Grace Huston of Circleville is the first Ohio student to enroll at the Kirksville school. Vermont becomes the first state to license DOs. Eugene Eastman, DO, is arrested in Akron for practicing medicine without a license. W.J. Liffring, DO, of Toledo is arrested for practicing without a license. The Ohio Supreme Court rules that the Ohio Medical Practice Act does not apply to osteopathy, leaving DOs in a practice limbo.
DOs refuse to register under the new law.
Hugh H. Gravett, DO, of Piqua is arrested for refusing to register. E.R. Booth, DO, of Cincinnati is the first Ohioan to be elected president of the American Osteopathic Association. The first examination for DO licensure is given by the Ohio State Medical Board. The Seventh Annual Convention of the American Osteopathic Association is held in Cleveland. The Flexner Report is published, recommending that 124 of the 155 MD colleges be closed.