The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-31
POWERS. MEDICAL BILL.

hkA1fLE, January u. EtYl
To THE EpIros: Since the bill known ~ the
Powers medical bill passed the House several
communications and quite . number Of edi-
torials have appeared in the columns OF the
daily OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES containing structures
upon said bill which every fairminded man
must admit have not bean overdrswn.
But % far as we have seen no suggestions for
a suhstitute have been offered The hackers OF
the Powers bill o. . preliminary measure had
a clause put into the constitution requiring .
state board OF health. which II all right and
proper providing oil the different Gystems OF
medicine are pat upon an equality before said
board. We have, however, ~ the present time.
In our boasted free America four different sys-
TENS of medicine. each having chartered medi-
cal colleges with sessions every winter where
full courses Of lectures upon all Of the fanda-
mental branches pertaining 20 tho practice OF
medicine and surgery are ltven by .
fun corps of professors and where
students are graduated each year. These diner
ent systems Of medicine are known a. the sIio-
psthie. homeopathic. ph~ysio-medicai and eelec-
tic. There are no other schools or systems Of
medicine in this country with chartered medf.
cal colleges and = full corps OF professors where
students are graduated In = regular and sys-
sematic manner. Now each one Of thesc differ
ent systems has tsness peculiar to itself. thus
differing from all the other systems And. as q
matter Of fact. the requirements for graduation.
NJ W A&fs ttAktG VI ttttS W. u - " rtaItS<s
number OF courses OF lectures to be attended.
number OF rarts to be dissectea, etc. are
al about the same. and the number of applicants
Tor graduation in each OF the different schools
who fall 10 pass the final examinations and are
rejected are rroportiona;eiy nearly the same.
One seems 20 gnsrd Its own Interests - carefully
IS the other as 10 the qualifications aud com.
petency Of the niea IL sends out, and they are a
tssaay advocating Q higher grade Of medical
education.
1t has been more than hall a century since the
youngest of these systems established Its Erst
medical college with a tuIl corps of professors,
and they each have colleges in full operation At
the present time.
The medical man who Is not aware of this
fact Is Simply behind the times. and not posted
As to what his netghhors are doing. Ii 10 safe TO
say that there Is NOT q state or territory in the
Union but that has w.thin is borders rrsda-
st&a physicians frcm each Of these different
schools Of medicine who cognpare fssossbly in
amount OF Intelligence ard sucees. at the bed
side with that ot his brother physician Of the
other Schools Zach school has ia earnest and
honest followers auacuE the people, aad our
iaw-mskers shoad see TO Il that they enact laws
which viii heasat the whole people. aaa no.
ANY particular class - opposed Go another class
II cur lss makers are gosag so protect the peo-
pie truzz fraaa and Imposition Aad Incompetent
soctogx trey shou'd sso protect them ia their
rsSAs 20 emP&sy esaessed aat cozap~trat physi.
claus. from whatever seAool thsy have the most
tai,h sn. TIE cinsen a. wsshinsson. when
taken sick. shoaid have an-estsained choice of
enc nastisai adviser he calls to his bedside. the
same As re has Of the clergyman he coausegx.
TO make . law wnfca viii hare q ten asnev 20
deter eg prevent graduated physicians from any
oGse % these estsr~Et schools isosa cosaing Into
uaf state IS TO take from snca sick person this
right IL we are 20 have . state hoard OF heslsh.
90 Be eesaressi OF pine physicians. WAY nos e i've
earA 81 these ~sysFcras - asar ~ possible. equal
REPRESENTATIVES, upon tie esAri And thus place
them apos IN esEziity before the law Why not
have TIE board composed ~ saree allcpxtatc. two
homeopathic two ~eeaeesie and two physso-metl-
cal YAysiStaRsr
There is no aeaks bot that the representatives
sroE each ~ The different schools uron SUCH a
hs>srt wnGad sre 20 IL that the graduates al ais
rsrzseui&r syssers ~ko PASSED TIE beard were
properly suskSeS.
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