Doctors Kill More Than They Save, Etc.
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Doctors Kill More Than They Save, Etc.
Description
Amidst a rambling discussion of sundry topics, General Murray observes that if a practicing physician told the truth, he would admit that doctors in general kill more than they save.
year created
1799
month created
03
day created
19
author
sent from location
Boston
recipient
sent to location
Philadelphia
in collection
note
Partially illegible.
notable person/group
Samuel Hodgdon
John Murray
notable location
Philadelphia
Boston
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New Orleans
Louisiana
notable item/thing
physician
doctor
mortality
morbidity
notable idea/issue
patriotism
notable phrase
Why, how rich must our country be, more than fifteen million subscribed! Astonishing how amazingly Catholic our citizen's are, how much they have the good of their country at heart
By the way, I realize there was not so much truth in that doing piece his. I wondered much to hear so much truth said
by an editor
Doctors in general kill more than they save
I look on the whole optimal since a libel not against one, or another, but against the whole of our nation
I told her the relation and the friend would be none other than the governor and by the royal shipment was undoubtedly intended a great deal of very good things, he was got to send by the way of New Orleans
However, said I, as you and I, my dear, feel a most intense affection for this very worthy man, and some do not, in our hearts, like him
document number
1799031980001
page start
1
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| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (4 pages) | ZQE21 (4 pages) | Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) | B: 7 |
| [view document] (4 pages) | ZQE21a (4 pages) | Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) | B: 7 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | John Murray | Boston | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |