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Show SAWBONES EXCITED. A Medical Council Cancels a Practitioner's Certificate. New York, July 7. A dispatch from Loudon Lou-don says: Physicians and 6urgeocs and members of the medical profession throughout through-out the country are considerably excited over the bitter fight which is now being waged by the general medical council, an organization which has absolute authority over the issuing and revoking of certificates to all the physicans and surgeons of Great Britain, against Dr. T. R. Allinsou, a venerable vener-able physician of great repute. Some time ago Dr. Allinson allied himself with the radical movement and was induced to inaugurate a department in a radical paper of immense circulation, and in which he gave replies to letters addressed to him by poor people regarding methods of treatment treat-ment for various complaints. This was regarded re-garded by the council as coining within what its code designates a "infamous conduct" con-duct" contrary to the rules and practice of the profession; and at an ex parte meeting two" weeks ago it was decided by the council coun-cil to cancel his certificate, and remove his name from the roll of practitioners. This action created an immense outcry in radical circles. A national conference of Dr. Allison's friends was hurriedly called, and it was decided de-cided to appeal to the courts and fight the case to the bitter end. The case came up in the court of the queen's bench before Baron Pollock and Justice Vaughan Williams on an application for a temporary injunction restraining the council trom publishing its decision until the issue had been fully argued in court. The council was represented by eminent lawyers who cited in their evidences of infamous in-famous conduct the fact that in the newspaper news-paper in question the doctor had advici a man who was suffering from warts to go to a chemist and have caustic applied, the council holding that he should have instructed in-structed applicant to go to a medical man. The judges-listened to the opposing lawyers law-yers with evident impatience and stopped the argument by granting the injunction asked tor. |