Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-11-23
MSeoitinal.
WNHE PRIVATE MEDICAL PRO
Il FESSION.
rFrom the Boston Daily News.l

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It's quite desirable that should define our position
before the public in reference to what generally known
as the private medical profession The strides which our
reporter has taken toward disclosing the criminal side Of
the private" practice ought receive the unqualified
approval Of all good citizens not bring the cuprts to
the bar of justice, as it undoubtedly will in some cases
But it must not be supposed that these articles are an
attack upon the private practice as a whole but
rather upon those who by ignorance and crime persist
in disgracing it, The who seeks to treat ami cure
any private disorder is not necessarily a criminal and
he is too often regarded by the puritanea as such All
diseases must he cured the unfortunate possssor OF
the malady would suffer in consequence and perhaps
extend its conagion to the veins pure and healthy
bodies. Our duty then, in relation to this matter is
two-told; first to single out expose and denbunce all
who seek to drag the profession crime and disrepue
and secondly, to tell the unfortunate who will we regret
to say exist as long sin EARTH where their
troubles may receive honest and competent treatment
1t is held in the belief many that regular family doc
tors cannot consistently treat every contagious disease
Heads of families naturally feel adverse to having their
family physician do and consequence the medical
profession has become divided. However wrong or in
consistent this may be with scientific opinion the fact
exists, and public sentiment may, suppose be held
responsible.
Holding then, that it was our duty to find if possible
reliable medical Office where the unfortunate can
receive honest treatment by competent medical man
who sails under fictitious name, and who RESPONSE
Die or ms acts our reporter made an examination of
some twenty OF the principal offices yesterday morning.
Du' found with single exception no place that seemed
10 guarantee any reliability or medical skill There
III almost every instance some fraud or swnde
Win the ONCE Either the doctor was only hotel
porter with some deceased physicians name a dry
soous CLERK Win similar fictitious title II seemed for
some nme That there was not reliable medical insti
tute III lhe el'y'
Al last our reporter entered the Morrill, Medical Inst
tue' Where lie found the DOCTOR Frederick Morrill, viii
ing indeed deslrous' to have his mode Of treatment
thoroughly investigated This seemed vastly different
from the other doctors he had called on They all pro-
rested against any attempt at investigation and in many
instances ordered Inn to leave the Office. Not so, how
ever with DR.. Morrill, He courted the most thorough
scrutiny This our reporter proceeded to make in
possible inquiry and observation he States that oros
o oe Mncle all ciaSse' OF complaints and diseases
are treated by an upright and honest physician; that
place is the 'MorrH Medical Institute where mr. +
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Meulcal University at Philadelphia, is constantly at
heard tangible stories against the doctor although
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