Report of the trial on an indictment for libel in "The American lancet" : containing the whole evidence, speeches of counsel, recorder's charge, &c. : accusers in behalf of the state, J.B. Beck, E.G. Ludlow, and divers others against J.G. Vought, Wm. Anderson & Samuel Osborn.
- John G. Vought
- Date:
- [1831]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the trial on an indictment for libel in "The American lancet" : containing the whole evidence, speeches of counsel, recorder's charge, &c. : accusers in behalf of the state, J.B. Beck, E.G. Ludlow, and divers others against J.G. Vought, Wm. Anderson & Samuel Osborn. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![January 1828, I sent for the then President of the Medical Society, to consult with me, on the case of a patient which I had attended, for five or six days. He came to see the patient, but instead of consulting with me, refused to see me, and pre- scribed for the patient himself. Considering this so gross a breach of medical ethics, I asked of him, by letter, the reasons for his conduct, whose answer only added insult to injury. I then again threw my documents before the Medical Society, to claim membership and redress, which were again refused. My documents were concealed as often as I presented them, and when I personally appeared, to claim my right as a citizen, I was ordered out of the society, and de- prived the liberty of making my own defence. It was then necessary to give the public a statement of my situation, which I did, in a paper called Exposure of Facts, and which mentions the names of some of my complainants. I must beg the favour to read a portion of this document, page 1. Then In a letter to Dr. Cock, President of the Medical Soci- ety, after stating tu him the reasons why I was rejected, I pro- ceeded as follows, page 3. (For the foregoing, see Appendix [A] in this pamphlet.) The District Attorney objected to this proceeding, ««>H tne court overruled this reading. Dr. Vought continued with an extempore address to the jury. He then turned to that portion of the Lancet which is com- plained of, as so great a grievance to the gentlemen who were supposed to belong to a certain secret medical association in this city, which is a communication in No. VIII. pages 193 and 194. The whole of the article is not in the bill, which alters the face of it. I would be glad to learn who are the divers others. The District Attorney said it was an unmeaning expression. Dr. Vought said, there was no unmeaning expression in the Lancet, and he hoped there would be none in the bill that had arraigned him before this court.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21161665_0027.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
