The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-01-08

write by Harnden's Express, and we shall pay them
literally for their labor.
The University Medical school--Its Surgical
CIiniquc--Recent Conduct of Its Faculty.
The Surgical Clinique of the University Medical
School opens this day, for the first time since the
commencement of the year. We shall, as usual,
send our Reporter to obtain an account of the pro-
ceedngs, although II appears that the Faculty have
| resolved to exclude him because he happens to be
the Editor of the Lancet. But will test their
right to close the doors of public Institution against
the public press, not before the members OF a class,
but before the assembled intelligence and good
sense Of the Medical profession of this city.
The recent conduct OF this Faculty is marked
with degree of injustice, and ingratltude, which
is exceedingly unbecoming. We have expended
upwards of $500 in actual outlay, for the procuring
and publishing of reports of opening lectures, pro.
ceedngs at the Chnique, nc, of this establish
ment, whilst all the sums paid by the Faculty for
advertisements in our paper have not amounted to
more than $50. We made this expenditure cheer
fully and without solicitation, because we regarded
the organization of this School, as gratifying move
ment towards loudly demanded revolution in the
system of Medical education in this country. And
our exertions in favor of the School have been re-
peatedy represented by the Faculty themselves, as
having been most advantageous to the interests of
the institution OF three hundred students, collected
from all parts of the Unien the Canadas, and West
Indies at least the one half were attracted to the
new College by our gratuitous and favorable no.
tees The Professors have again and again declared
that the Nc,c York Herald had been greatly instru-
mental in raising their school to its present eleva-
ton; numbers of the Students themselves, especially
from the remeter parts of the Union, have informed
the Editor of the Lancet that his reports of the
clinique which appeared in the Herald were the
means of bringing them TO New York.
And now Jet us reverse the picture, and study the
conduct of this Faculty towards the press whose eff
cent services in their behalf they had themselves
so frankly acknowledged. We find them ceolly
kicking aside the ladder by which they have ascend
ed TO prosperity-we find them turning round, and
in direct violation of the terms of their charter, ex-
Guiding from their Institution gentleman fully en-
titled by their own laws to attendance on all the
courses OF lectures delivered in their halls And all
this, because the discharge of his duties, the
conductor OF medical journal, he undertook TO re-
view their abors as public teachers.
The Editor of the Lancet was as properly entitled
to attendance on Dr. Motifs lectures, and those of
the other professors, as those gentlemen are to
cupy their respective chairs. And yet, because the
Editor of the Lancet, in accordance, too with the
permission of Professor, though 1t was afterwards
withdrawn, thought proper to exercise his undoubt-
ed right in bringing that Professor properly before
the public the Faculty presume to violate their char
ter, trampe on their own order, and attempt to con-
troll tree and independent press.
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ture for grant OF $4,000 but assuredly such con-
duct as that on which it has been our duty TO COM
ment is anything but calculated TO advance their re-
respectability and worth in the estimation of the
public and the government of the State. Such ar
bitrary and unjust proceedings indicate spirt too
much akin TO that of the dark ages OF monkish in.
tolerance. This is not the way in which public
institution should seek to win favor in the eyes of
all men, advance the great interests Of noble
science, and carry out the important purposes and
designs, for the attainment of which il has been
organized. The reign Of monopolies in science and
education, as well in other things, is over No
body of men can be permitted now to make mer-
chandize of public education for their own exclu-
sive benefit.
We trust that this establishment will speedily re-
gain the ground it has lost, by the return OF the Fa
Guilty to tina, independent, just and liberal course
which can alone sustain any popular institution.
We have ever been friendly TO the school-we are
still It's iriends-but we willnever lend our influence
TO any Institution which assumes an attitude hos
tile 10 the general good, but, on the contrary, will
unhesitatingy place in It's true position before the
public
! Mr.. MANNING, pupil of the celebrated Pacini,