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BeiMving'thiti <
(mipor that a liun
• number of gcMitl
It cannot b« t
Humit annually vol
f.)r theenooura}»pii
bankery. If int4i
Chyitioianx and Si
tb«t<UiL<y nhonUl I
»h|e to lot them Ria
ed with the i«lca i
* : oom« hoir i» incui
thtiir Maker, than
from thtH floetiug
1cm calculated fol
id et*!rnal.
There in one fi
the Governors, wl
that a number of
mon, were invitv
poor woman as n\
of common dooei
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TO THE
linTunira.—
On Moixiay moi
followiug letter :-
Ki», — A poor wfl
wan in fact NiKiiKh
oner, Hiiodht Ui iu
^unii'ii Ut rcniovo
Im alMixlotu'il liiH
tiro tlic briiUil tre
The liitttT Iwlni
»r«»d," " biiU ht-r" »
rfrtecUiiK, howc'v.
vranl <>t tlic r>-al
Mid U> iuKtituU' a
AttorUinKly, ' »'•'
C<irouvr, Mr. KImv
What thcii' two k
U> say.
With refiiruni-O
»nit thorc foiinti, i
woman lying d.-w
prrvioii* t<) dfulh,
•iMluuwin Uicnt Wl
ifiM, or u»v«l, **» <
puhii, oi •ihart'-b'
tended on ouu nkl
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i»rfK.c<<dinu; in mj
ttwi on the pruvi
liy Ur. Hoialio Y
ol' tJie namo aftoi
catiriKition of an
y.«iir<i lima b<*^n IM
recoiav^udod by t!
boon dtuoimf «h1 I
d«r ftlmoat any c
BtfB, Uowi'ver, i
THE KINGSTON HOSPITAL.
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Beiivviiig'thiti th« following letter (IiKcIoM>H faet^ with wbicli itit I ciUtvd, but tluit iih«<hiMlh<!CDauffurinK from an affection of the UterHf,or
propor that a humane and a Chri^an ptiblic should be ncquaintod, i womb. Conn«< t. d with this organ thoru waa found wliati* called a Fih-
» number of trcntlemai have obuJh.-d a copy of it for publication, f""- T""*"' '"^^'"1 "f '"^^^^ '»'''' '"""" '*'"'"'' »" ""«''» ^ *>**'' »"'*'"
don(! afUr ditMovtrinK tht! mJKtftkc, a portion of it wa« cut ard torn
It cannot b« thought that rnriiamrnt int^tmls th»l the liir^^n „fT, IndoinK which aHlice wa«tal(on from tliewoinl>,andtlie bbidderrup-
xumn annually vot*^<l to the various IloHpitiilH of the I'rovincM', iirc timd, thii» nuiKieiK the |xior i^jmnti'M nnddon dep.ivation of life. Tlieae,
for the encouragement of Medical djarlutiinry an<l Surgical Mount*- K«ntltm.n, are the }>'Ht\ful /«<* of the caae, which, nhould Dr. Yate*
bankery. If inU^IIigent, educated; eiperienoed, hWiHuI and hnne.t "^l* •»»'* *" «*^"y. ' *''"" °»'"*#"'. before you, to prove.
