St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-25
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
DIR. MCCOY Discussed.

Doubtless many of your readers have been
entertained by reading the editorials in some
of the Minneapolis and St. Paul daily papers
on the arrest of one DR.. Mccoy, of the former
city, upon complaint of the state medical ex-
amining board; and of DR.. McCoy's defense,
and his offer of So, 600 to ''enrich the cause of
local charity A few words upon the sub
ject may not be out of place.
First-The question arises, is the practicing
of medicine without license mSdemeanOr?
Our medical law says it is.
Second-Has DIR. Mccoy received license?
He tells us he has not, but that under the
circumstances he is. entirely justified in
practieing without the license they have
illegally denied him. If the examiners have
''transcended their powers in refusing him
license he has the means at hand to compel
them to do So Two wrongs don't make
right.
The statement of DIR. Mccoy and his
Minnesota are envious of his wonder
full ability, is too silly to be given
credence by sensible people. 1t is
well known fact that the medical profession
is ever ready to pay due homage to genius
wherever found. All his assumption of SUI
periority in medical knowledge is decidedly
in bad taste, to say nothing of its truth. Will
some one tell us what the learned doctor has
contributed to the general fund of medical
literature since his advent in 1877? What
books has he edited, and to what medical
journal is he contributors Whether DR..
Mccoy intends to remain in Minneapolis ten
days, ten months or ten years, and the fact
that he does or does not own property in that
city "has nothing to do with the case" Nor
does it in any way affect him whether he is
better or less well-read physician than A, &
or G.. The qualifications of his neighbor and
his Office hoy will not help him out. Really,
he must excuse the gentlemen of the medical
cello decline
level when the law says. in substance, that he
must come up to their standard The medical
law was framed to secure, as far as possible,
an aristocracy of brains, rather than cheek
supplemented by wealth. 1t isn't sufficient
that person be graduate OF
to enjoy the benefits conferred
on the alumni. He must remain IN good
standing. When he becomes student in
such institution he is understood to pledge
himself to be governed by the rules of that
college and those observed by all professional
gentlemen throughout the world. He must
continue to be credit to his alma mater,
and any other course is breach of conf
dence At Bellevue college students are
given to understand that ''quackS" alone ad-
yertise. and that cit is derogatory to the
dignity of the profession to resort to public
advertisements And the eminent semitic
men who compose the faculty of the cele-
brated Bellevue college do not advertise. l
venture to assert that If any student about
to enter any one of our recognized medical
colleges declared his intention to advertise
himself after the manner of DR.. Mccoy he
would not be allowed to matriculate. In
short, among medical men it is the opinion
that DR.. Mccoy has forfeited all right to
recognition by Bellevue college and the state
medical examining board because he is not in
good standing. E. AsHMoRE, NJ. d.
Ashby, Mimi, Sept. "a.