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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Credit: 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    before us, representing healthful, vigorous manhood, increasing in strength with every effort and with an armour always bright and ready for renewed contests—while the former is constitutionally fee- ble, decrepid from periodical prostration and premature old age, and even the outer appearance is rendered unseemly by time and decay. The charter of the college require* an election of the whole board of trustees, by the Legislature, every three years, and all vacancies occurring in the interval are filled by the remaining board. The en- tire body is composed of individuals residing in Cincinnati and its vicinity. And it may be seen at a single glance, bow easi'y ''those opposition factions so commonly surrounding and impeding medical schools, to quote the language of an editorial written by Professor Lawson for the Western Lancet, can accomplish their nefarious pur- poses, and how much they are encouraged to renewed and frequent attacks. As the sagacious and lamented Charles Hammond once observed, every unfledged doctor consider-; himself privileged to abuse and kick the old servant, and for no other reason than that she. belongs to the public, and the}' live in Cincinnati. /\nd it is only ne- cessary to allude to the fact, that nearly every year since the organi- zation of the college, it has been found necessary to send an agent to Columbus, to represent her interests, and to defend her against op- position factions. It is admitted by all, whose inquiries have been in any way direc- ted to the subject, that those medical institutions which have gone on in the quiet and even tenor of their way, have been most successful, and that their prosperity has been proportioned to their stability. The Transylvania University, Lexington, at one time the leading medical school of the west, was subjected to one change after another, tor many years, until finally it ceased to exist. Ten professors have occupied chairs in the medical school at Co- lumbus since its foundation. One vacancy was occasioned by death, another by resignation, and a third by transfer. Of the great success of this institution, in view of its comparative advantages, it is unnecessary to speak. In the late circular of the Cleveland Medical College, it is sbttsd, that seven courses only have been given—the first term the class