Report of the delegate of the Fulton County Medical Society, with the report of its committee : also, a history of the controversy between the old board of trustees and the faculty of the Atlanta Medical College and the Fulton County Medical Society to the time of its introduction into the Georgia Medical Association : also, Dr. Geo. G. Crawford's reply to an article styled "A statement of facts" ... : also, Dr. E. J. Roach's statements / by the Fulton County Medical Society (Ga.).

  • Fulton County Medical Society (Ga.)
Date:
1871
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Credit: Report of the delegate of the Fulton County Medical Society, with the report of its committee : also, a history of the controversy between the old board of trustees and the faculty of the Atlanta Medical College and the Fulton County Medical Society to the time of its introduction into the Georgia Medical Association : also, Dr. Geo. G. Crawford's reply to an article styled "A statement of facts" ... : also, Dr. E. J. Roach's statements / by the Fulton County Medical Society (Ga.). Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library at Emory University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, Emory University.

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    the irregular conduct of a portion of the Faculty of the Atlinta Medical College, and their controversy with the old B >ard of Trustees of said College, is indispensable to a proper understand- ing of said irregular conduct of the fcaculry, and their controversy wiih the Board of Trustees : Therefore be it resolved, That a special committee of the Fulton County Medical Society be instructed by this body to prepare and publish the facts in relation to said troubles, from thtir beginning, as contained in the records of the Board of Trus- tees, and derived from other authentic sources, and to the manner in which said controversy was referred by the Fulton Co. Medical Society to the Georgia Medical Association. The special committee, in pursuance of the foregoing resolution of the Fulton County Medical Society, hereby submit the follow- ing report : In 1854, a charter of ijicorporation was granted by the Legisla- ture, authorizing certain persons therein named, to establish & Medical College in the city of Atlanta, on such principles and with such Professors, as may, in their judgment, be best calculated to perpetuate the same, and to promote the improvement of its pu- pils in the several branches of the science of medicine, with power to appoint the time for the commencement and closing lecture* each year; to keep a book of record for registering all the diplo- mas granted by them, and pass all the by-laws, rules and regula- tions as m;iy be necessary to carry into effect the object of their Association. Under this act'the Board of Trustees was organized and pro- fessors elected by it to fill the various chairs. During the first year, a number of the Professors having resigned, the Chairs thus vacated were filled by the Board. By the joint agency of the Trus- tees and Faculty, the College building was erected, during the years 1855 and 1856. To accomplish this work, money was bor- rowed which the Faculty agreed to pay, protecting themselves br the security of a mortgage on the property. A portion of thi$ debt was paid each year by the Dean of the Faculty, who retained in his hands a quota of the fees of each member for that purpose. In 1856, it was determined by the Faculty that one of the member* if possible, should be secured a seat in the Legislature, in order to obtain from the State an appropriation to the College. Accord- ingly, Dr. J. G. Westmoreland was put in nomination and elected. His services proved ineffectual in securing the appropriation for which application was made to the Legislature. In 1857, Dr. Jess* t Boring, one of the Faculty, resigned his professorship, and Dr. X. ' S. Powell, then residing in Sparta, Hancock county, was elected by the Board of Trustees to fill the vacancy. The Legislature