The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-10-04

The Stark County Medical Aasocia
tion held ita regular meeting In the
Mayors private Office in the city hall
Tuesday afternoon, II was an inter
eating meeting throughout The inter
eat increased az the meeting progressed
until at about the hour for adjourn
ment such q whirlwind OF outraged in
dignatIon from the medical fraternity
swept over the meeting aA will long DO
remembered by those present, The
feeling was 40 intense and the
cause such righteous one that the
walls of the room fairly Hhoook from
from the astounding charges made
against members Of the association
by leading phyaicianS OF this city It's
with great reluctance the News DEMO
oRAT enters upon such matters, hut
being the proceedings Of such an au'
gust body OF n en- whose standing pla'
ces them beyond the sphere Of gossip
era, II Is as a newspaper, and ln the IN
terests OF justice and morality, that
the facts are made public.
The last matter before adjournment
was the deciding upon topic for dis
cusElon at the next meeting Of the
society. A number of topics for dis
cusaIon were suggesting but none deter
mined upon when furore was created
by Dr, Laudor OF this city suggested, In
u voice denotlng suppressed emotion,
that "Crlminal Abortion be decided
upon as q topic, ~ understand there
has been much OF this business carried
on IN Canton, aud ID win undoubtedly
prove most interesting he said,
~ coincide with what my fellow
practitioner says" excitedly exclaimed
Dr. Portmann, u Canton physician OF
great reputation. LET M have this
matter discussed Let these dark
crimes committed by members Of this
society be brought TO light There are
members Of this society who have been
carrying on this nefarlous business by
the wholesale. some Of them are here In
this room now. They are listening
10 my words, know them, SO do my
brethren. There's physician here
against whom | have twenty cases Of
criminal abortion, I've had under my
charge recently young girl who had
passed through the hands OF these med.
lcal vampires. She Is now In q critical
condition and may die, Not satisfied
with this work and the large fee ex.
tracted from the young man the Doc.
tor demanded IN addition a check OF
Si50, saying thai this was his usual fee,
The matter will come out. The frater.
nifty know all about II and soon the pub.
lie will. I've been asked 10 prefer
charges against these physicians
won't now. I'll give them chance TO
leave the room with their reputation,
If they ever enter II again I'll make the
matter pubic. DR.. Brght Ia now at-
tending u girl who has lately passed
through the hands Of these physicians.
Other hysicians are attending cases
where operations have been performed
II is shame, an outrage II should be
punished
Another physician well known here
DIR. Phillips, denounced The practice In
the loudest terms, as did Doctors
Fraunfelter, Schwartz March and Cock
OF Canton, and Doctor llidenour, Of
Massillon.
Dr. Marchand recited the facts In q
recent case Of this kind at Greent0wn
from which operation the victim died
lie stated that q clear case was made
out against an alleged physician OF
! Akron and presented before II Summit
county grand jury, They would not
render a bill against the man. Certain
physicians In Canton were doing q land
Office business in criminal abortion,
aud he called for the names Of those
charged, In justice TO the other mem
bers Of the society.
DIR. Coyle, another rising Canton
physician, had n few words to say on
this meter. lie lrnew from cases he
had at times that criminal abortion
ilourshed In Canton like q green bay
tree, He wanted charges preferred
against the members who had q hand
nrefer To sit with criminals in the dock
rather thnn he negotiated With sueh
men In fhe medical society
A long and excited discusslon here
ensl,ed among the members who Ind
snolren From fine tone of their re'
marks II could be judged that the phys.
icipns of standing Ia this city have had
can stand A resolution calling FOR the
names of these uhysicans and the
charges ayainst them 10 be reported nj
the next meeting waa passed The 'ex.
citement was intense To-day the nhys.
icinnslhaye this tonic for earnest con.
yersatIen The resllit OF this meeting
viii i've awaited with wreat interest
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Dh' JohNsVNs REpoRr'
In the business before this outburst