The question of syphilis submitted to the medical profession / by David Macloughlin, M.D.

  • Macloughlin, David, 1786-1870.
Date:
1865
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    NOTICE. When first I took the liberty to address to the Secretary of State for War my Pamphlet, intitled Proofs of the Non-existence of a 8yplbilitic Virus I entertained a hope that the question— whether there is, or there is not, a syphilitic virus —would be inquired into by medical prac- tioners well acquainted with medical science, who would discharge their duty in the interest of the public, and with credit to themselves. When, on my suggestion, the War Office and the Ad- miralty appointed the Committee, now sitting at the Ad- miralty, to inquire if there is, or if there is not, a syphilitic virus, they doubtless believed that they were naming for that purpose the most scientific and the most trustworthy profes- sional men they could select. How unscientifically this Commitee examined me on the 6th December, 1864; and hovr unworthily this Committee have acted tovrards me, by refusing to receive my proofs of the non-existence of a Syphilitic Virus; and also by inten- tionally suppressing my protest and garbling the evidence I gave before them, vi^ill appear on the following pages. DAVID MACLOUGHLIN, M.D., Memhtr of the Legion of Honour. May 6, 1865.