San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-05-23
Medical Monopoly Not Wanted.

B0a0n Ddttey Gt06e, FEC. tn, 80.
"In the Legislature of Massachu-
sets n bill is pending whose OBJ
jectis to prohibit, under penalty of fine
and imprisonment, the practice of
medicine, surgery or midwifery"
by ally other than the regular physi-
clans. The attempt to pass such q
bill has been made before, but it
failed, 1t is measure which ought
not to pass, because it invades the
personal liberty of the citizen; not
the personal liberty of the irregular
physician only, but of the patient.
"Only yesterday Dr. Holt, in n
paper read before the Massachusetts
Medico-Legal society, IN organiza-
ton of Irregular physicians, COM
planned of the ignorance of his pro-
fessional brethren rs shown in the
notorious Robinson poisoning cases.
"This crime, said the doctor, zone
of the greatest in our medical history,
would never have been discovered
but for the suspicious aroused out
side the profession" And he called
attention to the fact that in five of the
poisoning cases heregular physician
certified the cause of death to be
pneumonia, typhoid fever, meningitis,
bowel disease and Bright's diseases
respectively.
This shows how far the regular
physicians are from being infallible.
1T would seen to be more in &C
cordance with justice and common
sense were they to perfect their own
knowledge before they appeal to law
to prohibit others from healing.
Not long ago a Globe reporter
called upon ten regular physicians
on the same day, and described his
symptoms in exactly the same Ian.
guage to each. The ten physicians
informed him that he was suffering
from ten different diseases and gave
him ten different prescriptions, each
utterly inconsistent with the others.
The implied claim that there is
any certainty in regular" medicine
rs at present practicle, is absurd.
All medicine practiced, outside of the
simplest complaints, is more or less
guess-work aud experiment, whether
regular or irregular.
when Garfield WAS shot five of
the most famous regular physicians
in the country spent three months
probing for the bullet in the region
Of his left hip, and after his death
it was found under his right should
ar-blade.' We have but a word TO
idd, which is that the above is the
doctrine Mcssrs H. II. Warner & Co.
of Warmers Safe Cure.
nave fought for and promulgated for
be past ten years. We know Of
scores Of cases. and so does the read
r. where doctors have treated the
wrong disease. They say advanced
Kidney Disease cannot be cured. vet
thousands Of cases have been cured
With Warmers Safe Cure: yet so big
tied are the medical profession that
he majority Of thon will not use Il.
Though they know they could there /
" save many valuable hvcs. because.
oreooth. Il is against their fcssilIzci
ode Cat upon such bigotry. Every
method 10 Vrliong life should he
tilted. and the regular medical pro Z
sssion should be tie frs; 10 welcome o
instead q clc5mrassinc them q
elves in seli-c1uce.t aud bicCiry. q
symptoms instead q dis =
ase. ALL sending ttcir patients 81 u
De- e,-e'Cry- poisoned With drugs. %
% nn the daaiL certificate .i7-t ttrv -
soi fron TYPHOID fever. meningitis q
ucamouia- O. sy-ae other equally ,
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