Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-02-13

have oeeuvrsd In this STATE bscauss
s1e people we're prscfiesd upon BY mon
Who we're unskilled and Who did not have
the rs@aisite knowledge 70 perform their du-
ties. These two cases would never hare
occurred IL this bill had been upon orr stat
ute books. The dentist should understand
the application of anafstheties- More fatal
cases have occurred from incompetent and
unskilied dentists than from ali other branch
e. of surgery combined. His friend
from Caribou had said that this bill
vas an invasion Of private and vested rights.
Well now win all d1e respect to him, he
{ .int { eisJ the vas drawing emit rely upon hi.
lmaginAl.on Ivr mis- facts Is u aa Invasion
of the private rights of the people Of this
State y require that no person shall be
teacher in our public schools unless that
person has passed an examination! IL il an
invasion Of vested and private rights that
any man in this State TO be = druggist OF
dfuggist's clerk NUT pass an .xAminatioDf
I. It an invasion of the vested
rights Of people Of this State To insist thai
40 person shzll be . mt mber OF the bar In
ANY county Of this State unless he has first
passed his examination. Mr.. Looney taid
IN closing th { he believed that the bill would
become lzw and that Maine would not be
one Of the only i've States in the Union aud
toe only state east Of the Mississippi which
las nat Q similar Law.
Tie had no eoubt that if his friend from Car
b Iu would I. II the names Of those persons
= no wrote TO b III it would be found many oil
tn n: ee ig o ant quaeks. DE hoped that
Laey soul consider the matter carefully snsi
lie believed that every intelligent IN Al III the
House would De in favor Of tbs bill. ZAP
pause.
Mr. Pattangsll f Pembroke seconded Mr..
10 ney in All able .p, ech-
Mr. D.ckey Of FJrl Kent said that this
same matter b 81 come up tso years ago and
Vas thoroughly discussed The fact Is that
II e peop.e Of III Stat. really are exposed to
q1zc1s. / here il ls~ that teacher must
..Ul .each sch Iol unless quAlit ID in certain
branches. In his knowledge there had been
more losses Of life by quAck practice In
dentistry than all the mistakes
Of surgery and medical science In this State.
There is scarcely = day bat IT requires at the
present tn q q "a of kno~ ledge and science
10 be a uent.st. Hereafter no one could
practice unless qualified and that qualihca-
ton may be by the knowledge they gain IN
dental college or any other way. He hoped
that the people would be protected against
Quacks.
Mr.. Peaks Of Dover said that he had no
interest in the bill until the discussion came
up, At now he is in favor of bill that
would allow men to practice dentistry under
the same restrictions that they practice
surgery, and that is that they practice As
much as they please, but they don't
require anything tor their services
unless they have diploma. Mr.. Peaks
moved that the bill be postponed to Wednes-
day at ~ A. NJ. in order to give the mem
b. rs chance to examine 1t more carefully.
Mr.. Stearns hoped that the motion wuull
not be entertained, and he thought the House
"a. really for the question.
The vote was taken, 80 being in favor and
SO opposed. The bill was postponed.
On motion of Mr.. Hovey of Pi,tsieid,
Adjourned