The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-02-23

Permit me through your paper TO CAL
attention 10 Senate Bill No. IS, which
passed that branch Of the Legislature yes
tsrdaY, aiming to establish State Board
Of Health and Vital Statistics, and regu'
lstiug the practice Of medicine and sur
gerry in West Virginia,
Section twelve reads as follow, and
have italicized the parts to which desire
to call particular attention:
SIC. IL, Anypers praCtic;ng medicine
in any oil lts departments shall possess the
qualifications required by this act, viz: II
graduate in medicine, he shall present O
diploma to the State Board OF Health ior
yeri6Cation as to its genuineness. II the
diploma Is found to be genuine and issued
by reputable medical college, and recognized
as such an institution BY he StGte Board Of
Health, and II the person named therein
be the person claiming and presenting the
same, the State Board OF Health shall
issue its certificate TO that effect, Iigred BY
all The members thereof; and such diploma
and certificate shall be conclusive Q TO the
right OF the lawful holders oil the same to
practice medicine in the State OF West
Virginia. II not graduate OF such
medical college as above designated,
every person praCtlctng medicine IN
this State shall present himself before
the State Board Of Health and submit
himself to such examination as he said board
shall require; and ii the examination be
satisfactory to the said board, it shall issue
It's certificate In accordance with the facts,
aud the lawful holder OF such certificate
shall be entitled to all the rights and priv.
ileges herein mentioned, except that ply
siCians who have been engaged in the con-
tinuous practice OF medicine in this State
for more than ten years Of the date Of the
passage OF this act shall, In lieu Of q dlplo-
ina or examination by the members OF the
State Board OF Health, present 10 the said
board an affidavit as 10 the number Of
years they have been engaged In the prac.
tiCe OF medicine, and the said board shall
issue Its certificate 10 such physicians
without requiring an examination, but This
section shall not apply TO The members Of The
Medical Society Of Me STATE Of Wea Virginia,
Tho reader will bear 10 mind that by
the first section oil the bill the Governor
Is empowered to appoint six physiCians,
two from each Congressional District, who
shall be known az the State Board Of
Health. But 1t does not say from what
school OF medicine the Governor shall
make his selections, Your correspondent
10 led to believe that they are all to come
from one Rchool-allopathy. threads that
way all through the bill;i II not, why not
say that each school OF medicine sARll he
represented on the Board.
The twelfth section says that II the di.
ploma Is issued by reputable medical
college and recognized as such an instituIi0n
by Lhe State Board Of Health" then the party
holding such q diploma, may practice
medicine In this State. The question which
arises In my mind Is, what Is q reputable
medical ColleHe2 The Board Of Health,
under this bill, can say that none but
those presenting diplomas from the old or
Allopathic School are reputable In their es'
timation. Ia that what is expected by the
patrons Of this bllP
In this State we have, at least, three
schools OF medicine we'll represented al.
lopathy, homeopathy and eclectic Now,
any one can see how great an injustice is
done to a large portion oil the people Of
the State II tho Board Of Health Is made
up all from ono school Of MEDICINE. Allo.
pathe physicians assert everywhere that
they do not recognise, nor will they con.
suit with, any physicians except those
coming from allopathic colleges or oil allo'
pathic teaching.
II you take them as they say, then no
homeopathic or ECLECTIC college or physl.
clan is reputable, and consequently their
diplomas will not be recognized. Is this
ustiCe2 Did the grave and honorable
senstors know when voting for this bill
that they yere treat ing very shabhily, TO
soy the least, q very large, respectable anA
intelligent Olasg Vt medical prapti tioners?
Did they know that among the homWo.
pathic and eclectic practitioners we have
as learned and reputable physicians and
surgeons as are to be found anywhere In
the world7 Why put the executIoners axe
In the hands OF sect-a chosen tew2
On the State Board oil Health oil the
Esaat State OF Illinois, all schools Of medi-
Cine are represented, and 1t shonld, In jus.
lice, be 30 In West Virginia. Is bigotry
and arrogance at 4 greater premium here
than In the great WestS Whpsyer pre-.
pared this bill exhibits himself as possess.
Ing In supreme degree the qualities oil
selGshness, arrogance and egotism.
But the last elerse Of the twelfth see
ton caps the climax, and IL reads es fol.
lows: "BA this section shal mol apply 10 Risn'.
Jrs of. Np Medtc4l Society Of the Stale Of
Wei Nrginta." And ! ask you In the
name ofall that Is good, Just and right,
Why nOlI Why pass q Law that they them.
selves are not willing to be Judged byY
II It is so very important ss the prSc.
TONERS oil this State shall be examined as
to how much they know about medicine
and surgery, then why not examine all2
Pray gentlemen, who shall be the judges2
We know you would Ike to be, but ore
YOU reputable and competent to perform
the duiesY "Any fool can ask questions,
but II takes 9 wise man to answer them"
Now, Messrs. Editors, all your CORES
pendent desires is that exact Justice may
be- done 10 all. Give Us, gentlemen OIL the
| West Virginia Legislature, q liberal and
iair law on this subject, one that will do
Justice to Homeopathy, allonathy and
eclectic at the same time. The. public
health aud welfare needs no other law and
your correspondent will be the last per-
son to AJAX for any other DocToR.
Mote Our correspondent has fallen
into the error OF basing his criticism Upon
the bill Ss originally introduced in the
Senate. A number Of patpriRl amend.
ments we're made by that body OF the
proper stage OF the bill. Among the alter
atoms was the striking out Of most Of
the words italicized as objection
able In doctors" communication. II
may be that further amendments are de.
sirable, but the difficulties pointed out
above have been already obvlated.-EDt-
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