Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-09-20
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4 Reply To DIR. uourh.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispa

To the Editor OF rhc Times-D Dispatch:
Sir.-ln your ssuc Of today there
is a letter from Theodore IIough.
IN. D., dean OF The Department OF
Medicine NJ the University of Vir-
GINA.
IL surely comes with ~sinEuiariy i'll
grace from DR.. lIouEh. this
on cries. ! would call
your attention u the of
your cadcr to the difference
the Macedonian cry OF DIR. Hiough and
the Macedonian cry to which he AL
ludcs.
II a been stated in print and
never contradicted that DR.. Hough
prepared an cX parto statement OF the
ADVANTAGES To he secured through tho
iocatlon of the states medical school
ut the University of Virginia, that hc
sent this TO 500 personally selected
people OF whom about 100 replied. Dr
ll"ugh himself is authority for thi.
statement. according To the printed
words which he has not cniod %.
the 100 replies which Dr. iIough "A va
iic received. nfty-fuur were printed In
a propaganda pamphlet published by
u university. Dr. Iiuugh admi;g
that a certain numhor Of replies
favored kichmond. bu, II" declined
TO Giv these replies to the Cominis-
zion. However. "a copy Of one reply
WAS sent TO Richmond, a letter from
hr. N"iiis u. Foster. former ~profcs-
sor OF medicine in tho University Of
Michigan, and I'm the absence OF PROOF
10 the contrary IL may be taken as a
sample Of some OF those who an
swcred DR.. Honrh. 1t ~ a complete
argument FOR the location OF the
medical school In Richmond.
FsL-
statement sent; TO the physicians OF
Virginia n North Carolina quc
Ing them To agree to Views set forth
ia the letter. the committe" OF which
pr. 5. G. Mitchell Is chairman. ISSUED
Il circular letter simply stating that
there was a controversy In NlrEiula
as to where the states medical
school should be located. and asking
tho doctors FOR an expression OF opin-
ION ON n ballot which read.
For E~ichmond"
For charlottesville"
The second Macedonian cry as
designated by Dr. liuurh. Who should
know the nature uf such appeals.
reads as follows. n was signed by
me. l am enclosing a multiEraph
specimen as an "xhibit
ON June IS We ISSUED "A circular
"ttcr to tn" physicians "r North Caro-
lima requesting from them an express
sion of preference" between Richmond
and charlottesville as The proper To-
cation for the medical sch"ol to be
supported by the State OF Virginia.
Virtually LOCO .: the North Caro-
lima Physicians replied 10 our com
mun!caiion. or that number aCi
favored Richmond n thirty favored
charlottesville. II may be that some
nc Tho North y ral.pa tz-.
favored Charlottesville did no, vote
for fcRr OF hurting our feelings.
While naturally we would much pre-
Ter "A vote for Richmond. our chief
hope IL TO get a complete vote from
North Carolina. and whether your
preference 81 FOR Richmond or FOR
Charlottesville We sincerely trust that
you will MI out the enclosed ballot.
and thus help us To complete our rec
ord"
Excluding this portion Of DR..
communication. which Is
more a matter OF taste than OF arsu-
in"mt, let ua look at his reply 10
the letter OF DR.. W. l.. Spcas' Il,
is TO he assumed tina Dr. IIough IS
familiar with the laws. OF Michigan
ana Iowa. and makes his claim that
there are successful teaching hos
pital. in those States with :, ml
NnowlcdGc Of how those hospitals
can to" filled. II is. however. prob.
able That tn" general reader does NOT
understand the system in vogue in
those states. Tho Michigan law for
the admission OF state patients in
Nolvcs Il series Of court proceedings
and Investigations which could Ia rd-
~ consume loss han a month be
tween the report OF tho case and the
admission OF the patient.
Certainly a medical doctor and pro-
snmabIy amy ordinary citizen would
know that his involved method Of
hospital procedure would bar from
IN" hospital all emergency cases, OBJ
Stctrical cases and accident eases.
That a numerically large clinic for
tho treatment OF chronic cases can
be had in a small town is not 10 hc
questioned That adequate material
Tor training general practitioners who
must learn emergency medicine n
surgery is not possible in "A small
town Is no loss certain, entirely ir-
respective of the moupt OF money
appropriated to create such an arti-
fetal condition.
It may he argued tina the Virginia
law can he and hou h" simpler.
Tho answer to this is that Michigan
hnds such restrictions necessary. al
though IL appropriated for medical
education at its university. in excess
of S15",00o. 100000 a year more than