Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-13
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|; OYER to VDU with r reGut ST to He
publish it IL the .soUI;NaL. One Of the
sad evidences IT the growing igno-
rance ard depravity Of ouf dag IS the
low value placed upon human !le:;ith
aud human life. The inability OF the
masses to make = just discrimination
between the blotout impudenco and
grovelling iSuorauce. Of ,4edical i'm
posture o.. tiie one hand aud modest
merit, talent, and skill Of the genuine
physician Gil the other, is anything
but cre,litable to that virtue and Intel
Iigepce indispensable to II correct
public sentiment, and TO the success
of o1r form of government. The ply
sir;an OF merit, lAodcsty, and skill
i.Ac's' jhes il poverty ana neglect,
While he medical man OF show and
airs, seif-conceit, and arrogance, hav-
ing only HE intellect of mouse, per-
haps, whitewashed with the manners
of Il Chesterfield as OCCASION suggests,
outstrips in practice, the former true
and devoted practitioner. we daily
see a notification Of this lamentable
truth, not alone In medicine, but IL
politics, law. and divinity.
A FARMER.
THE DOCTORS AND THE PEOPLE.
II is certainly nothing more than
right and proper that the citizens of
North Carolina should at all times,
and under all circumstances endeavor
to promote, and to protect all those
meas which are calculated in any
manner to advance the best interests
of themselves as a people, and it does
seem but just that their hands and
voices should be ever raised against
matter where found, or how well
CLOSED over by specious appearances
not to Cypress any one, but to re-
form ond elevate every one.
They should always be ready to adj
vocate most heartily such measures as
will rebound to their own welfare.
intellectually, or physically.
Among all the acts of our General
Assembly, no one is better calculated
to elevate the medical grade among
medical men, and raise to q higher
level the standard Of excellence, both
intellectual ana moral, of the members
Of the whole medical profession of
North Carolina, than the act Of 1859,
which empowed the North Carolina
Medical Society to elect y Board of
Medical Examiners
And no means is SO thoroughly COM
l,etent to protect the people OF the
State from the vile tricks Of Quacks
and Charlatans as the act above spoken
Ct, provided the citizens viii require
and insist upon it. that this Law shall
be complied with in every particular
before they will employ ANY physician
and pay him for medical services.
No practitioner Of medicine who be-
gan tie practice Of medicine il this
State since 1859. can collect his fees
legally. unless he has been licensed
by the Board OF Medical Examiners.
\ large number Of the physicians OF
the State are not even graduates OF
medicine, and It Is 4 notorious fact
. that almost any man can procure q
diploma from many Of our Medical
Colleges who can pay for L, hence the
great necessity for q Board of EXanain-
ers. whose duty it is to try r0pn upon
their own merits alone. aNd ii they are
qualified 10 license them To practice
medicine.
Let M illustrate the practical rre-
ratiOns Of this law from facts During
the last meeting Of the Board IN States
vile, last Spring, ten physicians pre-
scented themselves for tX8.liratiun 3.
nine Of these, after giving evidences
ot GOOD moral character were exam
ju.d and licensed. All OF tie nine
passed very. creditable. and some O.
lheIa very excellent examinations.
Tie tenth man, it Is said. was force Il
before The Board hv the ju>tand leciti-
Elate execution of the aforesaid law.
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