MEDICOS AT VARIANCE.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 34, 17 March 1914, Page 8 (Supplement)

MEDICOS AT VARIANCE.

Press Association. - NAPIER, March 17. An action for alleged slander, in, which two Waipawa doctors, Dr Deck and Dr Reed, figure as plaintiffc'and defendant respectively, is being heard in the Supreme Court. Dr Deck claims £5Ol damages for statements contained in letters written by Dr'Reed, in which the latter charged Dr Deck with a breach of professional etiquette in wittingly intruding on one of Dr Reed's patients. The cause of action arose during the smallpox scare, Dr Deck visiting the patient in question in his capacity as public vaccinator.