charges brought against the author / A.B. Granville. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![plu-ases, Mr Todd employs' iii his letter to the 'Ashton Eeporter,' who re-echoes the same in his editorial remarks ; and Mr La vies is not far behind in making the same charge. Would your readers believe, that while this accusation was penned, the last and the first of my accusers must have been in possession, or, at all events, must have known the existence of a strong written protest from myself, addressed to the last-named gentleman, in which I recapitulated all the fatal circumstances of the case—the exorbitant doses of brandy given—my lispeated condemnations of the treatment at every consultation—my refusal to sign the certificate of death, ending with a desire to know what cause had been assigned for it ? Was that lilce fear of attacking Dr Todd's practice in his Kfetime ? Well! what then ? That very letter, Avritten only a week after Mr Hindley's death, was forxoardcd hy Mr Lavies to Dr Todd, who, for reasons best known to himself, thought it more prudent to take no notice of it! 5 Great George street, W. February 27, 1860. Dear Sir,—Your notes, bearing date respectively the 22rd and 2oth instant, have been duly received. On perusing that of the 25th inst., it did not occur to me that any answer was necessary, inasmuch as on the day on which yon did me the favour to call, I fully assented to the correctness of all you stated with regard to your having written to me, and my reply. When we parted, I told you that I thought I had forwarded your letter and copy of my answer (a) to the late Dr Todd ; that I was afraid I had {(i) The answer to my j^rotest, here alluded to, simply stated that he was not aware I had refused to sign the certifi- cate of death, the cause of wliicli he had set down as cerebral affection. Perhaps, after the above full expose of the complete fallacy of the two charges brought against me by Mr Todd, the Ashton joimialist, and now, again, by Mr Lavics, it is scarcely worth while to notice the smaller']naccuracies which his letter to you of last Wednesday contains. De minimis non curat, &c. ytill, as however insignificant, individually, such inaccuracies may be considered, their aggregate number is evidently meant to tlirow discredit on niy ]n'intcd narrative, it will be as Avell to notice them, that the said narrative may continue in its full,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22300922_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
