The sun., 1898-02-03
REVENGED ON DIR. KELSEY.
PoST.aRADUArB 1rEDIoAI SCHOOL
DESWHSSES HIM

As Secretary or the rsoard or Directors re
nHnd Pretestsa Aentnst President n. n. o..
Jshn Rsesa's Representations In Asking
Tor an appropriation from the city.
Dr. Charles d. Kelsey, one Of the directors of
the Post.Graduato Medical School and Hospi-
tai. has been peremptorily dismissed from the
| faculty and the chair of surgery has been de-
| clnred vacant by the Board of Directors. Tho
| meeting of the board at which this action was
| taken was held last Friday. Dr. Kelsey was
not informed that his dismissal was contem.
| plated, as charges which had previously been
| filed by members Of tho faculty had been with
drawn. DR.. Kelsey's dismissal was made with.
out trial or examination of any charges, and
was urged by the President of the board, DR..
| ID. d. st. John Roosa.
The trouble between DIR. Kelsey and DR..
| Roosa began last December when the Post
Graduate Hospital presented its claims to the
| old Board Of Estimate for $4,000 for the care
Of INDECENT patients and $4,000 for tho era-
| tuitous treatment of babies DR.. Kelsey, who
10 Secretary Of the Board Of Directors and Sec.
rotary OF tho faculty. and under whose name the
| annual reports of tho hospital work wero sub
mitted to the Board of Estimate, demanded that
the reports be amended 90 as to correctly rep
resent the charitable work of the institution.
At meetings Of the Board of Directors held
pttOEs W tl0 timo Ot tuo Cihlu1 DelHB prtbtHteu
to the Board Of Estimate. DIR. Kelsey called at
tention to the fact that oil reports had been
compiled and printed by DR.. Roosa; that as
Secretary he had not been allowed to assist;
that the management OF all the affairs Of the
hospital had been given to the President rather
than the Board Of Directors. and that the re-
ports Of charitable work done during the last
year were grossly exaggerated. No attention
was paid to his declarations President Roosa
inducing the board to allow him to proceed as
he deemed most advantageous to the interests
Of the hospital. When DR.. Roosa appeared be-
fore the Board Of Estimate and asked for an APP
was presented by DIR. Kelsey:
AS one whose name is quite prominently
connected with the st-Graduate Hospital as O
director, beg to be considered as protesting
against certain statements presented before
basis for the appropriation Of funds. '''''' -
believe thst At the reports OF the nqmber in Of
dem BY special act Of the Ss eear ars
II believe that the statement in our last an;
care were furnished by the hospital is an error,
and and !: j wish to decline ali responsibility for
Or. Kelsey refused to enter into.'the discus
sion Of tho JUSTICE Of the her REQUEST by the hospi-
sossd Of After D Roos sae a
lnitted q clerical error Of 10000 free days Of
| Dr.. Roosa was very much exercised over the
charges preferred by Dr. Kelsey, and, according
interests Of the Institution. The date o. Of
Kelsey placed the matter. in the hands
q his lawyers, Rollins 4 Rollins, and prepared
several members OF the faculty to Withdraw
the, charges IN order to prevent a scandal and
tSd them what The defence ea f. to be- hs
that the matter had been settled. On Jan. %
| q meeting Of the board was called. and DR.. Kel-
voted in the negative. but made no protest.
Post.GraduSte Hospital was not in need need OF Of
money is:erroneous.. said DR.. Kelsey yesterday.
more than the Institution was entitled to. The
that we Trs aonE hra
$4,000 for charitable treatment Of babies. was
an ungard9nable exaggeration. As matter Of
Of the hospital and college. He took the re.
sponsibility Of making the annual reports and
With With 1t. Under his management $s5 600 Of Of en-. c
| dowments has been expended in meeting cur
ana in oPder to keep the I Sheriff @ from rom the door,
i & was Proposed to ia falsely % represent to The
AZ hs 3 a%d eoeg Ge
days Of free treatment and the number Of
many of those receiving charitable assistance
should be met by the endowments In the an
nual reports 1t Is stated that 500 will endow
| q bed in the babies ward or orthopedic wards
for a year. and 81, 900 one in perpetuity, and
wards fora year. and $4,000 in perpetuity. In
cluded in the report asking an appropriation
OF 80 cents per diem for babies treatment were
fifty beds which had been endowed.
"The same condition obtained In the other
wards of the hospital. This money, however,
or a large part of 1t, which had been given to
endow beds had been used up in meeting cur
rent expenses; I have been rather careful Of
my name and refused to become a party to
the taking of public funds for purposes they
were not intended for. made every effort to
satisfactorily arrange the reports before public
action should involve the college and hospital
in controversy, but having failed could only
announce that ! was not responsible for such
questionable policy.
when the charges were preferred oven
went 30 far as to tell several members of the
faculty what my defence would be. impressing
upon them the futilty of pressing their allcga.
tions and the undesirabiltty Of public scandal.
When the charges were withdrawn thought
the trouble was over until the meeting of the
directors. when was dismissed from my chair
as professor Of surgery. made no protest be-
was illegal. The charges were withdrawn
after my defence was made known, because
DR.. Roosa would be the last person who would
want to figure in the trial"
Dr. Kelsey refused to say whether he con.
templated an appeal to the courts, but ad-
attorneys. DR.. Roosa, when told by a Sun re-
porter Of Dr. Kelsey's charge of false represen-
tation to tho Board OF Estimate and mfsdirec.
tion of endowment funds, said that he would
make no statement.