Expulsion of Homeopathists from the Anatomical Society of Paris. The Gazette hebdom. de Méd. et de Chirur. of Jan. 11, 1856, contains the following announcement: Sitting of 4 Jan., Cruveilhier President. "Unanimously expelled from the Anatomical Society on account of homœopathic publications, the corresponding members named below: Messrs. J. P. Tessier, Gabalda, Frédault, Jousset; and on account of a degrading act, already judicially punished, Mr. * * * corresponding member. Dr. AXENFELD, Secretary." Dr. Tessier remarks on the foregoing : "I leave it to every man of honour to form his own opinion of Prof. Cruveilhier's conduct in presiding over the meeting at which this infamous vote was passed, and associating the name of a man judicially punished with those of four of his confrères, for no other reason than that they hold different therapeutical views to his own.” Messrs. Frédault, Gabalda, and Jousset, immediately addressed the following letter to the Gazette hebdomadaire. Mr. Editor,-Your number of the 12th Jan. announces, in the proceedings of the Anatomical Society, our expulsion from that body. Had our names been simply expunged from the list of members, we should have made no complaints about it, for we are used to such violent proceedings. But the circumstances attending that measure, and the manifest intention to render it disgraceful, render it a duty to protest against it, and to point out that— 1st. We were expelled in our absence, and without notice, contrary to the custom of the society and the rules of equity. 2nd. The only motive for this step was that we hold therapeutic opinions different from those of our colleagues, and that we have candidly expressed these opinions in a medical journal. 3rd. The initiative was taken in this measure by men who profess toleration and freedom of opinion. 4th. Lastly, and this makes the act the more odious, our names have been associated with that of a criminal punished by the hand of justice, whom it had been more generous to have left unmentioned. GABALDA, FREDAULT, JOUSSET. 24 Jan., 1856. Dr. Milcent, another member of the Anatomical Society, immediately tendered his resignation in the following letter, addressed to Professor Cruveilhier. Sir,-In a recent sitting the Anatomical Society expelled Messrs. Tessier, Gabalda, Fredault, Jousset, for their authorship of homœo |