"530ba252-c09d-4674-b64e-661c7bef3fdc"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "APPOINTMENT OF MEDICAL SUPT., ASYLUM FOR INSANE."@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1198198"@en . "Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia"@en . "British Columbia. Legislative Assembly"@en . "2014-11-21"@en . "[1895]"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcsessional/items/1.0063465/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " 58 Vict. Appointment of Medical Supt., Asylum for Insane. 599\nRETURN\"\nTo an Order of the House for all correspondence between any member of the Government and any other person, in relation to the appointment of Resident Physician\nfor the Provincial Asylum for Insane at New Westminster, as successor to Dr.\nBentley. Also, such correspondence relating to applications for the position of\nsuch Resident Physician, or recommending any applicant therefor.\nJAMES BAKER,\nProvincial Secretary's Office, Provincial Secretary.\n15th January, 1895.\nHatzic, B. O, December 14th, 1894.\nDear Sir,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I conclude that following on the official report regarding the irregularities\nat the New Westminster Asylum there will be a new appointment of Medical Superintendent,\nand I am desirous of becoming a candidate for the office.\nI think I may venture to say that I have legitimate professional claims to such an appointment, inasmuch as I have had very great experience in the treatment of insanity and the\nmanagement of the insane, having been for seventeen years of my life superintendent of an\nasylum in England. I am perfectly familiar with the modern humane method of treating\nlunatics, and with the working of the English lunacy laws, and the requirements of the\nEnglish Commissioners. If I were appointed to the New Westminster Asylum I could, and\nquickly would, revolutionize the system and reorganize the institution on a new and sound\nbasis.\nI am not aware at present of the proper mode of making application for the post and the\nproper authorities to whom to apply. I venture, therefore, to take the liberty of writing to\nyou on the subject, and shall feel much obliged if you will instruct me as to the proper channel.\nI hope, too, I may reckon upon your support and interest, and I remain,\nDear Sir, yours very truly,\n(Signed) G. F. Bodington, F.R.C.S.\nThe Hon. Theodore Davie, M.P.P.,\nAttorney-General and Premier,\nVictoria, B. C.\nP.S.\u00E2\u0080\u0094I take the liberty of enclosing herewith a copy of some testimonials which I hastily\ngathered together just before coming out to B. C. Several of them make reference to my\nspecial experience of insanity. I have underlined the particular passages.\nG. F. B.\n[Enclosures.]\nTestimonials in favour op George Fowler Bodington,\nM. D. (Durham), M. D. (Giessen), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England;\nmember of the Royal College of Physicians of London; formerly Surgeon to the North Riding\nInfirmary, Middlesbrough, and House Surgeon to the Queen's Hospital, Birmingham;\nPresident (1876-77) of the Birmingham and Midland Counties Branch of the British Medical\nAssociation; President (1877-78) of the Birmingham Medical Institute, and President (1883-84)\nof the Midland Medical Society, England :\u00E2\u0080\u0094 600 Appointment of Medical Supt., Asylum for Insane. 1895\nFrom Alfred Baker, J. P., Fellow and formerly Member of Council of the Royal College of\nSurgeons of England; Consulting Surgeon to the Birmingham General Hospital, and to\nthe Birmingham General Dispensary, etc., etc.\n3 Waterloo Street, Birmingham,\nSeptember 10th, 1887.\nMy Dear Bodington,\u00E2\u0080\u0094Let me express my conviction that, whilst your leaving England\nwill involve to us the loss of an esteemed fellow-worker, it will be a gain to the community in\nwhich you cast your lot.\nHaving been intimately associated with you for many years, I desire to record my sense of\nyour high professional attainments and of the warm regard in which you have been held by\nyour contemporaries and seniors.\nThe mere mention of your titles\u00E2\u0080\u0094a Fellow (by examination) of the Royal College of\nSurgeons of England, a member of the Royal College of Physicians, and the degree of M. D.