THE THAMES HOSPITAL.

Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1747, 8 August 1874, Page 2

THE THAMES HOSPITAL.

To the Editor of the Evening Star.

Sic,—l am very ffiuch obliged io you for the manner in which you hare spoken of me in your issue of Thursday last. When I sent you that letter, which called forth such testimony from you, I can assure you I had no desire, that it should cause such public excitement or attention as it seems to have done. Further, I can assure the General Committee of the Hospital that I did not know they were to have a meeting on the same evening. But as this has been the case, and that my letter or its contents became a subject of debate amongst them, I positively state that this was not my object in writing it. I simply desired to call attention to statements which had more authenticity than the mere hearsay of an "anomym," and that those statements would be quietly investigated, and if found to be true, or partially so, that steps would be taken so that nothing would transpire in the hospital that would justify any such assertions being made in future.

I am done with this part of the subject, and must now come to Dr. Lethbridge's letter in^ your Star of Thursday. He ssys—" ity object in this communication is to point out the impropriety of publishing anonymous charges of a serious kind against the management of the Thames Hospital." In reply, my object .'in writing to you was—lf Maurice Power, whilst a patient in the Hospital, suffered from any neglect whatsoever, although such, if any, could not now be amended, that any other^person coming to the Hospital should not suffer from a like neglect ; and I have done this because I know very well that patients, generally speaking, fe«.l a delicacy in making any direct complaint« of the treatment which they receive in such places, but in this case now there can be no delicacy of feeling whatever, as Mr. Power owes it toAis own honor, to society, and to the urefulness of the Hospital to «imply tell, without fear or favor, all that he himself knows about the subject; and I will add that a like obligation reits upon any person, whether a patient in the Hospital or otherwise. It wai on this principle, solely, that I sent you the first communication, and to it only, in this matter, I still adhere.

I am, &c, HUMANITATIS.