 | 1823 - 608 pàgines
...to inquire into the most minute details, and the following is the result of my inquiries : — " ' The invalids under the care of the Surgeon-in-chief,...invent and propagate the fabrication which has since beeu circulated on this subject. " ' Finally, the details which I have been able to collect, afford... | |
 | 1823 - 598 pàgines
...the rest of the invalids, about twenty in number, who were under the care of the Physician-in chief, and who were in an absolutely desperate condition,...them. It is also true that the physician replied, his busmess was to cure, and not to kill ; an answer which, as it seems to have reference to an order rather... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1823 - 598 pàgines
...the rest of the invalids, about twenty in number, who were under the care of the Physician-in -chief, and who were in an absolutely desperate condition,...them. It is also true that the physician replied, his busmess was to cure, and not to kill ; an answer which, as it seems to have reference to an order rather... | |
 | 1823 - 622 pàgines
...of the Physician-in-chief, and who were in an absolutely desperate condition, totally unfit to 1м: removed, while the enemy was advancing, it is very...replied, his business was to cure, and not to kill ; an anfwer which, as it seems to have reference to an order rather than to a subject of discussion, has,... | |
 | 1824 - 856 pàgines
...NB since my return to Paris, having had opportunities of conversing with those whose situation am] and profession naturally rendered them the first actors...a subject of discussion, has, perhaps, furnished a hasis on which slander and falsehood might invent and propagate the fabrication which has since been... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - 1828 - 580 pàgines
...sustain removal, while the enemy was fast approaching ; it is true, Napoleon inquired of the doctor, whether it would not be an act of humanity to administer opium to them ; nor is it less certain, the answer made by the physician was, that bis duty consisted in curing and... | |
 | 1836 - 562 pàgines
...barbarity of the Turks. Napoleon, some say another otlicer, asked Desgenettes, the chief physician, whether it would not be an act of humanity to administer opium to them. Desgenettes replied that ' his business was to cure and not to kill.' A rear-guard was then left behind... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1841 - 440 pàgines
...barbarity of the Turks. Napoleon, some say another officer, asked Desgenettes, the chief phjsician, whether it would not be an act of humanity to administer opium to them. Desgenettes replied that * his business was to cure, and not to kill.' A rear-guard was then left behind... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1851 - 328 pàgines
...barbarity of the Turks. Napoleon — some say another officer — asked Desgenettes, the chief physician, whether it would not be an act of humanity to administer opium to them. Desgenettes replied, that " his business was to cure, and not to kill." All the patients were dead,... | |
 | 1853 - 1036 pàgines
...barbarity of the Turks. Napoleon, some say another officer, asked Desgenettes, the chief physician, whether it would not be an act of humanity to administer opium to them. Desgenettes replied, that ' his business was to cure and not to kill.' All the patients v/ere dead... | |
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Physician-in-chief, and who were in an absolutely desperate condition, totally unfit to be removed, while the enemy was advancing, it is very true that Napoleon asked the Physician-in-chief whether it would not be an act of humanity to administer opium... 
