Letter from Resident Students to the Faculty of the Medical College of Virginia, 1860 May 10

Authors

Medical College of Virginia. Students

Files

Corporate Name Recipient

Medical College of Virginia. Faculty

Date

1860-05-10

Description

Letter from the resident students to the faculty of the Medical College of Virginia protesting the change in regulations related to alcoholic liquors.

Transcription

Medical College of Va May 10th 1860 To the Faculty of Va: Med[ical] College Gentlemen We the undersigned have this morning heard of a new regulation made by yourselves at your last meeting to the effect "That all "alcoholic [underscore] Liquors [underscore]," shall here after be kept locked up by the Janitor, and given out only [underscore] on the exhibition of a written [underscore] order, [underscore] signed by the attending Physician or Surgeon" and while we are well aware, that we have no right to interfere with any [underscore] rule [underscore] made by the Faculty, for the government of this Institution; yet we are entirely unable to construe the [underscore] late [underscore] action, [underscore] in any other light, than that is intended to cast a reflection upon our deportment, during the short-time we have been here: and we therefore ask most respectfully that you will at your earliest Convenience, give us an Explanation. The articles above alluded to as we are informed, have always heretofore been kept in the apothocary, and we can see no reason why they should be removed & locked up, to be dealt out by the Janitor, [underscored] any more than any other medicine used in the Infirmary: unless it be that you think said articles have been willfully [underscore] used [underscore] and wasted [underscore] either by ourselves or our friends. With this view of the "New Regulation, then Gentlemen: we consider it our [underscore] duty [underscore] to take some notice of it, and sincerely hope that no one will misconstrue our motive. By complying with this request you will greatly oblige. Yours very Respectfully "Resident Students" [underscore] P.S. We have heard the views of Two Members of The Faculty in regard to this matter: but in order that things should be made plain & satisfactory we have concluded to send this note: As the act was not one of individual [underscore] Members, but {of} the whole Faculty [underscore] Yours etc. R.S.

Corporate Name Subject

Medical College of Virginia -- History -- 19th century; Medical College of Virginia -- Faculty

Topical Subject

Medical colleges -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- Archives

Geographic Subject

Richmond (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Archives

Corporate Medical Subject

Medical College of Virginia -- history

Topical Medical Subject

Schools, Medical -- history -- Virginia

City/Location

Richmond (Va.)

Original Item Size

2 p.

Genre

letters (correspondence)

Local Genre

text; archives

Type

Text

Digital Format

application/pdf

Rights Statement URL

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Rights

This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.

Collection

Sanger Historical Files (1859-1865), Excerpts

Physical Folder

Miscellaneous Letters

Source

Original letter: Letter from Resident Students to the Faculty of the Medical College of Virginia, 1860 May 10; Letters, Miscellaneous; Sanger Historical Files, Accession Number # 82/Jan/1, Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

File Name

san_lettersmisc_18600510.pdf