THE MADRAS
GOVERNMENT AND THEIR MEDICAL OFFICERS.
The Pioneer of the
injustice
August
meted out to
16th lias a
medical
Madias service because, while
lady
of his
but the
in
acquaintance
he asked her for
lady
insulted.
was
article
man
driving
a
011
in the
married
open carriage, The kiss was refused,
kiss.
a
an
and for which the medical
an
For this
offence,
the next
day apology, it is stated that he has, without any inquiry and without any reference to him, been deprived of a lucrative civil appointment, sent back to military employment, ordered to Burmah and been given to understand he must resign the service at an early date. Like made
a
of
we
do not defend the medical man's
propriety
man's wife for banter 011 the
a
part
the
honor in
asking another Perhaps it was mere the man. In any other light
or
kiss. of
it is indefensible.
question
on
most humble
the Pioneer sense
man
equity
But whatever the motive which
tence of this kind for
an
measures
offence
out
which,
a
we
sen-
viewed
from the most puritanical side, can only be said to be one against taste and social honor. There was no
breach of
professional
honor for the
lady
patient of the medical man, and if the incident had occurred to any wonder
not the
was we one
Sept. 1894.]
INDIAN MEDICAL CONGRESS.
else but
a medical man in the Madras service if notice would have been taken of the matai,y ter. We cannot imagine what would have been
the punishment of the medical the
lous that
Pioneer
we
sense
Madras
cannot
is mistaken.
had he kissed
of
help thinking We should
so
ridicu-
that the scout the
extraordinary absence of proportion in the judgment of the
of such
possibility the
man
The whole account sounds
lady.
an
it not that there appears to us to be some one in power who lias no liking for medical men; and that the slightest occasion seems to be taken advantage of to Government
were
show petty
spite towards any unfortunate mediwho may for the time be the particular butt of displeasure. We shall not forget in a hurry the treatment that Dr. W. G. King, the
cal
man
Sanitary
Commissioner, received, because he series of
experiments which had but which, beelsewhere, previously cause of ignorance on the part of some one in a superior position, was voted to be unjustifiable. For improving the vaccine of Madras, which carried out
a
been done
does
not appear to have
suited those in authorto military employ
was sent
at the time, he and ordered about in such a manner that he was almost ruined, and it was not until rumours of
ity
possibility of inconvenient inquiries being begun to be made by powerful men in England, and of the possibility that such might lead to that Dr. King was unpleasant complications, the
allowed to return to his appointment. The incident left a bad impression regarding the impartialitv with which questions connected with the medical
profession
are
dealt with
by
the
Madras Government, and this recent case, if true, will tend to strengthen that impression.
343
GOVERNMENT AND THEIR MEDICAL OFFICERS.
The Pioneer of the
injustice
August
meted out to
16th lias a
medical
Madias service because, while
lady
of his
but the
in
acquaintance
he asked her for
lady
insulted.
was
article
man
driving
a
011
in the
married
open carriage, The kiss was refused,
kiss.
a
an
and for which the medical
an
For this
offence,
the next
day apology, it is stated that he has, without any inquiry and without any reference to him, been deprived of a lucrative civil appointment, sent back to military employment, ordered to Burmah and been given to understand he must resign the service at an early date. Like made
a
of
we
do not defend the medical man's
propriety
man's wife for banter 011 the
a
part
the
honor in
asking another Perhaps it was mere the man. In any other light
or
kiss. of
it is indefensible.
question
on
most humble
the Pioneer sense
man
equity
But whatever the motive which
tence of this kind for
an
measures
offence
out
which,
a
we
sen-
viewed
from the most puritanical side, can only be said to be one against taste and social honor. There was no
breach of
professional
honor for the
lady
patient of the medical man, and if the incident had occurred to any wonder
not the
was we one
Sept. 1894.]
INDIAN MEDICAL CONGRESS.
else but
a medical man in the Madras service if notice would have been taken of the matai,y ter. We cannot imagine what would have been
the punishment of the medical the
lous that
Pioneer
we
sense
Madras
cannot
is mistaken.
had he kissed
of
help thinking We should
so
ridicu-
that the scout the
extraordinary absence of proportion in the judgment of the
of such
possibility the
man
The whole account sounds
lady.
an
it not that there appears to us to be some one in power who lias no liking for medical men; and that the slightest occasion seems to be taken advantage of to Government
were
show petty
spite towards any unfortunate mediwho may for the time be the particular butt of displeasure. We shall not forget in a hurry the treatment that Dr. W. G. King, the
cal
man
Sanitary
Commissioner, received, because he series of
experiments which had but which, beelsewhere, previously cause of ignorance on the part of some one in a superior position, was voted to be unjustifiable. For improving the vaccine of Madras, which carried out
a
been done
does
not appear to have
suited those in authorto military employ
was sent
at the time, he and ordered about in such a manner that he was almost ruined, and it was not until rumours of
ity
possibility of inconvenient inquiries being begun to be made by powerful men in England, and of the possibility that such might lead to that Dr. King was unpleasant complications, the
allowed to return to his appointment. The incident left a bad impression regarding the impartialitv with which questions connected with the medical
profession
are
dealt with
by
the
Madras Government, and this recent case, if true, will tend to strengthen that impression.
343
