The memorial of M.B. Wright in relation to the Medical College of Ohio : the official misconduct of its trustees, the maladministration of its affairs, and the dangerous position of the commercial hospital : made to the forty-ninth General Assembly.

  • Wright, M. B. (Marmaduke Burr), 1803-1879.
Date:
1851
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    by the laws of the institution, and requested an additional hour each week. This request was granted, and the undersigned delivered in the aggregate, twenty extra lectures, and without any additional com- pensation. Censurable neglect! Refviation. One of the graduates of last session, in a letter now before me, says, Concerning the charge spoken of in your last ques- tion, I may say, that during the last session, you lectured five hours a week instead of four, as is required, During the absence of Dr. Lawson, you filled his hour as well as your own, (and I believe he was absent the same time as yourself;) and besides this, you on sev- eral occasions lectured six times a week. Another quotation from the letter of Professor Locke : With re- gard to neglect of dzity. Every professor has, so far as I know, not only been prompt to deliver a full course of lectures, but when there has been a spare hour, there has been an emulous competition to know who shall have it. None has been more prompt than yourself, and I have no doubt you have given more than the constitutional number of lectures. Finally, permit me to say, that while I must submit to constituted authorities, I feel it my duty to say to you, in view of so many years of harmonious, nay, cordial co-operation as colleagues, I sincerely regret your removal from the institution. Charge 6. The pamphlet of the revolutionists closes with this par- agraph: In conclusion of this reply, which has already extended beyond the limits I have prescribed to myself, I beg to give the gen- tleman this parting admonition, that when next he finds it necessary to bolster himself up by a laudatory letter from the township trustees, who really know as little about the professors, and the Medical Col- lege of Ohio, as any other three worthy individuals in community, he should be more careful to have the letter indited by some other hand than his own. Chirography is often a most potent, as well as un- welcome witness. 1/te letter, and general explanations. During the efforts that were being made to vacate the chairs, and the revolutionists having refused to assign any tangible reason for their hostility to the undersigned, a portion of the board addressed the township trustees, with a view of