Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-02-26

full of such fellows. Every community
has them, and it is time the law making |
power should look to the health of the peo-
pie and pass some law to protect them |
against such imposition.
This bill does not prevent anybody from |
studying medicine that has tasJe for that
noble profession, but it does say that such |
persons shall qualify themselves before at
tempting to administer to the sick. This |
Is right. In the old countries the medical |
profession has always received careful at |
tention from the law-making power, and |
no man is permitted to practice, unless he
can show the required qualifications. Its
important that when the people call a ply
sician to attend them in the critical hours
OF sickness, that an intelligent man be en-
pioyed. If this bill passes it will insure
this.
MIR. LEETE thought this bill eminently
proper. In order to enter school, or be
an engineer or book-keeper. the appli-
can't is required to submit to an examina-
ton; but when human life, and health. and
often comfort are at stake, we are told by
the gentleman from Harrison. that all at
tempts to raise the standard of qualification
for the medical profession ought to be ridi-
culed. He, Mr.. Leete. thought this a great
error. The same caution and care ought
to be exercised to preserve human lite and
and health that is exercised in all other
Mr.. HUGHES. of Butler. said this bill
was an old acquaintance of his. 1t had
been up every year since he had been a
member of this House. He could see no
reason for the passage of this bill
Mr.. BROOKS was surprised that the gen.
tleman from Harrison (Mr. Lewton) had
attempted to ridicule and bring this bill
into contempt. The bill only required a
reasonable and highly necessary qualifica-
tion for practicing physicians. 1t was in
tended to protect our neighbors and their
families against imposture and quackerv
by travelling and illiterate physicians.
When we employ surgeon, it is expected
that be shall use reasonable skill in the ad-
lustment of fractures or in amputating
limbs; and if the matter is not skillfully
done. a suit for malpractice is brought in
our courts and heavy damages are decreed
for malpractice.
Now If men are to be thus held RESPONSE
Bile it is right and proper that good de-
gree of qualification shall be insisted on be-
fore man shall be allowed to practice
medicine. 1t is one of the noblest profess
sions in the world, and has numbered
among its practitioners some of the most
emihent and talented men in the literary
and scientific spheres of life. The profess
sion desire that what they do to relieve
human ills shall be done skillfuHy, and
with view to relieve men of ills. and not
protract them by improper remedies. The
people need such law to protect them,
and he trusted the bill would pass.
Several other amendments were offered
| to perfect the bill. The question being on
the passage of the bill. on motion of Mr.
SCOTT, of Warren. the House took recess.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The bill to protect the citizens of Ohio
from empiricism and elevate the standing
OF the medical profession, being still un-
der consideration,
Mr.. HILL. of Erie. moved that it be COM
mitted to a select committee of one with
instructions to amend, which was agreed
to.
Mr.. HILL, of Erie, Immediately reported
the bill back amended as instructed, and
| the amendment was agreed to.
MIR. KEMP SAID the reasons why this bill
should pass are certainly obvious to any
| intelligent and unprejudiced mind. 1t
simply provides that the citizens of the
State of Ohio shall be protected from i'm
posters and quack doctors, and that the
standing of the medical profession shall be
elevated.
The amendment offered by the gentle
man from Hamilton (Mr. Coleman) pro-
vides that any physician who is not grad
uate, and has been continuously engaged
for ten years and longer in the practice of
| the profession, shall be exempt from the
provisions of this bill, and it further re-
quires all persons who have been contin-
uously practicising medicine five years and
| not exceeding ten years, without gradua-
tion. two years time in which to qualify
| themselves to meet its requirements,
The gentleman from Harrison (Mr. Lew
| toD) asks what is meant by medical in.
struction as inserted in this bill? To which
| would reply, the instruction given by the
medical schools of this and foreign coun-
frtn A,,nf hnr <x1s fso,, L. L
is that it is class egislation-which asser-
tion think is not correct in any particu.
| lar. Any measure that advocates the bet
ter education of the members of any .ot
the learned professions, or any business in
life, will surely afford protection to the
masses of the people OF any country. This
bill will also procure for us a more intelli.
gent and highly educated set of practition.
| ers of medicine in the State of Ohio, Fol
these reasons L hope the bill will pass.
The question was then upon the passage
| of the bill, upon which the yeas and nays
were ordered, and resulted-yeas 80, nays
II.
Those who voted in the affirmative were
Messss. Ball, Belville, Borden, Branch
Brooke, Callen, Garfield. Coleman, Crist
Cusac, Denman, Dennis. Dickson. Dill
worth, Dunn, Eames, Fielding, Fitch,
Gerhart. Hare, Headley, Hill OF Defiance,
Hill of Erie. Hord, Howard. Hughes OF
Highland. johnson, Jones, Kahn, Kemp,
Kenneth Kerr of Fayette. Kerr of Jeffer-
son, Lawson, Leete, Moffett, Moore, Neal,
Newman, Parker, Parks, Parr, Pond,
Richardson, Robinson, Rough. Rukenbrod,
Scott of Warren, Shaw, Sherwin, Sinclair,
Sisler, Stickney, Swetland. Thompson of
Columbiana. Thornhill, Warnking, Wolf,
Speaker-59.
Those who voted in the negative were
Messrs. Acker, Anderson, Gallup, Gas
ton, Henricks. Hughes of Butler, Kennon,
Lawrence, Lewton, Mann, McMorran.
Pennisten, Ross, Saylor, Scott of Hamil-
ton, Skaats. Stewaru-l7.
SO the bill passed.
House bill to amend section eight of an
act entitled an act to provide against the
evils resulting from the sale of intoxica-
ting liquors in the State Of Ohio, passed
May l. 1864. being for third reading.
Mr.. .PENNISTEN moved certain amend
ments to the bill.
Mr.. RUKENBROD said the amendment
OF the gentleman from Pike leaves the bill
as it originally was, and would defeat its
purpose. The present bill only changes
the old law so as to make it more uniform
than it now is. That law leaves it discre-
tionary with the court whether to fine or
imprison, or both, and is taken advan-
tage of. and not enforced. Persons indict-
ed for selling liquor are brought into court
and found guilty, and fined SIS or $50, and
then let go, while the lower class cannot
pay their fines and are sent to Jail. The
wealthy liquor seller can afford to pay his
fine, and yet make money by going away
and continuing the business. The object is
to get at such men, and if they will co LJinue
to violate the law, to imprison them
as well as those whom they have ruined,
and rendered poor, by selling them liquor.
Many men would rather pay $500 than go
to iail five days, They regard such a pen-
allows the matter to be discretionary on
first offense, but after that, full penalty
is to be inflicted. He could name man
who could pay his fine every court and 60
away and make money by continuing to
sell Intoxicating liquors. Ifsuch men could
be prevented from doing such pernicious