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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![[ 12] but pretending a want of time, he requests a separate and early ans- wer, although the Trusteeshad refered the matter to ihe.BoardojFac- ulty without even expressing a desire for its speedy action. Here was a shrinking from responsibility which ought not to have been tolerated. It served, however, to conceal from the inspection of colleagues the conduct of each other. Had the Faculty met, I haz- ard nothing in the opinion, that some who wrote affirmative or eqiv- ocal answers, would not have ventured to display such a wanton violation of principle as was evinced in their assent to the propo- sition of the Trustees. But taking them in detail—appealing to their fears—or their hopes; sordid motives piedominated, and un- sustained by the strength which the mass would have given, and unawed by the denunciations that could not have been suppressed, my colleagues with the exception of Dr. Drake, yielded to the views of the Trustees and advised the reduction. The turpitude of this transaction, whether we view it in reference to the Trustees or the Faculty, mast be apparent to all who will frankly consider it. As a compromise the Trusteeshad established eight Professorships. They had only a month or two before in their report to the Legis- lature, recognized the existence of that number, (without how- ever once alluding to the indulgence granted to Dr. Pierson,the ab- sentee,) and said we feel gratified in stating that our expectations have been realized. But their own re-election was then pending in the Legislature, and a favorable report of the school was neces- sary to secure that object. No sooner are they re-appointed than their tone is changed. They endeavor to drive me from the college covered with the ignominy they had themselves cast ou me. Failing in this, they resort to the Professors and obtain a sanction for the reduction of Professorships—and this too, let it be remembered, after Dr. Drake had reduced the number, by resigning. I put the question to all concerned, whether the present arrange- ment of the Faculty was not contemplated early in the winter ? Whether my degradation wasjnot one of the means,to bring about this arrangement? And whether finally, the Facully did not know expli- citly that my expulsion was the object of the contemplated reduction, and that thereby Drs. Moorehead and Pierson, would be translated, and Dr. Eberle promoted? Will they tell us when these changes were concocted ? But I ask in vain. The appeal of the Trustees to the Faculty on this occasion was an insult and should have been resented as such. But the Trustees knew their men. They did not reckon without their host. Thus under the shallow pretext of advice of the Faculty, an advice extorted or fraudulently obtained, they attempt to justify themselves to the world forvio- lating their plighted faith and inflicting on an individual a wanton injury. In their Circular issued 25th of May last, they involve them- selves in an absurdity beyond their power of extrication. They state that the unexpected resignation of Dr. Drake seemed to im- pose on the Trustees the necessity of reducing the Professorships](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2112811x_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
