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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![[ 18] Board; protesting that he bad nothing to do in the concoction of the scheme, and yet in almost the next sentence talking about the relinquishment of his wishes to obtain the chair, which he now holds. As he openly declared that the chair of Obstetrics ought not to be vacated, why did he, not mereiy submit to it, but actually entertain wishes to obtain the chair, which could only be given to him by effecting my removal; and then the declaration, plainly indicating his intimate acquaintance with the views of the Board, that a Chair must and will be provided for Dr. Pierson,* when he already held the Institutes, proves that the restoration of this gen- tleman to Materia Medica was the cause of ray dismission, and un- folds to us the manner in which Dr. Eberle's ''wishes to obtain the Practical chair, were to be gratified. Instead of contenting himself with the declaration that he had nothing to do in the 'con- coction' of this iniquitous scheme, had Dr.Eberle told the Trustees, that he would not accept the chair of Theory and Practice, if coupled with my displacement, the whole intrigue would at once have been arrested. The obliquity of this Professor's course is the more sur- prising, as I had entered into legal obligations to a large amount to induce him to come here; and when the profits of last winter's lectures were likely to fall short of the sum guaranteed to him as a Professor of the Miami School, I offered, in conjunction with Dr. Drake, to make up the deficiency. He had acted a manly part to- ward me in relation to the slanders from the Hospital, and 1 was deluded by this show of friendship. But if I am not greatly mis- taken, at that very time he was indulging his wishes to obtain the chair of Theory and Practice; and the arrangement by which he was to be promoted, and I removed, was definitely agreed on by the Board. It was with much reluctance I surrendered my good opin- ion of Dr. Eberle, and I now leave him to that public opinion, which sooner or later will assign to him its appropriate award. Our inter- course began by a guaranty on my part. It ended by duplicity and final desertion on his. It is with no feelings of delight, 1 bring before the public any thing accusatory; but my situation is so peculiar, that one of my defences against the slanders of the Hospital, implicates the char- acter of one of my late colleagues, Dr. 'Staughton. Had the Hos- pital Trustees been really as anxious as they pretend when accu- sing me, to discover, expose, and correct abuses, they could not have overlooked the Surgical Department, in which two cases of death, from Compound Fracture, occurred in a period of about six months. In the first, Dr. Staughton convened the Faculty to de- cide on the propriety of amputation ; stating his opinion that the swelling of the limb was the result of internal Haemorrhage. The Faculty met. As soon as the dressings were removed, it was appa- *See his letter to Dr. Drake in the. Correspondence of the Third District Medical Society.1'](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2112811x_0022.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
