Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-01-08
What DR.. Rogers has to Say in
Behalf Of the Proposed In.
~stitutiOR and City
Hospital.
How the Whole Thing is TO be
Managed = All About the
Faculty on Hand.

eNNAe AN1NAAhe
Answer-No; it will be entirely free
and Independent of any church or de-
nomination.
Q.-lt is said that it is intended to
turn the hospital over to a corporation.
Is this true2
Ave do not intend this. All we
8 kisa law bat will insure us free access
to the hospital for clinical purposes; for
instance, il there is case requiring a
surgical operation wa want to perform
operation before the class; again, we
the privilege Of taking students
into the hospital aud instrncting them in
the practice OF medicine by the bedside.
To insure this, and this alone, we thought
it would be nbest to have a of the
faculty in charge of the hospital
This is all We want, and we will
be satisfied with any ordinance you
may pass that will allow us this privilege.
do not wish to control anything else
connected with the hospital; we want the
hospital to remain under the immediate
control Of the hospital committee, as
heretofore. Now you have u wish aud
you can frame your ordinance with any
restrictions you think proper.
Q-Why cant you build your college
and then apply for the hospital2 Why
such haste to get this ordinance passed.
Alt has been the custom for the
mayor'elect to appoint a hospital physi.
elan as soon as he is installed. If this
is done by our next mayor the phyoician
so elected will hold the hospital for two
years, and il he is SO disposed he can
embarress us very much in our clinical
Instructions. For this reason We want
to know if we will have the use of the
hospital, beyond doubt, before we erect
the college building. Again, we will
issue our announcement in March, and
We wish to be able to offer to students
through the country the same induce.
ments for clinical instructions that they
fad iD Nashville, Louisville and other
cities.
OWN the sisters and priests be per.
mitted to visit the hospital if it is under
the control Of the faculty.
A.-There is not a member of the
faculty who will not welcome members
of any denomination on missions of
mercy.
o.-Have any of your faculty had hos
pltal experienced
Abr. Jones was in hospitals in Ger
many three years; DR.. Nall two years in
Charity Hospital in New Orleans; DR..
Vance four years in hospitals in Edin.
bargh, Scotland; DR.. Saunders in the
hospitals in Paris, aud four years in
charge of hospitals during the late wat;
Dr.. Henning two years in Bellyeue Hes
pital, New York, and some months in
the hospitals Of London. l think their
combined experience in Europe and
America would justify me in saying they
can administer the little Memphis hospi.
tai satisfactorily.
Q.-Will the doctor you propose to put
in charge do his duty unless be is paid2
A'-Ths faculty propose to satisfy the
physician, aud if he fails to do his duty
all your hospital committee has to do is
to declare his bond forfeited and turn
him out.
Q,-Under the existing law, are you
not allowed to instruct stu.
dents in the hospital2
Ayes, sir.
Q.-Then why amend the law Why
elect a physician as heretofore and
instruct under the law as it exists? The
Did Memphis Medical College did SO.
A.-The physician in charge of the
hospital at that time was connected with
college as demonstrator of anatomy.
and it was to his interest to afford them
every facility. We ask the same thing
now, namely, that one Of our faculty con.
troll the hospital, SO as to allow us the
same facilities.
Q,-Do you gentlemen request a lease
Of a portion of the hospital grouuds2
A.-No. We can buy a lot adjacent
10 the hospital for $3.50 and prefer to
build on that.
Q-Suppose the old Memphis Medical
was revived, or any other college
started, would they be excluded from
privileges2
Ali you will refer to our applica.
ion before you, you will see that we
stated in itas follows: Should any other
medical college be organized at
my time they should enjoy the same
granted the Memphis Hospital
Medical College
Q-Well, now, what amount do you
propose to ave the city an.
A-Yoar committee know better than
Esi ont ME. Ssessel; . Of the hospital