The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-02

Richmond. leaving the visitors OF the
university free and unrestrained TO APP
point new faculty for the consolidat-
ed schools. Should this offer be ac-
copied by the university il Will be
absolutely untrammelled in the
selection OF its faculty and in the man
agement of the schools thereafter. II
is therefore apparent that there is no
ground for the concern which these
gentlemen affect at the bringing OF
the medical department of the Univer-
sity OF Virginia to Richmond, move
which has met with general approval
and support from this community
There are two charges made by DR.
Darlington ard Or. Bryan against me
in the letter tn the administrative
board. They are as follows,
First. That the death of Jesse Craw-
ley at the City Home hospital was
caused by my negIigene and that al
the result. Crawley's assaiiart was ar
rested on tho charge OF murder.
Second. That during my term Of ser
vice as visiting surgeon at the City
| Home hospital in January. February
and March. 1912. visited the hospital
only three times. twice IN January
once in February. and not at all in
March. and that during my next term
or service. which began IN January.
1918, my visits were quite irregular
until after the death OF Crawley. 1t
is also charged that during my two
periods of SERVICE in 1912 and 1918, of
three months each. that out Of a
period Of ISL days. I visited the in
stitution seventy-four times, about
sixty Of which occurred after January
is. 1919.
The Crawley Case.
The facts of the Crawley case are
as follows: One OF the interns of
the City Home called my ONCE over
the telephone about 3 A. NJ. of January
IL. 1913 and informed me that a
negro man named Jesse Crawley had
been brought in by the ambulance
surgeon, that the patient had been
struck on the head and he thought
he had a fracture Of the skull. but
that the patient showed no symptoms.
and that he did not think II necessary
for me to come that night. He also
said that he would call me II any COM
plications set in. told him that one
OF my assistants, Or. Mason, would
come IL he desired him TO do SO, He
replied that he did not think II ncces-
sary. DIR. Mason, however was In
formed about this case by my office.
He called the City hospital and was
told practically the same thing by the
inferno, who assured him that 1t was
not necessary to see the patient until
the next day.
The next morning Or. Mason went to
the hospital examined the wound care
fully and found the patient with no
unfavorable symptoms. He gave orders
az to the conduct OF the case. and re-
ported this fact to me. Later In the
day l visited the City hospital, found
the patient lying In bed. head bandaged.
and expressing himself as feeling well.
He was giving no symptoms.
On January 18th / saw him again.
There was still no untoward manifes-
tations.
On the 18th 1 again saw him and
there was still nothing unusual about
his case.
The following day did not visit
the hospital. MY assistant. DIR. Boice,
visited II and reported to me that
Crawley was complaining Of headache
and had some temperature.
On the 10th did not visit the hos
pital but DR.. Boicc reported the pa
tient as having high temperature and
giving symptoms of meningitis. then
asked DR.. samuel G. Bowen. an ocu1ist
o. this city. who has had large ex-