To the physicians of the State of Ohio.

  • Vattier, J. L.
Date:
[1850?]
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Credit: To the physicians of the State of Ohio. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cause. His wounded pride, it will be perceived, is deeply concerned in making out for himself the best possible case, but its suggestions 1 hope will not be received as true, nor can it be°expected that they should meet the sanction of tacit acquiescence. It is utterly false that the Board of Trustees were influenced in their action towards Dr. Wright by any private griefs or by personal pique. The character of the gentleman composing the Board, is a sufficient refu- tation of the slander where they are known, and where they are not, the extreme improbability of such an extensive combination of Trustees, as is pre-supposed against any professor upon merely personal grounds, may be confidently relied upon to rebut the calumny. The organic law of the Institution requires eight out of eleven Trustees to remove a professor, a provision competent surely if any be, to protect him in his rights and to shield him against prejudice and hasty judgment. To all who have had the opportunity or the interest to look into the condition of the Medical College of Ohio for some time past, it is well known that Dr. Wright failed to give satisfaction to his classes, and in many instances so great was this discontent that it was embodied in petitions for his removal, numerously signed by the students and suppressed only by the urgent entreaties ol one or more of his respected colleagues. To these efforts of his amiable asso- ciates, and to a certain reputation which he contrived to create for himself as a legislative manager, and tactician, the doctor has owed for many years his position in the school, rather than to his talents or capacity as a teacher. These props were not sufficient however in the judgment of the present Board of Trustees, to maintain a decided unpopular professor in the Institution, and Dr. Wright was accordingly displaced. The mode adopted for this purpose was recommended by a sincere desire, on the part of the Board, to give as little offence as practicable, in the discharge of a painful duty, and .not as the late professor observes, for the purpose of