New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-20
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL MEDICAL
BO1RD.
STATEMENT OF Az OFFICER ABOUT THE CHANGES
VIEWS or PROMINENT PHYSICIAN.
A ronnrtnr Of LIE TRinIrNR made innnirY

STATEMENT OF Az OFFICER ABOUT THE CHANGES
VIEWS or A PROMINENT PHYSICIAN.
A reporter of THE TRIBUNE made inquiry
yesterday of the managers OF the Presbyterian Ho pa
regard their action at the meeting Oh Tuesday last
in dropping from the Medical Board four OF the visiting
ply sicians They Of tie opinion that it Was mat
ter of TO public interest requiring explanation
BY the terms of their onsu.i3n an annual election :Or
tie members o, the Medical Board OF the Hospital Lad
been he and tho iOu members IL question had not Ic-
ceiyed the necessary votes .Or reelection. TA.i,
however, Id not Imply any charge Of iLcoHa'
tency; and they could not conceive that Ii gave
any occasion for the protest published from
the medical faculty Many of tie members OF the Board
speak otherwise Of the action and gay that it has rot
been without it, Object and severely ceasnc the pro-
coedng Tie managers refuse 10 notice the inquiry
which before being published laid before them n the
form Of a remembrance signed by six OF the Hospital
physicians. The sinners OF The rcnonstrance express
their intention If IcsgNiDg tie trustees 10 not recon
slider their action.
pro..nent physician in the city makes the following
statement Tnc wcglest the absence 81 ri-
ci1s caees against DIS Whcrook. Day. WyEcOOp. and
Bal, IS that rs without precedent physician elected
10 position Hospital SIAN has no Wtv-Siich II me
customto vaoatc that position with honor 10 himself ex
crri ny tssnihi long .t'"In +l~a oIy on NJ -, -
a reelection would have been criminal. Tor the
man was insane Because of this time-honored custom,
the physicians consider he dismissal OF at the cx
praOn " their OF cfcC by tie election or theli
snrccssos aept 70 prefer ring charges os inconpe-
tonry asinst them Their services graiuOus and
at times very fatigung Among those dismissed, Tor
really they dismissed, there could not re me "Is-
breath suspicion incOmpeency. The physlcans
thus falling reelection Drs. A BIayton Ham, Creo
q; Whoc!ock Walter Def. Day and GeraTdus II. Wyn-
coon and their places .cd by DTs = I. Hubbard, j.
Nj smith. ]. V. :. Woolsey, and r. \. BUTril.
An officer OF the Hospital. in conversation win the
reporter. said: have 10 disposition or Intention Oi
eu'rrin~ upon any discussion publicly Of this matter,
and no necessity therefor exist, for so long u
the Board OF Managers act III street conformity Win ther
constitution. their bylaws their rules and reguaionS-
and 10 adverse criticism thereto has ever been or Is now
offered even by those who object 20 their late acton ID
the appointment OF their Medical BOard-hey cannot be
charged serious wrong, and therefore, the puDic
nav he supposed take little interest in the matter
NAV. however, be proper to state that the protest
alluded to rests entirely upon an uEtruih doubtless
msjn formed The statement that four members Of the
Visiting staff were dismissed is not warranted by the
facts IL the case. .-.--
For the benefit OF such OF the public may he inter
ested in this matter will say that the rules and reg1ia
tions OF the Presbyterian Hospital provided for the APP
Dointment annually, OF Medical Board The Board OF
Managers the discharge Of what they conceived 10 be
their duty ana the exercise Of their discretion APP
pointed for the composition OF the Medical Board, SIX
teen physicians ana surgeons against neither or whom
has any objection been urged OF want OF proTessonal Skill
or as ~ character gentlemen. As 10 the four gentle
men failed Of reappOnment their reputation Is no
more assaed than Is that OF any other candidate OF OF
flee who does receive votes enough 20 elect NM
fully agree the spirit OF the protest in what say
OF dismissal tn II grounds THEREFOR Dui seIe
IL a decided distinction and wide difference Det"ceI
dismissal and failure OF election or reappOln tment