A case is reported on another page in which Mr. Justice Hor-ridge laid it down emphatically that a doctor has no power to take a vow of secrecy as regards what a patient tells him and that he must disclose his knowledge if called on to do so in a court of law. Apart altogether from the singularly unsympathetic behaviour of the judge towards the unfortunate doctor before, the decision will cause not a little surprise. One of the oldest adages one can remember says: "Tell your doctor and your lawyer everything." It is the universal belief among laymen and, we are pretty sure, among ductors too, t the cor-} tidences given to a doctor are as sacred us the confession made to a priest. In the case in Mr. Juatice Horn court there appears to have beea double cause secrecy 4if there can be any difference of degree in respect of a confidence) fashions in the future.
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