\nin the University of Durham\u00E2\u0080\u0094sufficiently attests your preparedness for any professional trust\nthat may be reposed in you ; but your moral and social worth can only be vouched for by those\nwho have long known you. On these points I may warmly congratulate your prospective\npatients, and predict that they will receive from you every consideration which can be suggested by thought, judgment, and experience. Inheriting\u00E2\u0080\u0094as you did\u00E2\u0080\u0094an honourable name,\nthrough the reputation of your father and your uncle as medical practitioners, you enhanced\nits brightness by your own attainments and unblemished character. You have supplemented\nyour knowledge of general medicine by special, study of mental and nervous diseases. You\nhave participated in the professional advances of the day, and your personal merits have been\nso fully appreciated in this town that you were successively elected upon the Councils, and\nsubsequently to the presidential chairs of the \" Birmingham and Midland Counties Branch of\nthe British Medical Association,\" of the \" Birmingham Medical Institute,\" with its valuable\nlibrary, and of the \" Midland Medical Society,\" in connection with the Queen's College.\nThat in your new home you may meet with the advantages you seek, and with the success\nyou deserve, is the best wish of\nYours, sincerely,\nAlfred Baker.\nFrom Thomas lliron Bartleet, M. B. (Lond.J, J. P., Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of\nEngland; Surgeon to the Birmingham General Hospital; Emeritus Professor of Physiology, and Demonstrator cf Operative Surgery in Queen's College, Birmingham, etc., etc.\n27 Newhall Street, Birmingham,\nSeptember 10th, 1887.\nI entertain the highest possible opinion of Dr. George Fowler Bodington as a high-\nminded-and honourable gentleman, and as a skilled physician. The latter is testified to by the\nhigh educational qualifications held by Dr. Bodington, while the former is shown by the high\nesteem and respect in which he is held by his professional brethren, as evidenced by the fact\nthat while residing near Birmingham he was successively elected to every post of distinction\nand honour in the power of the profession to bestow. Should he attain eminence and\ndistinction wherever he makes his residence, it will be only what his friends here anticipate,\nand what Dr. Bodington himself has a claim to expect.\nT. H. Bartleet.\nFrom Alfred II. Carter, M.D. (Lond.), Member of the Royal College of Physicians of London ;\nPhysician to the Queen's Hospital, and Emeritus Professor of Physiology in Queen's\nCollege, Birmingham; Examiner in Medicine in the University in Aberdeen, etc., etc.\n21, Temple Row, Birmingham,\nSeptember 9th, 1887.\nIt has been my pleasant privilege to have known Dr. George Fowler Bodington intimately\nfor many years past. Until he left us to undertake a new field of work in London, he occupied\na leading position in the ranks of the medical profession of this town and district. 58 Vict. Appointment of Medical Supt., Asylum for Insane. 601\nDr. Bodington is a man of culture, wide information, and original power; and since these\ngifts were associated with uncommon geniality, warm-hearted frankness, kindly courtesy, and\nunimpeachable integrity, it is no matter of surprise that he won for himself many life-long\nfriends. No better proof could be adduced of his high professional attainments and of the\nhonour in which he was held by his professional brethren than the fact that, by the suffrages\nof the latter, he occupied the presidential chairs in the Birmingham and Midland Counties\nBranch of the British Medical Association (1876-7), the Midland Medical Society (1883-4),\neach of them with several hundred members, and also of the Birmingham Medical\nInstitute (1877-8). I can only express the hope that when he settles\u00E2\u0080\u0094as he is now contemplating\u00E2\u0080\u0094in the Far West of Canada, he will win the same esteem and confidence which he\nhas so long enjoyed in the \" old country.\"\nAlfred H. Carter.\nFrom Thomas Frederick Chavasse, M. D. (Edin.), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of\nEdinburgh; Surgeon to and Lecturer on Clinical Surgery to the General Hospital,\nBirmingham ; Member of the General Council of the University of Edinburgh ; Professor\nof Anatomy to the Society of Artists, Birmingliam, etc., etc.\n24, Temple Row, Birmingham,\nSeptember, 26th, 1887.\nDr. George Fowler Bodington has gained for himself such a high reputation in the\nMidland Counties of England by his work and writings that he was in turn elected by his\nprofessional brethren President of all the medical societies in Birmingham. His eminent\nprofessional abilities, his strong intellectual powers, his large practical experience, together\nwith his ever courteous and gentle demeanour towards all with whom he was brought into\ncontact, endeared him alike to patients and colleagues. In his new sphere of work I have no\ndoubt that his consummate abilities will speedily be recognized and gain for him the success\nand high position which he deserves.\nThomas F. Chavasse.