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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![[ 16] but from a conviction that the number of the Professors ought to be dimin- ished, in doing which, others have been preferred, whose claims were older and of paramount obligation. Yours, Respectfully, W. CORRY, President. DR. JOHN F. HENRY. I am here told that the Trustees do not believe any of the slanders propagated against me as a Professor,1' which they are pleased to say have been completely refuted. The reason they as- sign for my removal, amounts to an acknowledgment of bad faith on their part, for they had created a Faculty of eight as a compro- mise, and should not for any reason, less cogent than neglect of duty, or incapacity, have permitted themselves to meditate, much less to effect its reduction. But if the facts and inferences of this pamphlet be eorrect, the reduction was a mean of removing an obnoxious individual, and not an end relating solely to the pros- perity of the College. Had the class petitioned my removal, that would have been the avowed reason for dismissing me. Had the false allegations of the Hospital Trustees been proved, I would have been sent forth with a blight upon my character, which would have descended with me to the grave. But neither of these much eoveted grounds of removal could be sustained, and as a der- nier resort, the reduction takes place. But let us go a little deeper into these matters, and enquire why I was hunted down by (he mot- ley crew of Medical College dependents. I have already said that my friendship for Dr. Drake, and refusal to desert him, joined with my expressed opinions in reference to Dr. Pierson, originated, as I believed, all the opposion to me; and the desire of restoring this gentleman to Materia Medica, which, owing to the variety of conflicting interests, could only be done by my removal, led the Trustees to reduce the Professorships as the least exceptionable mode now left them for effecting that object. If these be not the real motives which governed the Trustees in expelling me, I frankly confess, that I do not know what were. But whether I am right or not, they cannot be so, for their letter to me is totally inconsistent vviih their published report to the Legislature of Dec. 19, 1832. To one point more I will call your attention. If they were men of stern integrity and candor, a high sense of honor would have impelled them to deny publickly the truth of the statements, which the Hospital Trustees affirm they received from some of their Hon. body. I take my leave of this Board of Trustees with much pleasure. In their private characters I profess to have no knowledge of them. As Anthony would say, u they are all honorable men. But as public functionaries, 1 have found them partial, unfaithful, and un- just. In private intercourse, they may be amiable, they may ob- serve their contracts; and some may preach, but none can practice the divine precept, do unto others as you would they should do un- to you. In their corporate capacity, (Sir William Blackstone says, Corporations have no souls,) they have disregarded the obliga-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2112811x_0020.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
