116 DOCTORS PROTEST.
; °S?, Ji.V. :n , a "d sixteen "doctors, headed by_Sir Victor Horsley, F.E.C.S., have siened-'a protest to, the Prime Minister and Cabinet against-the fbreed feeding of. the imprisoned suffragettes, .as dangerous-and unwise. The .petitipn..-reads'.-.:-.v .••'■■ :: ; . '.. ;■:':)■■,■■: , ■< "We.'the.underaigned; being medical practitioners, -do most urgently protest against'the treatment by artificial feeding of the.shffrarist pnsonera, now:in Birmingham Gaol. Wβ submit to you .that this method of feeding,' when the patient resists; is attended with-the gravest risks; ,that unforeseen accidents are liable, to ocour, and that the:.'subsequent ■ health of-the person' may ■■ bq' seriously injured. ' In ' our opinion this; action' is 'unwise' and inhuman. We-therefore earnestly :beg that you will,interfere.: to. : prevent the coritinnance of this practice."-' , .' : -:' ; V'. .. ' ..-.'. . Most of the .' signatures were ? -obtained by Dr. Flora Murray.■'-. ■,■,:.. '. .... . ■ .
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 693, 18 December 1909, Page 11
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123116 DOCTORS PROTEST. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 693, 18 December 1909, Page 11
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