Extracted text

OCR Page 1 of 3
bugust 16, 1933. Dr. Jas. E. Ewing, Memorial Hospital, Now York, N. Y. Dear Dr. Ewing: We are herewith returning to you the letters of Doctors Craver and dumphries which were attached to your letter of August 9th. lie have read these letters with much interest, and there is some question in our minds as to the course we should follos. From Dr. Graver's letter, we infer that he is not altogether satisfied with Dr. diagnosis and treatment of Miss Freyer. It is our belief that the girls under your Committee's care would be better off if their medical needs were provided by some one other than Humphries; and we sould not be continually having to pay bills of e Specialist who is caring for patients not strictly in his line. lie do realize that thmphries has the confidence of the girls and can probably be of benefit to thea psychopathically. However, we are commissioned with having to provide reasonable medical care, and I question if psychopathic treatment could be justified. We are not disposed to take any action which your Committee would not recommend, and mat rely upon you largely to protect us in these matters. The purpose of establishing your Committee was to intelligently provide for the medical care of the girls, and we realise that you, as well as ourselves, are not satisfied with Dr. Humphries having injected himsolf into the picture to the extent which he has. lle would welcome the time when the care of the girls would come strictly under your jurisdiction. This might be accomplished by your writing a letter to the girls advising them that no future medical bills will be allowed, unless the physicien attending them has been authorized to do so by your Committee. If you were to do this, you would undoubtedly have