Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888.Various
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Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888.
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I mention this because it differs from the explanation which Mr. Fenwick
gave in his speech concerning my method of examination at the meeting of
the Medical Society of London on Jan. 23, 1888. I must also strongly
contradict Mr. Fenwick's statements concerning the share which he
attributed to the Vienna instrument maker in the construction of the
instrument. Leiter's connection with our instrument will be best explained
when I say that he had to buy the patent[10] from me first in order to be
allowed to make the instrument. Leiter has had no share in those
peculiarities which characterize it as new. The introduction of the source
of light into the organ had been practically brought about, the optical
apparatus enlarging the view designed, the whole construction perfected,
the instrument had proved itself useful in examining patients, and had
been demonstrated by me in the Saechsisches Landes Medicinal Collegium
before Leiter had any idea of the new invention! Also the eventual
replacement of the first source of light (platinum wire) had been provided
for.[11] Leiter has only made a few technical modifications on the
finished instrument. I protest most emphatically against the incorrect
explanations given by Mr. Fenwick, and against every connection of
Leiter's name with my instruments. I hope to obtain in England the same
generous recognition of my labors in this field that has been accorded to
me in Germany.--_Lancet._
[10] Deutsche Patentschrifte, No. 6, 853.
[11] Ibid.
PAPILLOMATOUS TUMOR OF THE BLADDER, DEMONSTRATED BY
MEANS OF LISTER'S ELECTRO-CYSTOSCOPE.
By F. N. Otis, M.D., Clinical Professor, College of Physicians and
Surgeons, New York.
A. G----, aged twenty-three, United States; single; barber.
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