Consumption in New England and elsewhere, or soil-moisture one of its chief causes / [H.I. Bowditch].

  • Bowditch, Henry I. (Henry Ingersoll), 1808-1892.
Date:
1868
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    several persons on that side of the Atlantic. Among these were Drs. Farr and Greenhow of London, and the members of the London Society for Medical Observation; * Dr. Gairdner of Glasgow, Dr. Bennett and Sir James Y. Simp- son of Edinburgh, and Monsieur Louis at Paris. Some of these gentlemen expressed a deep interest in the results at which I had arrived. By conversation, I endeavored to induce the making of similar investigations in England. Subsequent to the publication of the address I received several letters, and from some of these I take the liberty of quoting in order to show the opinions expressed therein. That excellent man and wise physician, the late Dr. John Ware, wrote thus to me:— Pavilion, January 11, 1863. My Dear Dr.—I have but just had time within a few days to go over your pamphlet in such a way as to satisfy myself. I think you have made out your case as satisfacto- rily as any point in so obscure and complicated a subject as the causes of disease, can be ma^e, and it is surprising to me that any one can hesitate to admit that you have made out a very strong case—at least strong enough to be made the foundation of advice in practice. I do not hesitate to act upon it, and should consider myself criminal not to do so. * * * * I am always very assuredly your friend, Dr. Hennj 1. Bowditch. John Ware. The following from the late Dr. Coolidge, of the United States Army, I deem of especial value, because in his very * As this statepaent may not be confirmed by tlie records of the Society, I think it right to say that, strictly speaking, I did not present my observations to the Society while in session, because the communication was not considered a legitimate subject to be laid before that body. But I was allowed to present it to some of its members previous to a regular session of the Society.