Statement : a statement of the facts connected with the late re-organization of the faculty of the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College : together with a documentary history of said department, from its origin to the present time.

  • Wiltbank, John, 1806-1860
Date:
[1856?]
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Credit: Statement : a statement of the facts connected with the late re-organization of the faculty of the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College : together with a documentary history of said department, from its origin to the present time. 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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    You may expect another letter from me this week. I should have answered yours sooner, had I not been out of town. I do not reside at Minersville. Yours, very truly, Reisy S. Marlin. [Extract] Dr. Wiltbank. July 15th, 1854. Dear Sir : You asked me to state the reason why the students were induced to sign the petition. I think some thought their diploma depended upon their signing the paper, knowing that five were against two. But I can proudly say I was not one of them—I should have felt mean to have signed a petition to turn out men whose names I wanted and expected on my diploma Yours respectfully, George R. Truitt [Copy] 190 Queen Street, July 27th, '54. Dr. Wiltbank, Dear Sir, I feel it to be my duty to make a statement of the motives which induced me to place my signature to a petition requesting you and Dr. Darrach to resign your Professorships in the Pennsylvania Medical College. This petition I was induced to sign by the influence of friends without reading it carefully, or in any way considering for myself what I was doing. The institution was represented to us as being in a most deplorable condition, fast declining. That its downfall was inevitable under existing circumstances. In such a condition, our diploma if granted us, would not be valid. Such were the circumstances under which I signed the petition, I did not sign it as some have supposed, from a want of confidence in you and Dr. Darrach, as teachers. I do not think that I could have signed the petition had I been informed of its true origin. I firmly believe that no student would sign it at present. Truly am I sorry for the manner in which I have treated you. Believe me, truly yours, A. Clarke Deakyne. 7