\nFrom Sir Walter Foster, Knight, M. D. (Erlang.), M. P., J. P., Fellow of the Royal College of\nPhysicians of London, Physician lo the General Hospital, and Senior Professor of Medicine in Queen's College, Birmingham, Member of the General Medical Council of the\nUnited Kingdom, late President of Council of the British Medical Association, etc., etc.\n14, Temple Row, Birmingham,\nSeptember 10th, 1887.\nMy Dear Bodington,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I am very sorry you propose to leave England, and I am very\nsure all my medical confreres in the Midland districts will share my regret. You are personally so popular in the district, and so much esteemed by the profession, both on account of your\nmedical learning and for your administrative capacity, that it seems hardly fair that England\nshould lose you. It is the first time, too, that I remember, that a man who has held such\nhigh positions as you have, viz. : President of the Birmingham and Midland Counties Branch\nof the British Medical Association, President of the Midland Medical Society, and President\nof the Birmingham Medical Institute, indeed all the highest honours we could give you, has\ngone to settle abroad. Your reasons on account of your family are, however, conclusive, and\nI trust the distinctions you gained here, as well as your own high personal qualities and your\nwide and practical knowledge of your profession, will commend you to the good will of your\nnew neighbours. They will, I am sure, have reason to congratulate themselves on so able a\ndoctor, so learned and so capable a citizen settling among them, and I confidently anticipate\nfor you in the other hemisphere a continuance of the useful and honourable career accomplished\nin this.\nWith best wishes, and trusting my letter may serve you,\nBelieve me, very truly yours,\nB. Walter Foster. 602 Appointment of Medical Supt., Asylum for Insane. 1895\nFrom William Chancellor Garman, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England ;\nConsulting Surgeon to the Walsall Hospital, etc., etc.\nGreat Barr, Birmingham,\nSeptember 16th, 1887.\nI have had the pleasure of Dr. George Bodington's friendship for the last fifteen years, and\nhave had large opportunities of judging of his great ability as an accomplished physician and\nscientist. Possessing the highest credentials which his country can bestow, and endowed\nwith a great intellect, it is not surprising that he should be a leading and eminent member of\nhis profession, whose co-operation was always eagerly sought, readily afforded, and fully\nappreciated by his professional compeers. Dr. Bodington has always done good work in the\ndistrict in which he practised. Elected by his professional brethren to fill positions of the\nhighest importance, he brought to bear a dignity, fund of knowledge and experience possessed\nby few men within my knowledge. He was President of the Birmingham and Midland\nCounties Branch of the British Medical Association (1876-7) ; President of the Birmingham\nMedical Institute (1877-8), and President of the Midland Medical Society (1883-4). He\ncontributed largely by his great scientific attainments to the various sections for promoting\nthe scientific advancement of his profession, taking a leading part in the discussions and contributing papers of great originality. His name has been honoured amongst us, and his\ndeparture is a source of great regret to us all.\nW. C. Garman.\nFrom James Johnston, M. B. (Lond.J, Member of the Royal College of Physicians of London ;\nPresident of the Birmingham Medical Institute; formerly Physician to the Queen's\nHospital and the Children's Hospital, Birmingham:\n9, Easy Row, Birmingham,\nSeptember 19th, 1887.\nI have very great pleasure in bearing my testimony to the very high professional standing\nof my old friend and associate, Dr. George F. Bodington. I have known him intimately for\nmany years, and can speak positively of his deep learning and large experience in all branches\nof his profession, but especially in diseases of the nervous system. Dr. Bodington has been\nelected successively by the general consensus of his fellow practitioners to the highest professional honours in their gift, viz: to the Presidentship of the Birmingham and Midland\nCounties Branch of the British Medical Association, to the Presidentship of the Midland\nMedical Society, to the Presidentship of the Birmingham Medical Institute. After these facts\nI need hardly refer to the distinguished diplomas that he holds ; they speak for themselves ;\nbut I can assert from long friendship's experience that he has always manifested the true\nqualities of an earnest and painstaking practitioner of medicine, combined with the honest,\nhonourable qualities of a good citizen.