Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-07-31
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M CoLpnuus. o luly 30. 1862. !

TO tho Medical Projection Of tie STATE Of 0hio'
Inasmuch as the time approaches when th
Board of Medical Examiners will convene !
the city Of Columbus, feel II my duty agai
70 call upon my professional brethren to com
forward, comply with the regulates for appoint
ment to the medical staff Of the army, and Of
fer their services with q cheerful heart, AM
with the noble desire becoming every loyal cit
izen Of our country, to do their whole duty II
this her hour Of peril.
The demand for Surgeons and Assistant SIR
geons 10 at this time truly pressing, not onll
for the new regiments, of which there will b'
twenty three, but also for the regiments al
ready In the field. Congress has passed and
approved, July %, an act to provide for addi'
tional medical officers Of the volunteer service
section third of which reads: "And be u further
enacted, That instead Of one Assistant Surgeon
as provided by the second section of the act Of
July 29d, 1861, each regiment OF volunteers
In the service of the United StAtes shall have
tvo Assistant Surgeons" This will create q
necessity for upward of twenty-five Surgeons
and one hundred and twenty. Ave Assistant Sur
geons.
know ahall not call In vain upon the pro.
fession of the State, but that they will respond
in such numbers as will satisfy the demand,
and will maintain the reputation and honor our
brethren have gained in the field. am proud
TO cay thas Ohio Surgeons have borue nobly
their part in .Ehis unhappy war, and that they
have won the confidence and praise of the SOL
diers and officers of our armiee Will the pro-
fession, at home, remain dormant, and permit
this confidence to be shaken, and their reputa-
ton tarnished by compelling the Executive Of
our State to make appointments to the medical
staff of our gallant army, of miserable quacks
and mountebanks under whatever form and
name they may present themselves7 These
pretenders appreciate the reputation of
Ohio Surgeons, and the honor of position
10 their midst, ard spare no intrigue or subter
fuge to worm themselves among them. At no
time has the regular profession had such an
opportunity to prove its metal, and to build up
an insurmountsble barrier between itself and
the medical isms of the day, and to justify its
claims as an intelligent, scientific aud patri-
otic body of men. Will the profession, then,
let this opportunity go by default, ard become
the just object of the contempt and censure Of
Justly outraged community No, never! will
be the answer Of every true medical man in the
State, az he gathers around the banner Of the
Union, and takes upon himself the holy oblgs-
ton to watch over the lives Of our noble col
ders.
Come, then, my brethren, on the 5th day of
next month to Columbus, aud present yourselves
before the Board of Medical Examiners to have
your claims to as honorable q position as can
be attained in the army Of the Republic, justly
and fairly weighed and considered.
The order Of the War Department provides
that no appointment is to be made TO the Medi-
cal staff of the army Withou, the candidates
having passed successful examination by three
Surgeons, appointed BY the Governors of States,
and the profession will see the necessity of sd-
herring rigidly to this rule, aud can not object
to IT, Recommendations, private, or by Mill
tary committees, are of no avail without an ex-
animation. Brethren of our noble profession,
extend to you the right hand Of Fellowship,
aud give yoa my best greeting. .
GUSTAV G. e. WEBER,
Surgeon General Of Ohio.