, 1879-03-13

CALUMET, March 1e.-An outsldcr, who has
watched with tnucii interest tho fight going on
between tile regular doctors and tue Quacks and
trreEulnse, h0s a. last become go much In
tcrcsted rs to wfs! 10 take q habd IN X. I may
como ont rs tic Stranger did WHO tntcricrcd IN
the fight between the husband and wife. My
sympathtcs arc nil with the regulars. love to
look upon tho diplomas written In pure Latin,
although cun't read u word Of them. and 10
thtnk Of the vast atnount Of learning Which The
recipient must have before the College would
Issue 1t. A brother Of ininc bad 10 study more
tran sir months 10 get hss. l asked him to
rend it. Obi said he, that is not to,tcad; 1t Is
needed to get license from the State Board Of
Health. MD hero Is The license, and l an Il
Irregular" The quacks md irregular. arc mud
because they have no d[nlomas, md Ipp't know
enough TO get them. THAT fs the reason wfy
they don't want any laws regulating the nrnettcc
q ,s IND s s1sGs Il WY ny
the whole opposition comes from these quaeks,
and Is the result Of pure. unadulterutcd malice,
and can prove It By every member Of the hoard,
and by every member Of thc Physicians Protect
ive Association Of Chicago, aud by half OF tic
regular doctors In the STATE.
Just sec the vile attacks nadc upon the good
Dr. Rnuch, the ex-prestdcnt Of the Board, md
through him npon tiie Board Itself. llo Is tna-
llctously charged with excessive drinking. That
charge ls shown to BE- {a)so by the evidence Of
tic regular doctor who prescribed for him. The
Doctor only took these reeilnr prescriptions OF
whisky and uuinoo-and ono occasional drink
at q Tow other places during zach day. 1t is q
shnnc to cnll TINT excessive drinking, and oulY
quacks would have charged 1t. Moro than forty
tnon In the city drink rs MUCH as That, and no
one oven questions thcis right to hold ojIlcc. It
'yns wicked, rs well % malicious, to bring that
Charge against Que who had sarcd thousands uT
our people from tho terrible ravages ot yellow
fever.
Ono tnau, right In Chicago, who had the lerer
rode tn an omnibus from 4 raisroad depot to tic
hotel, aud but for tho active measures taken by
the Board in establishing quarantine ut Cairo,
our city might be dcpopulatcd: Dr. Rauch hus
Tho yellow fever now, .in one OF Its forms, car
bont:ei e,!stpe'as, wh!ch would have proved fatal
but for the specific used by hm,-wh!sky anl
qusn'nc, md rest. This can be proved by tho
Doctor himself,
Then see The absurd things said about the
Board, "That they. hare nut accounted for ,all
the money received by thc.n.n Nothing but
in4licc would havS tnstieatcd such ,cl,asgc.
yIss ~ t..Ynss' tne sps1 -k ..'.s Beard soaid
had issued to Oct. /, 1875 Ito certificates nt
81 cacf, mud when tho Board reported that they
received ior them $5.0tl nm ono that Will be-
lievc It, III spite Of Dabo!l or all the quaciss Ii,
Gates ut 81 each would produce $5,170, II ouiy
shows what auaclss Will do when governed by
lpp91,ss; p!,5,Ss ,,,., ,,,,un, Elm, A.. no,., $780,,
ptOu0EEu t9lttGI5 ou0HltlE NUH lllC llLLlE BuEa
Of 65,43544 was paid out. Everybody ought 10
know that tho members OF the Board would nns
pay out my money unless they belt ;cd It
necessary. None bnt auacks, who never hnd the
yellow fever, would question the EXPENSE nc
count OF The Board. What II the board was
limited by kap to tfH sun Of 5000 In FULL for
all cxrenscsf non't tho Board know hotter
than tho Legislature how much moncy the Board
wanted to usr! Il0w could He {ap know what
was nec1etli There has been more noise made
nbUut the iusigo!Hcant sum OF 1925 used BY
the Boarl in excess OF what that iaw allowed
than has bcen made about tic f40,0 600 used by
thu Ssatcl1ouss Commissioners IN cxccss Of the
coMstfut0naf limit.
What is the use In having noarls and COM
miss,oncrs unless they can lsc their discretion,
md apply money werc 1t will do the most
goud! Malicious luacks only would notice such
Inutters.
! am gtad that Dr. Ra,,ch mud all his CO.
workers. are to 10 vIndIcatcd from all these
charges. They ,nusk all be confirmed. II is we'll
enough for Senator knykcndall to call The Pen
ftcntlary Commissioners to account for paying
out for their c1pensus 1aDney not authorized by
law, but when Board with Ills and health rrc-
serving duties to pcFfor,u ate questioned by
quaclia rs to nonuy IL their haadx II Is time for
the Senate to paltsu iu uetr Investigation and
nsS themselves, What will bo the end Of nil ttiis
II the last Statn Board created should prove, Ike
all tho resi-, ltahle to cp;st1rcl
Let the laws bn anlarced, and The learned Rntl
licensed d0ctUrs who have paid for their d!pIu-
mas be protected. JOHN NEEDLR3,