\nJames Johnston.\nFrom Furneaux Jordan, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England; Considting\nSurgeon to the Queen's Hospital and the Women's Hospital, Birmingham ; lately Professor\nof Surgery in Queen's College, Birmingham, etc., etc.\nSelly Hill, Birmingham,\nSeptember 11th, 1887.\nI am glad to have an opportunity of expressing the high esteem with which I regard\nDr. G. F. Bodington. That this esteem is shared by the medical profession generally is proved\nby the circumstance that they have elected him to the highest offices\u00E2\u0080\u0094the presidences of our\nmedical societies\u00E2\u0080\u0094in succession. Wherever he goes he will win the confidence and esteem of\nall around him.\nFurneaux Jordan. 58 Vict. Appointment of Medical Supt., Asylum for Insane. 603\nFrom Edward Matins, M. D. (Edin.J, Obstetric Physician to the General Hospital, Birmingham ; Vice-President of the Obstetrical Society of London.\nOld Square, Birmingham,\nSeptember 3rd, 1887.\nI have much pleasure in bearing testimony to the distinguished ability and high character\nof Dr. G. F. Bodington. For many years his professional standing in this locality has been\nof the first position. In succession he has held the posts of \" President of the Birmingham\nBranch of the British Medical Association,\" \" President of the Birmingham Medical Institute,\"\nand \"President of the Midland Medical Society.\" No more emphatic proof could be given of\nthe estimation in which he has been held by his professional brethren.\nCombined with extensive knowledge and exceptional culture, he has always displayed\nthe soundest judgment and practical aptitude.\nBeloved as a friend, honoured as a citizen, and held in the highest repute as a medical\nman, he has gained the esteem which can only be acquired as the result of those higher qualities which prove unusual attributes.\nEdward Malins.\nFrom Oliver Pemberton, J. P., Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of England and of\nEdinburgh; Member of Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England; Senior\nSurgeon of the Birmingham General, Hospital; and Professor of Surgery in Queen's\nCollege, Birminghafn, etc., etc.\nEdgbaston House, Birmingham,\nSeptember 11th, 1887.\nMy Dear Bodington,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I have great pleasure in giving my testimony regarding your\nexcellent qualifications to undertake any division of labour or responsibility in the medical\nprofession. You inform me you are about to settle and to practice in British Columbia.\nWhen I think that I have known you well for upwards of thirty years, I consider I am able\nto speak of your abilities and experience with some degree of friendly authority. You have\nheld nearly every post of distinction in our societies here\u00E2\u0080\u0094President of our Branch of the\nBritish Medical Association, of our Medical Institute, of our Midland Medical Society. These\npositions are alone evidences of the consideration entertained for you by the profession. For\nmyself I can say, in all truth, that your coming to any medical centre of work should, in my\njudgment, add greatly to the health as well as the scientific progress of the community, whilst\nyour academic position as a Fellow, by examination, of our College, must assure you due\nrespect from the members of the profession.\nYou have my best wishes for your success and happiness.\nI am, as always, yours,\nOliver Pemberton.\nFrom Edwin Rickards, M. A. and M. B. (Oxon.), Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of\nLondon ; Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England,; Physician to the Birmingham General Hospital; Consulting Physician to the General Dispensary, and Professor of\nMateria Medica and Therapeutics in Queen's Colleye, Birmingham.\nUnion Club, Birmingham,\nSeptember 10th, 1887.\nI have great pleasure in stating that I have known Dr. G. F. Bodington for many years,\nand entertain a very high opinion of his professional ability and his personal qualities.\nHaving attained the highest degrees attainable, he has, by his kindly manners, secured and\nretained the confidence and esteem of his patients and friends. He has occupied positions\nheld only by leaders in our profession, and by his conduct in them has shewn that he has\nmerited the honours conferred on him. In quitting England he is leaving many friends who\nwill feel his absence, but wish him success wherever he may settle. I trust he may have a\nlong and useful life.\nEdwin Rickards. 604 Appointment of Medical Supt., Asylum for Insane. 