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.

  • John Flournoy Henry
Date:
1833
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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.

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    [ io] a most serious character had been sent to the College Board by the Hospital Trustees, and that I ought to take measures to remove the impressions they had made, as the College Trustees intended to base my expulsion upon the statements they had received. Imme- diately I addressed a note to the President of the Board, and t > the Trustee, to whom my retained letter had been directed, in each communication 1 defied mv accusers to the proof of any allegation unlavorable to my character as connected with the Hospital. I heard not one word more in relation to this subject, until the first of March at O'oclock P.M. when the following communication was received by the Faculty. Resolved, That a committee of one from the Board of Trustees, be appoin- ted to convey to the Faculty through their Dean a copy of the communica- tion of the Township Trustees, wittTa request that he submit the same, and that such measures be taken by them as may be deemed necessary to remove any ground of complaint that may exist. Whereas, Mr. Burke was appoint- ed the committee to carry this resolution into effect. W. CORRY, Secr'y. [Extract from the Minutes, February 24, 1832.] With this came the communication referred to, which the College Trustees had rolled as a sweet morsel under their tongues, for seven days all of which time they no doubt firmly believed that I was guilty; for those gentlemen, although many of them are Lawyers, reversed as to me, the humane maxim of the Common Law,that inno- cence is presumed, until guilt is proved. The communication of the Township Trustees was read to the Faculty, when T instantly demanded an investigation. The Faculty appointed a committee consisting of Drs. Moorhead, Cobb and Eberle; and, as is evinced in their late Bulletin against me, the recollection of the Township Trustees is very bad, I will inform them that */«? committee went to the Hospital at 3 o'clock on the 2d of March, 1832, and the exami- nation of the witnesses designated to the College Board, by them- selves,took place in the student's room, in presence of the committee, of Mr.Linley then Hospital Surgeon, of myself, of Mr. Richardson I think, and of the matrons, nurses, &c. Dr.Moorhead wrote down the minutes of evidence, which is now on file, or ought to be among the archives of the college. This evidence acquitted me of all culpa- bility, and at the succeeding meeting of the Faculty on the 3d of March, the report was presented signedby Jno. Moorhead—Jno. Eb- erle and J. Cobb; thereupon Dr. Eberle introduced the following resolutions which passed unanimously: Dr. Moorhead being absent and Dr. Henry not voting. Resolved, that from the report of the committee appointed to enquire into the validity of the allegations made by the Trustees of the Commercial Hos- pital, in a communication addressed by them to the Board of Trustees of the Medical College of Ohio, it does not appear, that there is any truth or correct- ness in any of the charges or criminations made in said communication, against the Professor of Obstetrics. Resolved, that the result of this investigation be communicated forthwith to the Board of Trustees of the Medical College of Ohio.