St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-18

were met by GLOBE reporters yesterday,
were asked as to the ''code" and the action
of the board in refusing license What
they said is given below:
DIR. DANIEL LEAsURE.
DR.. Daniel Leasure was asked whether the
board was justified in refusing license to
practice medicine to man because he adj
vertised if he was qualified, as far as attain
ments were concerned, for the profession
'Ceruainly," replied the doctor, .'for it is
against the law for doctor to advertise"
When asked for q reference to the law he
said: but it is unprofessional and ungen-
tlemanly for doctor to advertise his bust
ness according to the code set up by the
Medical association. A minister might as
well advertise to save souls. have read
these advertisements and the man who inserts
them in newspaper is no gentleman"
DIR. l.. NJ. A. ROY.
DIR. L. M. A. Roy, when asked about the
case replied: 'There is in this county q GER
tain coterie of doctors who think they are the
lords of creation and want to monopolize the
practice. They have q society, and take in
whom they please. They have way of their
own to get advertising. They form college,
which exists only on paper, they get up cata-
logues every year with their names on it as
professors of this branch and that branch,
and send them all over the country, while, as
matter Of fact they never taught
anything, and would first have to
learn it. 1t is just as legitimate
for doctor to advertise as for lawyer or a
merchant. Now. L counsel with homeop-
athists, but was told that would be taboOed
if did. 1 told them l should counsel with
whom choose, or with the devil, if l saw fit
DR.. Roy showed the reporter a Paris news
paper, La Patrie, in which were advertise
ments OF half dozen of the most celebrated
nh of 0r the inc
DR.. Clertau, the medical author; DR.. Guyon,
member Of the academy; DIR. Mousette, an
other well-known author, and DR.. Ambrose
Tardieu, said to be the greatest practitioner in
Europe, and whose clinics are translated into
all languages and are authority everywhere.
DIR. C. E. LEE.
DIR. G. E. Lee said he Knew nothing about
the facts of the case in point, but he thought
the board would grant a license to any man
who showed the proper qualifications. The
fact of mans advertising cast some doubt
en- his requirements. The doctor thought it
utterly destructive of the highest attachments
of any profession to advertise.
DIR. G. W. NICHOLS.
DR.. G. W. Nichols said it had usually been
the rule of ethics that physicians should not
advertise, but if the board refused q license
on the ground that man advertised he did
not think they were justified in doing it
DIR. j. c. MARKOE.
DR.. J. G. Markoe said the law allowed the
board to refuse license to any one guilty of
unprofessional conduct and they had inter-
preted advertising as coming under this head.
AS matter of principle doctor had as much
right to advertise as anybody, but it is con-
trary to the code.
DIR. r, S. BOLE.
DIR. r. S. Bole thought the board had no
right to refuse license on such grounds, as
physician was entitled to advertise if he
wanted to. He said the so-called code was
the biggest humbug on earth.
DIR. R. SCHIFFMANN.
DR.. r. Sohiffman said: According to the
code OF ethics OF certain medical societies
doctor cannot advertise, but if man does
not belong to one Of these societies / don't
see how he can violate this code. But ply
sicians are getting more liberal nowadays on
those points than they used to be. ltam now
advertising as manufacturer, bur even TIA
is forbidden by the societies. But these code
doctors have their own ways of advertising
by arranging to be called out of the opera
house when they go there, and having the call
announced from the stage. Many of the ad-
vertising doctors, SO called, are the brightest
and smartest men in the profession, full of
the ideas Of the nineteenth century.
A FEW MORE.
DR.. Fl. F. Hoyt-Its unprofessional and IL
legitimate, and no honorable physician in the
profession will do it. 1t is not necessary If
he is good doctor.
DR.. Park Ritchie-It's strictly illegitmate,
Tt is entirely unprofessional. If some of
these men could do all they claim to be able
to perform, they would not need to ad vertise.
Health Officer Talbot Jones, after hesitating
a second-I don't wish to express any opinion
on that question.
DR.. J. III. Murphy-It is not at ali right. Tt
is not gentlemanly, and no gentleman would
do it. Suppose you were to go around and
brag about how you were the best reporter in
the city and could write the best article, what
would Others Of your profession think? None
but these quacks and mind-curers do that
sort of thing, I've got case of typhoid fever
on my hands which I would like some of these
mind-cures to undertake to cure. We have o
law and l would like to see it enforced.
DR.. David Day thought the board was
justified in refusing license to man be-
cause he advertised.
FROM THE LAW.
The statute book has this to say on
granting of certificates:
If the diploma is found genuine and the
person named therein be the person claiming
and presenting the same, the board shall is
sue its certificate to that effect signed by all
the members thereof and such diploma and
certificate shall be conclusive as to the right
Of the lawful holder OF the same to practice
medicine in this state.
Tho board of examiners may refuse certi-
ficates to individuals guilty OF unprofessional
or disbOnOrable conduct and they may revoke
fusal or revocation the applicant may appeal
to the body appointing the board.