1895\nFrom Robert Saundby, M. D., Fellow of the Royal, College of Physicians of London ; Physician\nto the General Hospital, Birmingham; Consulting Physician to the Birmingham and\nMidland Eye Hospital, and to the Hospital for Women ; lately Editor of the \"Birmingham\nMedical Review\" etc.\nBirmingham, September 10th, 1887.\nI have much pleasure in saying that Dr. Geo. Bodington is well known to me, and that\nI have had the pleasure of a tolerably intimate acquaintance with him for twelve years. Dr.\nBodington is a Doctor of Medicine of the University of Durham, a Fellow of the Royal\nCollege of Surgeons of England, and a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of London,\ndiplomas which sufficiently attest his educational attainments. He is also the author of a\nconsiderable number of practical and valuable papers, chiefly on Insanity, to which, for many\nyears, he devoted his attention. The respect in which he was held in this district is shown by\nthe fact that he has held the three most important offices which can be conferred on any\nmember of the profession, viz : President of the Birmingham and Midland Counties Branch\nof the British Medical Association; President of the Birmingham Medical Institute, and\nPresident of the Midland Medical Society. He was, when in this district, a very popular\nmember of the profession, and I have no doubt, wherever he goes, his great talents, kind heart\nand genial manners, will win for him many good friends, and professional success.\nRobert Saundby.\nFrom Sir James Sawyer, Knight, M.D. (Lond.), J.P., Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians\nof London ; Senior Physician, Queen's Hospital,; and Professor of Medicine in Queen's\nCollege, Birmingham, etc.\n22 Temple Row, Birmingham,\nSeptember 12th, 1887.\nI have known my friend, Dr. George Fowler Bodington, for many years. While he\npractised in this neighbourhood, he held a leading professional position in the Midlands.\nDuring the Session 1876-7, he was President of the Birmingham and Midland Counties Branch\nof the British Medical Association; in 1877-8, he was President of the Birmingham Medical\nInstitute; and in 1883-4, he was President of the Midland Medical Society. With very\ndistinguished attainments, Dr. Bodington is an accomplished writer and a fluent speaker, and\nhis courtesy and kindliness have secured him a large circle of warm friends, amongst whom he\nhas pursued a successful and spotless career.\nJames Sawyer.\nFrom Robert M. Simon, B.A., M.B. (Cantab), Member of the Royal College of Physicians of\nLondon; Assistant Physician to the Birmingham General Hospital; Consulting Physician\nto the Dental Hospital, Birmingham, etc., etc.\n27 Newhall Street, Birmingham,\nSeptember 16th, 1887.\nEvery opportunity the medical profession in the Midlands had of doing honour to Dr.\nBodington was eagerly seized one after the other. Every appointment of distinction was\noffered to Dr. Bodington, and the duties of office were performed ever with the greatest\nefficiency.\nHis ability, his education and tact, must secure him success wherever he seeks it, and the\nonly consolation his friends will have in losing his society will be the knowledge of his success,\nand prosperity in the New World.\nRobert M. Simon, 58 Vict. Appointment of Medical Supt., Asylum for Insane. 605\nFrom James Vose Solomon, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England ; Consulting\nSurgeon to the Birmingham Eye Hospital; Professor of Eye Surgery to the Birmingham\nGeneral Dispensary, etc.\nNewhall Street, Birmingham,\nSeptember 12th, 1887.\nI have sincere pleasure in testifying to the professional attainments of Dr. George Fowler\nBodington, which are of the highest order. His experience of diseases and its treatment has\nbeen very large and varied. As a practitioner of medicine and midwifery he has obtained\ngreat success in cases of much intricacy. As a surgeon, Dr. Bodington is a skilful and\nsuccessful operator. Dr. Bodington is a man of high principle and of stern integrity in all the\nrelations of life. In my judgment, the locality in which he may settle will be very fortunate\nin being able to avail itself of the services of so distinguished a practitioner and citizen. As\nevidence of the estimation in which he was held by his brethren in the town of Birmingham\n(England) and neighbouring counties, I may mention that in 1876 he was unanimously elected\nPresident of the Birmingham and Midland Counties Branch of the British Medical Association ; in 1877 he was honoured by being elected, unanimously, President of the Birmingham\nMedical Institute; and, in 1883, the Midland Medical Society elected Dr. Bodington as its\nPresident nemine dissentiente..\nDr. Bodington is a Doctor of Medicine of the University of Durham (England); a Fellow\n(by examination) of the Royal College of Surgeons of England ; also (of same corporation) a\nLicentiate of Midwifery; a Licientiate of the Apothecaries Company, London, &c.