An exposure of the conduct, of the trustees and professors of the Medical College of Ohio, and of the hospital or township trustees : in relation to John F. Henry, M. D.
- Henry, J. (John), 1793-1873.
- Date:
- 1833
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An exposure of the conduct, of the trustees and professors of the Medical College of Ohio, and of the hospital or township trustees : in relation to John F. Henry, M. D. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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![[8] could not have entered into the mind of an honorable man, that the arrangement would so soon have been broken up; that Dr. 'Person would be allowed a year and three months to prepare himself for a chair he was never tofili, and that I would be dislodged at the end of the first session, whether I satisfied my class or not? When I asked a Trustee, if this was contemplated at the time of the re-or- ganization ; he replied no— if it worked well and harmony prevail- ed We have their own report to the Legislature dated 19th De- cember, 1831, in which they state that their expectations had been realized,'''' and that harmony and good feeling, to a very considerable degree prevailed,''''—Here we have both of the conditions, on the oc- currence of which, the arrangement was intended to be permanent— and yet the winter is not half over, before the whole system is dis- turbed by the Trustees themselves, prompted as I am led to infer, by the clandestine representations of some one or more Professors. What was my crime? Why was I to be dismissed? I had said that Dr. Pierson had forfeited his claims to a station in the School by failiBg to come on; and I had refused to desert Dr. Drake, in obe- dience to a very plain intimation from one Trustee to that effect. My colleagues of Miami Faculty, had said the same thing to Dr. Drake and mj self, relative to Dr. Pierson, but then they had re- deemed themselves from this herssy by a total neglect of the claims of Dr. Drake, although he had been to them a steadfast friend. Had I deserted him, there can be no doubt that I too would have shared the favor and the confidence of the Board. But these motives for my expulsion, the Board could not public- ly avow, so they encouraged, if they did not instigate every mali- cious rumour relative to my lectures, and my standing with the class. These having circulated in the bye-paths of calumny from the commencement of the session to the middle of February, reach- ed my ears. I immediately called on a Trustee, who professed to be my friend, to know the cause of the dissatisfaction which was said to exist in the Beard respecting myself, and to learn the truth of the rumor that the Trustees intended to remove me. He told me, that it was said, and believed by the Board, that the class were greatly dissatisfied with me: that I was reported to lecture very badly; even worse than any vjho had ever been in the school. Who was the informant of the Trustees I never could ascertain, although I en- deavored to do so. It was, however, a striking illustration of the character of the Board, that they received statements disparaging to an individual, whom it was their duty to sustain, and protect, without using any means to ascertain their truth—without once hearing his didactic lectures, or extending the common courtesy of informing him what they had heard and believed. By means of false statements, they arrived at the opinion that the class was dis- satisfied, and without a moment's hesitation they meditate my dis- missal. On the 14th of February, I was made acquainted with these facts. I determined to appeal to the class, and if their ver- dict should be against me, to send in my resignation at once. On](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2112811x_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
