St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-10
The. State Medical Board In
vestigates Grave Charges
Against a Physician.
DR.. Blair Charged With Un-
professional and DiShon-
orable Conduct
In Leading Patients to Be-
lieve He Was Other Than
What He Was.
State Officials to Be Rounded
UP on an Important Land
Case.

The state medical board met in the
senate chamber yesterday afternoon to
consider the complaint against DrS.
Blair and Hutton for alleged unprofes-
sional conduct in their manner of
practice. 1t was $50 o'clock when
President Finn, of Redwood Falls.
arrived. and the other members of the
board were then present. These in
cluded j. S. Shoch, New Ulm; G. E.
Clarke, Saltwater; A. c. FairbairD, p.
M. Hall, r. j. Hill, Minneapolis; III. NJ.
Lufkin and A. Sweeny, st. Paul. City
Attorney Lawler and Assistant City
Attorney Michaels represented the
state. and Judge Rea and M. ID. Mum
appeared for DIR. Blair and Hutton.
The proceedings were conducted with
open doors.
1t was decided to take up the COM
plants separately. and the case of DR..
Blair was first considered. The
complaint against him was sworn to
by DIR. A. f. Goodrich. 1t states
that one W. F. Blair was licensed to
practice medicine in Minnesota. Oct.
%, 1856, by the state board, and alleges
that he has since been guilty, especially
during the months of juno, July, Au-
gust and September of this year, of I'M
professionally, dishOnorable and dis
honest conduct as physician and sur
geon and in his practice as such. The
complaint charges that j. CreSap Nc
Coy, all alleged physician living in New
York, and known as an itinerant and
travelling physician, has widely adver-
tired himself, so that many people IN
st. Paul and Minneapolis believe Nc
Coy competent physician; that for
two years Mccoy has not been nor is he
now praeticing as physician in Min
nesota, but has been legally bound
this, but for the purpose of impo sing
upon the ignorant and credulous has
advertised the firm of Mccoy d Blair,
setting forth many unprecedented cures
of catarrh, all of which representations
were false and untrue; that DR.. Blair
has secured patronage by inducing the
public to believe that Mccoy was in
constant attendance; that Blair has
concealed his own identity; for all of
which the complaint asks that the
license of DR.. Blair be revoked.
DIR. Sweeny was put on the stand and
identified record, after which Mrs.
Elizabeth GLADDEN. and Clement Boos, of
Minneapolis, testified to treatment by
DR.. Blair. The former spoke highly of
the treatment and said that DIR. Blair
had not misrepresented himself to her,
as she knew DR.. Mccoy. Clement BooS
was treated by DR.. Blair, but supposed
all the time it was DR.. Mccoy.
Three operators of Thiels Detective
agency testified. These were j. A. Pat
ton, w. Ii. Cooley and S. J. Halliday.
Each went in and addressed
Dr. Blair as DIR. Mccoy,
aud called him DR.. Mccoy throughout
the entire discussions, without his cor
recting them or stating that he was
other than DR.. Mccoy. TIE detective
Cooley had asked for symptom blanks
which he wanted to send to a brother at
Fergus Falls. On the head of the
blanks were Drs. Mccoy and Blair.
"Who is this DIR. Blair DR.. McCoy?''
asked the detective of DR.. Blair him
self.
HE is gentleman L have assisting
me-" replied DR.. Blair.
When Judge Rea was cross eXamin-
ing Mr.. Cooley the latter failed to recall
some incidents of the visit.
You are as certain about the other
things you have testified to as about
this. are you?" asked the judge.
My testimony is a statement of truth.
My word is good. am the son of Rev.
j. I'll. Cooley, of New York, and if you
want to find out anything about me you
can write to New York"
You're sort of shining on the light
of another, them" suggested Judge Rea.
mo, sir, Pm not" was the reply.
"Fm hundred-candle power myself"
A consultation of the board was held
! at the close of Mr.. Halliday's testimony
when it was decided TO adjourn the in
vestigation until the 22d inst.