THAT HOSPITAL-SURGEON'S DISMISSAL.

Observer, Volume 7, Issue 163, 27 October 1883, Page 3

THAT HOSPITAL-SURGEON'S DISMISSAL.

When a certain medical man made the statement to two or three gentlemen a few nights ago in Queen-street, that " he put Dr Mackellar into his office at the Hospital, and that he also put him out," he had not before his mind the fact that there is another side to the matter. This is embodied in the admission he made some time ago that he had no communication with the housesurgeon himself, but spoke from what he had been able to gather from the Hospital servants. He should have said, from one of the Hospital servants.' The one who had the genius to invent history, and the fluency of speech to put it before that august medico so effectually, will be able, when it suits his purpose, to do the same for him as he did for Dr Mackellar, and then, instead of" the notable morning welcome (at a distance) of " Here comes old Potbelly !" which was commonly heard during the early jmrt of the time of Dr Philson's illness, it will be " Away you go, old Potbelly ; I have done with you."

It is a pity, if the rumour is correct, that His Worship the Mayor was induced to take such hostility to the late house-surgeon, Dr Mackellar, througk the misrepresentations of one who, in the execution of his office, did not scruple, some time in the early part of the month of September, to advise the servant who had the placing of two corpses in their coffins not to mind whether they were put in their rigliD coffins or buried in the right cemeteries, because it was n matter of indifference to him, involved a little trouble ascertaining which was which, and caused some delay, while at the same time he sought to defend his heartlessne6s by raising a false issue about another matter which happened inside the Hospital. For the truth of the above, the Mayor is recommended to consult one of his Councillors who drives an express.

The President of the Sunday School Union is advised, in his next presidential address, to moralise on his pet theme that there is no such thing as " Luck," and at the same time to be candid enough to admit that there may happen to one such a thing as having the ill-luck to hearken, while on the road between his residence and place of business, to abuse by an employe of his superior officer, and so being influenced to assist in the dismissal of a good, clever, medical man, thereby inflicting a great loss on the Hospital, and indirectly upon the whole community.