Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-03-16
FOURTH EDITION.
m. SNITCHER's VIEWS.


He C0nsends that . Physician Can.
not be Compelled to Report his
Cases.
Yesterday afternoon a reporter of the
REPUBLICAN, called or pr. Snitcher, at
his Office, ~ obtain his views relative to
the suit brought against him by the
Bo ard OF Health, in reference 10 not
ina king ont his reports OF smallpox
cases according 10 the prescribed form
The doctor WAS very busy attending to
"A number Of patients, and when he had
finished prescribing for their various
ills, he was asked by the reporter what
his objection was 10 using the blanks
furnished by the Board OF Health.
He replied that he had not the slight
est objection 10 using them, but ~ hey
were frequently mislal in his Office,
and il. seldom carried any with him, he
could not always lay his hand on them
Just az the time they were needed, and
he also contended that the Board had no
right To say 10 him or any other physi'
elan what kind Of a paper he should u,",
provided he reported the case ac ording
TO law still he did not admit the right of
the Board Of Health or City Council TO
frame "A law compelling a physician to
report any case of disease, unless he was
compensated for his services.
He cited case that has recently been
decided in the Court at Detroit, where a
ply stefan Of that city was prosecuted
by the Health Officer for refusal to re-
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physician was acquitted on the ground
that the Board Of Health could not i'm
pose any such obligation, and he said
it was the opinion Of competent law erS
that law enacted with view to com
pc physicians TO report cases to the
Board of Health was unconstitutional,
as it isa principle in law that man
mus, be- paid for his services, and need
not work Tor amy one unless he chooses.
He thought that aftera physician re-
ported a case of disease it was the duty
OF the Board If Health to obtain any
special details in reference to it. In
continuation, he said that a physician )
r'nie is his capital, and hr could give or
sell it TO whom he pleased, but conten-
died. that it could not br taken from
him, either with or without compensa-
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with other physicians, rs always being
ready to do anything for the public good
but said that where an imperative de-
nand was made upon him which wa,
Sought TO be enforced by compulsion,
he always felt disposed to assert his
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