I'hydieiann and Surgeons cannot b* obtitined for tlw jjoor, if w Urttor The world-nnownc^H SiirgyS, Lii)t<)n. had an «nn»-n"»-'"»'"= •▼er»ioii
|,b«t,Uicy ahouW have none 0% ^C Far ui.»re chariublo would it t«> Ovariotomist^and wm .u:.*^lo.n.;.l to d.-notmco thorn as "Belly-rip-
, , • 1 I II ^ I I • . .1 • • wrti" iintixini: \o th» wurd •' belly-rippintf" an adjective l)eginning
Jje to lot them aink grwiually and alirily into their ■rrave«,unprf.>«- I"™' pn uxihk w in > ,••.,. n ,i,„ ,.^,a,.np«. of
W^ .. . , ^ . , .,,•' , . , , ^ , , . I with* B, andrtmxii»!?am>iini»l!»olM!i{inninK witha B.thecoarHeneMOf
^ with the idea that the p.trt.cul.* ill t.) which their fle.rih h.« b.;- j ^,^. ,^ ^,„,^,^y^ ,u, bcin.^ writtn. If that«reat Surgeon expre«aed hiia-
wme heir i» incurable, and thus give them time to prepjirt) to meet j ^^^^ | ^.j^,, „„.„ti.)ni(l, tow«i<d,< educated and experienced Surgeonn,
their Maker, than that they ahould be suddenly and violently torn who coinniitdd no ini.^tait.'H, tither in dioRiioHing or in openiting, what
from tluH floiaing world, whiUt hopng for life in ii, and thus bt; \ would have bc-u bin d.niinciHlion of the "belly-ripping'" of the KinRS-
\em calculattHl fi.r entering ink. ttet better World, In which life »«>" H.mpiUl, which, for iKUormaoc in diagnosis, and ignorance and reck-
IcKHnvM in the ope-ation, in, I liewitaUMiot to say, un»iirpa.s«e<l, if it over
:h eU'rnal. ^^ 1^ ,^.^ equalled, in the ann^s of Surnical Butchery 7 It bt^comes you
There in (mc fact not montinnod by Dr. Stewart, in hi«lc«* r to ^^^^,^ j^, couHider well the tragedy that has been enacted under your
the Ooveniors, which it in important should be known, and that is j aunpicoa *
that a number of pcr»mH, not connected with the Medical Prote?*- i
»ion, were invited to gratify their idle curiosity by gazing at tli
, In laing appointed Ooferwipi, you have placed younwlvea under a
, . - ., , certain monil and a I ertain legal reHi«m«ibility: the moral responsibility
poor woman W she watt being rippc<I up. Was there no individual „, ,,„i„|^ „„ii, tin, poor as you »ould the pwir should do hnto you ; and
of common dowmcy pnwent to Bugjj'Ht the expulsion of such per
NODS?
TO THE GOVKRXORS OF THE KISOHTOS
nosrifAL.
OniTuuira.—
the legal rc«|>on8ibility that if f ou do not so act you are amenable to the
laws of the country. Which of you, I woubl ask, would dtsire to see
your wife or your daughter, yoijr sister or ciher dear relative, treated as
this poor wonv. '• w tri«ted7
During mv late vinit to Euilnpe, 1 enjoyed the privilege not only of
■MTUWra.— . , J u I .1 n_. n«,. .K« meetinit and conversing with fNjn cmin.nt in this paiticular branch of
0« Mon-lay morning, U.e 7U.. 1 r^c^ved. through the Pot Oftlof, th. , m.M a.m ^^^^ ^^^^^ g^^u./ privilege of witnessing the operation of
^^r "iiould U. ulhTine,! ol the lualUr Tin HuU her o,.„. .1 tl,.- al>- t,., ,it.rature of the subject. No operation more requires all the best
^nuu U) nniovo an ovanan tiiru... . AfU-r digging at a portion ot it, ,j„^i,tj,.„ „, the Surgeon, and to skill must be atlded experience. As w
U abandoned his victim to her lut.-. She was h<-allhy, but . aimot sur- ^ .^^,^^^^. ^.,,^t knowledge can Dr. Vates ixwsibly have beyond that of
Vive the bruliil tieatm.nt she suftcre.l A h I Vltv.> . ; ^^^ ^,^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ tlu.u.sand I'.edical practitioners of the Province?
The lett<.r b,-lng anonymous, an.l couUiniug such won!* as " slaught- [ ii„ i,,- ever seen a case of ov«ian disease, or witnessed the operation
.r,«l " " b..U:h.T" and " bruial," mv t.n.t impulse was to tear it up. I'pon i ,,, ,,,„v,rHed with thoH- who have ? And, as to skill, his mistake of
reHeLung however, 1 dccid.d that .1 wu, my dot, t, ..v.rl.Mk both the „nagini-.g that the bl.ul.l.r was an ovarian cyst-as one must cone urto he
want of the nal name of the author and his objectionable language, ai,j bv his t.-aring at it until it was r.iplured-shows clearly that tii>.