\nJames Vose Solomon.\nFrom Lawson Tait, M.D. (Hon.), New York; M.D. (Hon.), Albany; Fellow of the Royal\nColleges of Surgeons of England and Edinburgh; Surgeon to the Birmingham and\nMidland Hospital for Women; Consulting Surgeon lo the Samaritan Hospital for Women,\nNoltingftam, and lo the West Bromwich Hospital; President of the British Gynaecological\nSociety, London ; lately President of the Birmingham Philosophical Society, etc., etc.\n7, The Crescent, Birmingham,\nSeptember 13th, 1887.\nMy Dear Bodington,\u00E2\u0080\u0094As you have been one of my cherished and intimate friends for\nseventeen years, I feel almost a difficulty in saying how highly I have esteemed your upright\nand honourable character. As a practitioner, you have always evinced the keenest sense of\nour great responsibilities, an earnest desire for the scientific advance of our profession, and in\nevery way you have proved yourself an accomplished physician. I regret you have decided to\nleave us. I wish you every success in your new sphere of life, and I commend you to all upon\nwhom this letter may have any influence as one to be trusted entirely.\nYours, ever,\nLawson Tait.\nFrom Thos. Underhill, M.D., J.P., Consulting Surgeon to the Guest Hospital, Dudley.\nSUMMERFIELD HOUSE, WEST BrOMWICH,\nSeptember 19th, 1887.\nDear Dr. Bodington,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I am much grieved to hear that you are about to leave us, and\nsettle so far away, and that we shall consequently be deprived of your valuable advice and\nassistance.\nYou have enjoyed for so many years a well-earned reputation, both among your professional brethren and the public, throughout the whole of this district, including, as it does, the\nMidland Counties of the Kingdom, that your departure will leave a blank not easily filled.\nNo stronger proof of the estimation of your professional brethren could be given than the fact\nthat, on different occasions, you have been unanimously elected President of the Birmingham\nand Midland Counties Branch of the British Medical Association, President of the Birmingham\nMedical Institute, and also President of the Midland Medical Society.\nI sincerely trust that in your new sphere those talents and qualifications which have been 606 Appointment of Medical Supt.. Asylum for Insane. 1895\nof such advantage to us, and which have always been placed so readily at our disposal, will be\nequally appreciated. I trust you may be long spared to maintain that high tone of professional\nmorality which you have always held, and with every wish for your prosperity and success,\nBelieve me, very sincerely yours,\nThos. Underhill.\nFrom Willoughby Francis Wade, B.A., M.B. (Dublin), J.P. ; Fellow of the Royal College of\nPhysicians of London; Senior Physician, General Hospital, and formerly Professor of\nMedicine in Queen's College, Birmingham ; Vice-President of the British Medical Association, etc., etc.\n24, Temple Row, Birmingham,\nSeptember 10th, 1887.\nIt gives me great pleasure to state that I have known Dr. G. F. Bodington very well for\nmany years as an exceptionally able man, with large and varied experience in the practice of\nhis profession in all its branches. As evidences of the highly favourable opinion held by his\nprofessional brethren of his position, conduct, and acquirements, I may state that while\nresident in this neighbourhood he was elected by them to the following distinguished posts,\nviz.: President of the Birmingham and Midland Counties Branch of the British Medical\nAssociation, 1876-7; President of the Birmingham Medical Institute, 1877-8; and President\nof the Midland Medical Society, 1883-4. Had there been any other similar distinctions to\nbe conferred on Dr. Bodington, I have no doubt he would have received them.\nW. F. Wade.\n :0:\t\nAttorney-General's Department,\nVictoria, December 20th, 1894.\nG. F. Bodington, Esq., M.D.,\nHatzic, B. C.\nDear Sir,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 14th inst.,\nmaking application to be appointed Medical Superintendent of the Provincial Asylum for the\nInsane at New Westminster.\nIn reply I would say that should Dr. Bentley's suspension become absolute, your application will receive the consideration of the Executive.\nYours truly,\n(Signed) Theodore Davie.\nNew Westminster, B. C, Dec. 15th, 1894.\nTo the Hon. Theo. Davie, M.P.P.,\nAttorney-General, &c, Victoria, B.C.\nSir,\u00E2\u0080\u0094Allow me to hand you my application for the position of Medical Superintendent of\nthe Asylum for the Insane.