Doctor Samuel Bard Permitted to Attend

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Doctor Samuel Bard, at his request, was admitted, and informed the Committee that he had received some disagreeable language from some of his fellow-citizens for receiving and attending the sick Mariners from His Majesty' s Ships, and requested to know whether it is the sense of this Committee that his acting as Physician for the sick Mariners is inconsistent with the conduct and duty of a good citizen under the present circumstances of this Colony. Doctor Bard further declared, that he had been particularly careful not to receive any patients from the Ships with any infectious disorders. But that if it is the sense of this Committee that he ought not to attend such sick Mariners, he is ready to resign his office.

Resolved, That Dr˙ Bard' s conduct is fully consistent with the conduct and duty of a good citizen; and he is requested not to suffer any patient to be brought into his Hospital with any infectious disorders, particularly the small-pox.