John Lizars, esq., surgeon, against James Syme, esq., surgeon : Monday, 26th July 1852 (before the Lord Justice-General and a jury).

  • Lizars, John, 1787?-1860.
Date:
[1852]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: John Lizars, esq., surgeon, against James Syme, esq., surgeon : Monday, 26th July 1852 (before the Lord Justice-General and a jury). Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Solicitor-General — Be pleased to take a note of this. The Court — I do so. Mr. Deas — I propose that your Lordship take down the names of the conductors of the journal, as read by Dr. Sibbald from the journal itself. The Court — I do so. Mr. Henry Bowie — Examined by Mr. Macfarlane. You are Secretary to the Philosophical Institution in Queen Street, Edinburgh ? Yes. Is the.4 Monthly Journal of Medical Science’ taken in there? Yes, and it lies on the table. Are the reading rooms often attended by great numbers of people? At certain seasons they are more numerously attended than at others, but they are generally well attended. How many subscribers are there to the Institution ? About 2000, both professional and unprofessional. Mr. Deas — We now put in these two documents, the two pub- lications. • The Court — For what purpose? Mr. Deas — To prove the facts stated there. Then Article 5th of Condescendence and Answer; Article 9th and Answer; Defenders Statement 1st, and Answer; and the Record generally for reference. Case for pursuer Closed. Mr. Patton — I have now to address you a few words in expla- nation of the case of the defender, and I think I shall best dis- charge my task, in the first place, by asking your attention particu- larly to the terms of the Issue which you have to try, and also to the terms of the documents, out of which that Issue has been ex- tracted. The charge is of this description of character, that Mr. Syme falsely, calumniously, and injuriously, held forth the pursuer as a person of disreputable character in his profession, 4 and as 4 neither respected, nor entitled to respect in the medical profes- 4. sion.’ The pursuer has undertaken to establish this against Mr. Syme, lie lias undertaken to establish this calumnious injury, that is, to the effect of imputing a want of professional ability in Mr.