Report of a committee of the regents of the university, appointed to visit the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the city of New-York : Made to the regents, January 12, 1826.

  • University of the State of New York.
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1826
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Credit: Report of a committee of the regents of the university, appointed to visit the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the city of New-York : Made to the regents, January 12, 1826. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The committee appointed under the preceding ordinance of the' Regents of the University, dated April 5th, 1825, respectfully REPORT,— That in pursuance of their appointment to visit the college of physicians and surgeons in the city of New-York, the committee repaired to the city, and requested the president to convene the professors and trustees at the college, to meet with the committee. The request was promptly and ohligingly complied with by the president; and the professors and trustees attended as promptly, and with punctuality at the appointed time and place. The first meeting of the committee with the professors and trustees was on the 30th of June, 1825, when the business of the investigation into the condition and concerns of the college of physicians and sur- geons, was commenced and continued diligently from day to day until the 7th of July inclusive. It is with pleasure the committee can here remark, that during the whole time of their tedious inquiry, the professors and trus- tees attended with your committee with great punctuality ; and laying aside their other pursuits, devoted their time and attention to the concerns of the college, with commendable assiduity, and afforded to the committee, with candor and frankness, every assis- tance and information in their power to communicate, tending to facilitate the business of the inquiry, and elicit the truth on the va- rious subjects under consideration. It is due to the professors and trustees to say, that however much they differed from each other in the arguments urged, or in the conclusions drawn from the facts enquired after, yet in the whole course of the business, the con- duct of each, was characterised by an openness of communication and integrity of manner, which gave assurance of the fairness of the motives of each ; and that the conclusions, maintained ofteH times with vehement warmth, were urged from a conscientious belief in their correctness, and that they were essential to the welfare and advancement of the college, so liberally endowed, and so justly the object of great public solicitude. But while the committee subscribe to the correct intentions and well intended endeavours, of both professors and trustees, to ad- vance the best interests of the college, it must be confessed, that in the various communications and charges made this last winter to the Regents, and to the commmittee in the progress of their inqui-