MAGISTRATE AND DOCTOR.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 93, 13 January 1908, Page 11

MAGISTRATE AND DOCTOR.

■fV' A J..;, • - AN INCIDENT IN COURT. 'A, "So<me" was', "enacted, at ' tho Sydney Waters Court a few "days ago' during the hearing of an' dsSault case. Tho injured woman had been treated at Sydney Hospital by 'Dr.lCaHilljjSo ho .was,called to give the usual medical testimony.' , \ .'Tlie doctor stated that ,he had treated a woman, but he ftould not recollect'her.- .. He bad some.woman onDecember 23 o^247 ; He ; kiiow !which..... ■ V''JEjjijftg ':tbe. woman. in 1 ■'..Court," . said ino magistrate to tlie constable. ~Whon she came in, the. doctor Said, he couldn't recogniso her. | "Jf you Saw tho wound, cbuld you focogiiise 'that?"'asked Mr: Isaacs, the'magis-; trato. "Might,?, laconically answeredtho doctor. . "Well, do so," said tho magistrate. : . Tho doctor looked :at tho. wound, and, returning to the witness-box, remarked, "That's v.the'.woriian.''' ' " .V" ; "Y6i)-seem.to,har6.taken a long time .to find'.out. Doii'fc you make a note of these cases?" said Ml - .' Isaacs. ' ■v: "Oh, I have so many* I can't take special notice^of trivial cases, replied Dr. Cahill. "I;can't waste .time photographing every patidrit that c&iiies into the hospital.'' ;"Biit supposing tho woman had died?" euggestod the magistrate. ' ' The doctor sliriigged his shoulders. . - < -"I call 't understand," continued * Mr. Isaacs; ; .'. '"You are employed to look after patients-^-" . "And wasn't sho pFopcrly looked after?" said Dr. Cahill. ~ "Do you remember every case that comes before you." > 'Do'-lnot. bo impertinent.. lam a magistrate,' andf it;is. my", business 1 to remember casds." . it's not mine," retorted the young medico. "The woinah was attended to by me,-and her case, entered, up; ' I can't-re-' member-every case.' 1 i. ~ do,"..said the magistrate.-. "I think you are most impertinent, and you aro not .fit ' to he employed in a hospital at all, if you cannot-remember treating a woman a week; ago. I shall take tho first opportunity of having your case reported, and bringing >your conduct aiid remarks before'the hospital authorities." ■ "Much 'obliged to you!".: replicd-Dr. Cahill. You .'can go," .Mr.; Isaacs said, and the doctor left tho .court. .