A reply to a pamphlet by S. Henry Dickson, M.D. entitled Statements, &c.

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1834
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    Resolved, that the several Professors who shall be elected in con- lormity with the resolutions of the Society, adopted on the 3rd Febru- ary last; before entering on the duties of their office, and within four weeks after notice of their election, shall subscribe the following obliga- tion : We,'the undersigned, elected by the Medical Society of South-Caro- lina, to the several professorships annexed to our respective names, do solemnly pledge to each other, to the Society, and to the public, our word and honor as men, that we will duly and at all times, to the best of our ability, faithfully and diligently fulfd all the duties attached to the chairs to which we respectively have been appointed. We further agree, that on failing to do so, according to the literal intent and meaning of this obligation, the chairs shall be considered vacant, and the Society at liberty to fill the same. (Signed by the Professors.) These are the facts in relation to the establishment of the Medical College of South-Carolina. We shall now proceed to give, from the same source, the Minute Book of the Medical Society, the History of the Occurrences which led to the secession, as in fact it was, or, if the gentlemen prefer the term, to the dismissal of the original Faculty. May 1st, 1829.—A member of the Faculty was impeached by his colleagues.—[This fact is conclusive in regard to the conviction of the Faculty, that they, then, considered themselves dependent on the Medi- cal Society ; in other words, its agents. If they had conceived them- selves endowed with sufficient power to act their will against the indi- vidual to whom it is our painful duty to allude, undoubtedly they would have done so, without either consulting the Medical Society, or abiding, as they did, by its decision. The Society rejected their accusation, and this, we believe to be the first source of their discontent; Hinc illcB lachrymal] Present, Dr. T. Y. Simons, President, Drs. Bellinger, De La Motta, Moultrie, Sen. Holbrook, Waring, Logan, Geddings, I. A. Johnson, T. G. Prioleau, Buist, Dickson, Strobel, Bailey, Moultrie, Jun. Pratt, Finley, Inglesby, Porcher, J. E. Holbrook, Campbell, Phillips, Michel, Win- throp, Joseph Johnson, Ramsay, Frost, G. Logan, Ravenel, North, and Aikin. The committee appointed to investigate the charges, consisted of Drs. J. Moultrie, jun. F. Y. Porcher, North, J. Johnson, and G. Logan. July 1st, 1829.—Resolved, That it is expedient for the Medical So- ciety to elect seven members to perform the duties, which were assign- ed to the honorary members, at the first organization of the Medical College. Resolved, That the Secretary give notice that the above resolution will be considered at the next meeting. December 1st, 1829.—The following gentlemen were appointed Trus- tees, Drs. J. Moultrie, Jun. Porcher, Waring, J.Johnson, B. B. Simons, P. G. Prioleau andl. M. Campbell. [No objection offered by the Fa- culty, who, be it remembered, were, and are, all members of the So- ciety !] July, 1831.—Dr. Ramsay resigned the chair of Surgery. Dr. J. Moultrie, Jun. moved, that Dr. Ramsay's resignation be published in
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