\nI may say that I am fairly well read in the subject of mental disorders, and eight years\nago was for some time assistant physician in an eastern asylum, besides having had experience\nwith insane persons in private practice.\nIn the event of my appointment to the above position I shall endeavour to prove myself\na worthy servant, and give my best efforts to satisfy the Government.\nAs regards my position and general standing in the community I beg to refer you, sir,\nto Hon. Mr. Justice Bole, and Messrs. W. H. Keary, D. S. Curtis, Charles McDonough, Capt.\nPittendrigh, Coroner for the District, &c, and in the matter of professional qualifications I\nhave much pleasure in referring you to Dr. R. E. Walker of this city.\nI have, &c,\n(Signed) G. W. Boggs, M. D. 58 Vict. Appointment of Medical Supt., Asylum for Insane.\n607\nAttorney-General's Office,\nVictoria, December 20th, 1894.\nG. W. Boggs, Esq., M. D.,\nNew Westminster, B. C.\nDear Sir,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 15th inst.,\nmaking application to be appointed Medical Superintendent of the Provincial Asylum for\nthe Insane at New Westminster.\nIn reply I would say that should Dr. Bentley's suspension become absolute, your application will receive the consideration of the Executive.\nYours truly,\n(Signed) Theodore Davie,\nAttorney-General.\nThe Hon. Theo. Davie, M.P.P.,\nAttorney-General, Victoria, B. C.\nHatzic, B. C, December 21st, 1894.\nDear Sir,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I am much obliged by your reply to my letter regarding my candidature for\nthe office of Medical Superintendent of the Provincial Asylum at New Westminster. I am\nafraid I have committed an informality in forwarding, as I have done, my letter of application\nto the Executive Council to Colonel Baker. I thought as he is Provincial Secretary that he\nis the proper person through whom I should present it, but I perceive that you are Clerk of\nthe Executive Council, and I ought, I presume, to have sent my application through you.\nColonel Baker will, I do not doubt, send it to you, and I beg you to excuse me for the error\ninadvertently made.\nI take the present opportunity of referring you to Dr. Powell, of Victoria, as he kindly\ngives me leave to do so. In a letter I received from him a few days ao-o he says :\n\" I am in receipt of your note with accompanying testimonials, though the latter were\nnot needed to convince me of your ability to fill any position within the scope of your high\nprofessional attainments. * * * I am quite sure your appointment\nwould be attended with the greatest satisfaction, and in writing to any one in authority you\nare quite at liberty to refer to me as one cognizant of your eminent ability to undertake the\nduties of such a post.\"\nI am, &c,\n(Signed) G. F. Bodington.\nG. F. Bodington, Esq., M. D.,\nHatzic, B. C.\nAttorney-General's Office,\nVictoria, December 27th, 1894.\nDear Sir,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 21st inst., informing\nme that you have made an application through the Provincial Secretary's Department for the\nposition of Medical Superintendent of the Asylum for the Insane at New Westminster.\nIn reply I would say that the application sent to the Provincial Secretary's Department\nwill be laid before the Executive for consideration in the same way as if it had been sent\ndirect to me.\nYours truly,\n(Signed) Theodore Davie, 608 Appointment of Medical Supt., Asylum for Insane. 1895\nNew Westminster, December 19th, 1894.\nSir,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I have the honour to apply for the position of Medical Superintendent of this\nAsylum for the Insane here, which I understand is now open.\nAs to my professional qualifications I can refer you to almost all the medical men of the\nProvince, where I have been a member of the Medical Council for the last six years; to Drs.\nT. J. Roddick or W. Gardner, of Montreal; to Dr. I. R. DeWolf, of Halifax ; or to Dr. Wm.\nOsier, of Baltimore.\nI have, "Legislative proceedings"@en . "J110.L5 S7"@en . "1895_26_0599_0608"@en . "10.14288/1.0063465"@en . "English"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Victoria, BC : Government Printer"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy or otherwise distribute these images please contact the Legislative Library of British Columbia"@en . "Original Format: Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Library. Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia"@en . "RETURN To an Order of the House for all correspondence between any member of the Government and any other person, in relation to the appointment of Resident Physician for the Provincial Asylum for Insane at New Westminster, as successor to Dr. Bentley. 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