The Helena independent., 1889-06-20
THE MEDICALLAW
Its Advocates Well Pleased With Its
Workings Thus Far---Helena
Doctors TO be interviewed.
The Christian Science People to be
Brought Within the Meaning
OF the Law.
.con,trtion secured at Butte. with More
To Fonow-An Interesting Letter
Prom Powell Reeves.

A. vet the medical law has not had the
eeF-et In Helena which il was expected to
prodqcs. Several practitioners who were
refused certificates have quietly folded
their tents and departed In peace. Two OF
thesa left cards IN their doors announcing
mat they had been called 70 Washington
territory on professional business. and
would return In the course OF thirty days
They have failed TO come back, and il is
the general belief they will not return.
The Offices Of both gentlemen are now oe-
cupied BY new tenants, but still there are
Anumber Of doctors who, though refused
certificates, persist IN conducting their
business. one or two Of these are charged
with unprofessiOnal conduct, though
it Is believed the medical board
will hnd 10 difficult matter
10 procure evidence strong enough 10 con-
vict IN these cases. Nothing Is said about
their diplomas, which are considered AL
right II IL generally Understood tnat
fRht will be made, and this viii Degln
very soon, as the proper officials are pre-
pairing warrants OF arrest which Will De
served within few days In these cases
II will not be necessary, as has been sup
posed, 20 call special grand Jury u con-
slider them. The medical practice law IS
a. constructed that the probate Judge can
fry the cases, and II will be IN Judge
HOWey's court that they Will come up Tor
A new phase was launched yesterday in
the construction OF the law. The medical
board now proposes tO see why the Chris
tan science healeTs should not apply for
certificates as well as any other class OF
r,racutIoners. This Is q point that can only
b. decided m the courts and will prove an
interesting one The medical board De
lieyps the law is applicable 10 the me ntal
healing practitioners and the hye ladies
In Helena now conducting this class OF
business will soon have an opportunity ot
knowing how they stand in the eyes OF the
law. The members OF the board believe
the law Is applicable 10 them when II say :.
ANY person shall be regarded as practlc-
within the meaning of this act who shall
append the letters NJ. D., or NJ b. 10 his
OF her name, for q fee prescribing medl-
cine operating IN surgery, attending IN OBJ
stetrics, recommending for the Use OF any
sick person, the use of any drug or meul-
cine or other agency OF treatment, cure OF
relief Of any wound, fracture OF body IN
Jury of disease, etc" On the GROUNDS that
Christian Science healing Is an agency, the
board believes il has sufficient scope To
make the law apply TO this class OF prac-
tieioners. but this the Interesting question
10 decide, is il an agency
A member of the medical board who at
tended court at Butte, testifying in the "
erAi cases there, said that, contrary TO the
prevalent belief among some, Judge De
Wolfe is thoroughly in sympathy with the
spirit of the law, but thinks II Is defective
IN some parts.
In me case Of Dr. Harding, of South
Butte, for practicing without a certificate,
he was convicted and fined.
There were two indictments against DR..
Carl Shultz, but by consent these were
nolled aud the probability is that certlh-
cate will be issued 10 him, the medical
board having reconsidered his case and be
come satisfied with his credentials. In the
case of Joseph WeyerhOrst. of Butte, the
matter is held in Abeyance pending The
taking of dispositions in Belgium, and be-
will continue in his practice for The
time being. Dr. Beale, alias DIR. Ed. Payne
representative OF Dr. Spinney * CO., Oi
San Francisco. with office in Butte, was in
dicted also, but failed of conviction because
of the absence of material witnesses, but i
is stated that his lease of active practice il
short and q prompt conviction will sOOI
follow.
Those physicians who have been exam
ined and passed muster are well satisfied
with the working of the law thus far Gh'
law. they say. is not for the beneht OF tn
medical profession, but Tor the people a
large, whom II proposes TO protect fr0n
charlatans-
COngrstulatory letters by the hundre,
have been received by officers OF the boar
from all over the country, the writers %
which express themselves as pleased TO SCI
Montana in the line of progression Tit
state of Illinois devotes S6O,OOO year 10 III
medical board, which is also state bOarC
of health.
POWELL REEVES HEARD FROM.
'Dr." Powell Reeves, whose advertise
ments still appear in one of the Heleni
papers, has written a letter TO a ply siciaI
in Butte. He is now doing business a
Portland. where il is alleged he formeTl,
resided under the name OF "DT. Won Mon
ciscar." From the tone of the doctors lei
ter he appers anxious that the law shoul,
be made success. 1t Is as follows, yer
batim IT literatm:
portland. Ogn. juR 18th 1889 Dr.
how can DR. Spinney out fit Still practis II
yur territory he is one / sGppOse wuld b'
the FIRST TO be stopped also l Sc his bOus
and ads all over the country advuTtiZlng
his place of bisiness in both l Sc by th'
Papers that Some of them are stopped
now II you Want 10 make success OF th'
Law You Will hafe 10 stop all. thy ar
SevrAl AZ helena that you Will hafe q
stop. there is 8 | no of at helena still ad
vurtyzing Yours with Respect
DR 7. REEVES.