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.
Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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![the malicious charge of quackery, from Borne quarter or other. The friends of the two colleges call each other quacks and impostors; and every artful, and I had almost said, disgraceful means, are used to build up the one by the destruction and downfall of the other. Those who are attached to the Medical Society use their utmost to persecute and dis- grace such as do not feel disposed to comply with their wishes and come under their dominion and control; and several of their most respectable members have withdrawn from the society with disgust, and a determi- nation never again to show their faces within its walls. But, dear sir, I will trespass on your patience no longer with thip unpleasant subject. I address you with wounded feelings, and a hope that your mind will not be biassed by the prejudices of others. I have made two honourable attempts to connect myself to your society, and am now aware that the gigantic power of the society is collected to crush me at a blow. But I ask of them no pity. Let envy and jealousy rage around me, conscious of my own innocence, I feel myself elevated far beyond their reach. Let me close, by informing you that I was educated in Schenectady, Albany, and Philadelphia, and have practised medicine and surgery in this state since 1813, under as legal, and I trust honourable diploma, as the state of New-York has power to confer. You are at liberty to use this letter either publicly or privately, in or out of the society, as you may think proper, with my declaration as first stated, of no dishonourable intentions towards yourself or the society. Respectfully, yours, &c. JOHN G. VOUGHT. This letter and several others were not answered, although I have since been admitted a member of the New-York Medical Society. J. G. V. [C] FOR THE AMERICAN LANCET- Mr. Editor,—The following queries, addressed to those concerned, may possibly open the door to further light on the same subject. Quere 1st.—Was not the late Medico-Chirurgical Society got up by a few interested individuals, for the sole purpose of securing to them- selves offices in the City and County Medical Societies ? Quere 2d.—Was not the founder of the former Society, and did he not descend to the lowest species of intrigue, cau-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21161665_0053.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
