St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-19
PROFESSIONAL JEALOUSY.
The Cause of u Second Arrest i'm a
Singular Case.

The Cause of n Second Arrest i'm a
Singular Case.
In using law intended to keep quacks, inn
posters and false pretenders to medical skill
out of the state, for the purpose of prevent
ing com petition IN medical skill, the Mime
apolis doctors have followed the lead given by
their St. Paul brethren and Yesterday caused
the arrest of DR.. Mccoy, at Minneapolis. He
was released at once, however, and his practice
will not be interfered with. The public have
learned pretty we'll by this time who Dr.
Mccoy Is and what his skill can accomplish.
His patients in St. Paul and Minneapolis now
number 800 people, and among those who
have already testified through the public
prints to cures effected in their cases by DR..
Mccoy, are some who stand high in official
and social circles. The following, which ap-
peared in the GLOBE OF August 22, regarding
DIR. McCoy's arrest in St. Paul, is equally ap-
plicable at this time:
The anmus exhibited by the doctors who
are prosecuting DR.. Mccoy because he adver-
tises in the newspapers, is, to say the least,
peculiar. Dr. Mccoy is an eminent and sue
ceSsful specialist He comes Endorsed by the
authorities of Bellevue hospital, New York,
where he was a student physician, surgeon
and officer He comes Endorsed by men
whom the Minnesota doctors quote as the
highest medical authority. He has been the
associate of men to whom they refer their
most difficult and incurable cases. To prose-
cute him. because in common with other emf
nent specialists, he believes in advertising in
the daily papers, is piece of mingled AFRO
gance, jealousy and abSurdlty that has rarely
found its equal in this city.
1t is notable in this connection that the
prosecution was not commenced until after
DR.. Mccoy had been practicing for some time,
and after many of his cases had been noticed
by the daily papers. Is it possible that these
doctors would prefer to have the cases which
they have pronounced iDcurable remain in
durable? Do they carry their fear of compe-
tition in medical skill thus far? Late medical
science has developed some wonderful things
in the art of healing. The ordinary practi-
toner. with his limited means and opportuni-
ties has been able to get but little gleanings
from the discoveries of hospital practice in
the great cities of New York and London. Is
it possible that the imperfection of their own
training and opportunities moves these doc
tors to q jealous prosecution of the man
who has had the advantages of extended
hospital experience? For the dignity and
honor of the medical profession, we should
hope not.
But they have not questioned Dr. McCoy's
skill or eminence- His honorable career as
house physician at Bellevue hospital has not
been doubted, nor the record of his marvellous
cures which for three years have been noted
by the press in st. Louis. They tacitly admit
his unusual power to cure the sick and de-
formed, to heal and relieve many of the cases
which they have pronounced incurable. And
yet they prosecute him because he adver-
tises.
And then what is the mysterious line be-
tween the uasklled man who advertises and
the skilled man who adverttses? Why do
these doctors allow the medical fakir to ad-
vertise and prevent the medical scientist
from advertising2 Is it that they fear not the
competition of the former and do the compe-
tition of the latter? For the dignity and
honor of the medical profession we trust not
No, Dir. Mccoy came here to heal the sick.
He is continuing to heal the sick, and the
combination of local doctors will not deter
him in his course.