Answer。“OfcourseIshouldrequireaverylargeextrapremium，ifIwouldtaketakeriskatall。“
ButIdonotchoosetoaddtheexpressionsofindignationwhichtheexaminationofthefactsbeforehimcalledout。Iwassatisfiedfromtheeffecttheyproducedonhim，thatifallthehideouscataloguesofcasesnowaccumulatedwerefullybroughttotheknowledgeofthepublic，nothing，sincethedaysofBurkeandHare，hasraisedsuchacryofhorroraswouldbeshriekedintheearsoftheProfession。
Dr。Meigshaselsewhereinvoked“Providence“asthealternativeofaccident，toaccountforthe“coincidences。““Obstetrics，“Phil。
1852，p。631。Ifso，Providenceeitheractsthroughtheagencyofsecondarycauses，asinotherdiseases，ornot。Ifthroughsuchcauses，letusfindoutwhattheyare，aswetrytodoinothercases。Itmaybetruethatoffences，ordiseases，willcome，but“woeuntohimthroughwhomtheycome，“ifwecatchhiminthevoluntaryorcarelessactofbringingthem！ButifProvidencedoesnotactthroughsecondarycausesinthisparticularsphereofetiology，thenwhydoesDr。Meigstakesuchpainstoreasonsoextensivelyaboutthelawsofcontagion，which，onthatsupposition，havenomoretodowiththiscasethanwiththeplaguewhichdestroyedthepeopleafterDavidhadnumberedthem？Aboveall，whatbecomesofthetheologicalaspectofthequestion，whenheassertsthatapractitionerwas“onlyunluckyinmeetingwiththeepidemiccases？“Op。cit。p。633。WedonotdenythattheGodofbattlesdecidesthefateofnations；butweliketohavethebiggestsquadronsonourside，andweareparticularthatoursoldiersshouldnotonlysaytheirprayers，butalsokeeptheirpowderdry。WedonotdenytheagencyofProvidenceinthedisasteratNorwalk，butweturnofftheengineer，andchargetheCompanyfivethousanddollarsapieceforeverylifethatissacrificed。
Whyagrandjuryshouldnotbringinabillagainstaphysicianwhoswitchesoffascoreofwomenoneaftertheotheralonghisprivatetrack，whenheknowsthatthereisablackgulfattheendofit，downwhichtheyaretoplunge，whilethegreathighwayisclear，ismorethanIcananswer。ItisnotbylayingtheopendrawtoProvidencethatheistoescapethechargeofmanslaughter。