New-York tribune., 1875-12-10
Special Dispatch to The Be''on Herald g,
THE HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN.

now lie OBTAINS HIS APrONrMEyT-TBE CHAR
n.y. ARGUMENT.
70 me z dttOr Of THe Tribune.
SIR: am one of that wretChed class OF mai
factors known hospital directors, and attended the
mass meeting st the Union League Theater WIN
he repidaton ana selabasement proper TO Such chaI
acter am greatly Interested III the question OF nos
ultal government and wanted To get such lght upon
The subject as would from hearing doctors discuss
Il, wholly in their own way rewarded by hearing
several more or dignihed, forcible, weexpres-ed
statements especially from the President OF the meeting
and from Profs. Thomas and Agnew, ana fonhu 10
INV pleasure that only person present was so Acoh
ditioned "a to think he could help the business IN
hand by coarse innuendoes This in neeng OF several
hundred interested people. seemed TO an honorable
and noteworthy fact. The strongest point IN ffOt'
Thomass really excellent speech was h statement that
the gentlemen recently dropped from the Presbyterian
Hosptl stan only that for grievance but the
much sorer one that explanation ot such dropping
was given by the hospital directors though loud were
the ea. for the explanation The missing reason rs not
Car to seek.
Rle vour innocent hearts my dear friends, late hos
ptal appontecs It's the simplest problem IN pisicsI
question of grayitation merely! What force hied you
each one into your late place n that unhappy hsu'u-
u - And by the failure OF what force have you since
lr,pred out again Did you leap flushed with victory
from the lists 10 that proud preemnehcef
VIII any one Of you lay his hand upon ms many Du'
strcLan bosorn and without the yc-ige OF Wink IN hls
se eve declare that he was selected after far ana
nen counetitlun with other mcu ID Ac piuiessiuh hd
and ndOr-sr, but tncf Own rsiti tiile
ambition and hard-WOn accom- l'hb, ulr anu anu IT,
ria friends but their conscious desert ana hieEi''
absolutely ont OF tie hunuftd- Oi pa.
,ues who should and keep that place III 'tt nosp
fa Ws n bv the eternal fitness OF thhgs mat nu
,vere tbprp each round man 30 r1qurli " nuns ~
ircI eac, .aare man 50 perfectly quadfdllnB WIN Ms
ircnu.f9uces or was H. after ALL by something OF per
fav0rf each of you n sure TOT h''ii' ''
tIr nrofrssO1 for him, " that tIt Dcst man "o
when he went u. then have >or OF pIupeI's III ~
nacc and this awful u indeed heIoic sIue1ic'
e one But If this unpleasant change n your IelISii non.
-impIv an ehb 1f the hOot ht h"di'u , ou ~ 49, 49,
tbeni Have you not overlooked one p"iui h lo, 49,
Nav venture 10 suggest one thns more Iolc' H
charity much spoken OF az tbe meeting. mere u no
controversy thaI doctors do great deal oi WoIh ma,
rs most Justly uder that head both IN hospi ais dnd
nrivai prictce. But struck WIN the ihct nat %
iLcnudtiOned man. he OF the squtlu lhii u"os wa, t
, Ia some Board oi Directors some tmt tu utop '"'
man III he ever gets hospital appointment y "ls tno
,ng who most loudly and ptt-stenty So Ioilh "
orie Of fhis modest virtue e. .he Aduhieth no' ll5
nj h.nveth NOT herself uusrcmy y, ana cihiitl hei ~
tbs ,specit property of his fraternity H"~ Is i i S S
sr,gltioul simple minded pubc KNOWS inI "c4l .il.'
. r. beavcI- horn charity that make. some u"'tois oi
IT, -, and I,ipeav and lOg-rOil ana ntlntlt' ahi
i tIe iiftle Gieer Jobs Of which there j. no lioi''
,in i'm anv medical college that ever JIG dIu =" ~
h !. Inc peTpetual exercise OF Ide raho % %'lyl - so
,rac.s a oir make. tne fortunate ara cha ItinV ' ~
r,,out t1 smte the aspiring heads anu s1nP va !, -
fniug ingrrs " the uucLartlbic uut-f 'hu tuat =.
in of the chance Of citNatn9 tli- virtue TIA,
~. 90 we'll not glc ult iiou- phI' iIt''
10 e,rnw a-weary with TOO u1Iemil''hs oN''n' "
~ Seir- Iork, Dec. g, 1875.