RT Journal
T1 A disclaimer from the mayo brothers
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1909
FD May 15
VO LII
IS 20
SP 1596
OP 1596
DO 10.1001/jama.1909.02540460044013
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.02540460044013
AB To the Editor: 
    —We have been advised not to pay any attention to the publicity given us by an article appearing in a recent issue of Human Life.Inasmuch as we have on several occasions suffered public humiliation of this character, it does not seem unreasonable that we should state our position exactly, because, while we have the assurance that our friends and acquaintances fully understand our attitude as professional men toward the public, it is of course impossible that we should know personally all the practitioners of medicine in this country, and we desire the respect and esteem of all. Our endeavor is, has been, and will continue to be, in strict accord with both the letter and the spirit of the ethics of the medical profession.In 1905 one of us was elected president of the American Medical Association, and as this was a great honor to come