Much to the wonder of some and the disappointment and displeasure of others of his patients, who had received successful treatment under the old school of practice, Dr. Frank W. Haviland, a well-known physician and surgeon of Harlem, quietly added to his sign of M. D., the words Christian Scientist, and refused to practise, even among his old patients, anything but the new Christian Science treatment, says the New York Evening Telegram of December 26.
Dr. Haviland is a regular graduate of the old school of medicine from the Brooklyn Medical College. After a successful hospital practice, and a residence of fifteen years in Harlem, where his success and popularity had built up a large practice for him, such an announcement on his part offered much ground for comment. Knowing of at least three cases in one neighborhood, where he had successfully performed difficult operations under the old treatment, it seemed to me that an interview to get the doctor's reasons for his radical change of practice would furnish some very interesting reading to his friends, patients, and the public generally.
With this idea in view, I called at Doctor Haviland's handsome residence, No. 210 West One Hundred and Twenty-Third street, yesterday, and met with a very kind and courteous reception. After learning my business, the doctor at once consented to an interview, saying, by way of premise, that as the principal thought of his life was to do good to his fellow creatures, and as he was now satisfied that he was able to do more good than ever, through his new practice, he had no hesitation in making the whole matter as public as possible.