.uul to in«tiluu- an enquiry into the truth or lalnity of his st^.tcmentr «naU.mic«l knowledge w.is altogether insuthcient for the exigency of
t tl gly I ,.b--« t"" ."■.'.vn...u» epistle in the hands of another „.„ .„ ,„«i.,n ; .my, indc , that he does not know as much of the anat-
1* Ler Mr'simw aswellasinto iIm.s, of another Uove.n.-r, .Mr l'r»ser. „rar of the parU on whi. h he was operating, as I was m the habit of
Wl^t the*, two gentlemen have d.>ue in the matter it will la- for thorn knocking into the very thicl..«t of th. crania of the first year's students
What tlaik two g ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ,r,„„l,li„K Medical Department of Queen's College. 'Iruly
*^^ . .. ,1 . 1 ,„ftv it Ik- said thiit where the wise and the brave conscientiously hcsi-
Tf rT.rt::aZ::fr:i:::^ r-w:; ::'S"a z::::::^::^^^^- .,^.^.. ai. co^^iy. unin«uenced by the
r:;:::";;,::::^: h::;.;;;;.:.::::!: .....ng ..eaUhy u..,..a.ly blghcr senuments. wm reckl.s.y rush lu.
previous to deaUi, ami u. being b,:f^eell 25 a..d 30 years of ag.,-. Cn her
luJum-n Uiere wm a eu^ exU.n<li»« irm «wo in ;hes abov. the / m6,/-
ie^ or navel. U. U.« Uou. at U.e low* ,«r. „( that region, called the
Pu'hi. or «hare-U.n«. From n.arly the mi.ldle of litis cut another ex-
tended ou one side to the pr,.,«i„en. c uf the ll,.,m, or haunch-imne. This
fcrtt. r cut I then pre.um->.l,*..d have ..n ■• le.vn-d, was miidealKr d..«th.
frocc.<ding in my enquiry, 1 as.erU.n.^ that the womj»n h.i.1 been oper-
^.1 on the previ,.us Saturday. Utw ■.„ three au-l -our in the afb-rnoon .,„^,,, ,„ .„„ ,,,_.. ^ ..„,., „..., „
fc, Dr. Horatio YaU-s. and that she wa.a cor,«,e between ...x and .ev.n ; ^-^ ' ,, ^.„ ^.„^,,,„, to have the facts of this letter mmle
ot U.e same afU-rnoon, The o,.eration, a. I am inf..ru..Hl was for t e '^""'•^^ ^ ,„„ ^,,„. ,,.t ..« ,igl.U, in the path of h-.manity . hey
..tir,«tion of an Ovarian Oyst, an u,K«tion which within the last fo« l-bl'- - ^^^^ , « ^^^^.^ ,^, recklessness they expose shall be
.^Ju« h...n ..irformed by s..me eminent Hurgeons with sucess, ami . ^''y'"**]^J^^^^^ „^, ^j!^^,^^
',«:<,meMdcJ by "them for ,s-rformance ky other Surgeons, wh.isl u ha* — n- : .- ,
»«en denouncKl by other equally eminent men an not to be p,.rfor«e<t on- ]
d^r almoatany cin:um.,«.ee.. On cnMing into ^•»'-J *«T\"^^^"; ! Kingaton, Nov. 11th, 1864.
„*n howevr. li was dwcovewd that Oie di«r«r um^t for had wvcr ; iwingatu ,
1 have »H-en told by .lohn Ulair, the brother of the woman, that bin
.i«ter was induced to unUerg^^-iKc ^,..»Uw.. b, 1^- Yatea «*;>1;°K ^"
that four of every live of ,«iti.u,ts o,.eraU-d on, for her disease recovered
•' , . , /w-,i„»„,„v and a full appreciation o! the
With some ''""-'■''*^'""f ^'^^";n Vs my b^^^^^^^ J"tv to inform
Suriiical una iftcatioiis of Dr. Vates, It IS my iK.unuc .
y lu t in my opinion, the proportion of d..th. from the operaUon, .a
ir;.m ia almost certain to be twelve out of every do«en open^ted on
,n conclusion, let me venture to hope, that, g"i<le<l )>>;an enlightened^
Your obcd t servant,
JOHN 8TBVVAHT.