MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume XI, Issue 1653, 15 January 1886, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

' public in a very pronomced manner. Tl c Grey Argus contains a cony of a ; letter from D ■ Li»gd >n to Dr Mac ! Carthy, in which the following complimentary paragraph apnear : — "There can be no question whatever as to your perfect right to every patien in the district if yon should b- called in, but to take over a brother practitioner's case without a courteous inti mation.and to make statements reflecting o > tlie treatment and diagnosis, is not the ait of a gentleman but of a 'cad.' It is a great satisfaction to me to find how whII advised I was on settling in the dhhi,:t not, to have anything to do with yon. Yon may gas and hlow to your h"tir 's content, but sooner or later the imhhle will bnist. Meantime it is impossible for me to adequately express th*» profound scorn with which T regard both you and your proceedings.''

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