The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-02-16
THAT DIPLOMA MILL.

Hudson County. You shall have the PRIV
ilege Of choosing from the citizens OF
this State, one third OF the total number
Of the Board OF Trustees Of said college,
and shall also have the right TO establish
a chair OF Therapeutics which all the
students shall be obliged to attend. You,
however, shall be responsible for, and
provide the compensation to be paid to
the professor who may be selected by you
to old said chair. 1t you are in favor of
n liberal medical education being pro-
yided for the people OF our city. this viii
give you an opportunity to assist in
carrying out that object. IL there
Is anything improper in connection with
the college, you Will be inside aud nave
an opportunity TO expose IL, and base your
opposition upon facts, instead of upon
ISLANDERS II, however, your real opposition
to said college Is because of the system OF
medical practice which prevails IN said
college, then. OF course, you will not &C
cept the above offer. Ia that event, why
not spend you time, energy and money
IN organizing a college in New Jersey,
which shall be under your absolute control
and which shall give our citizens practical
illustration Of the kind of college you
favors There is plenty of room in this
State for two colleges. Why not found
one of your own, instead OF attempting TO
destroy the only n ever organized in
this State? My grandfather was a regu-
lar. allopathlc, old school physician, who
sacrificed his life to his profession. |
and respect for the medical pro-
~fession, which l believe has in
Guided among its members many Of
the noblest men hat ever lived. But |
do not believe thas all these worthy prac-
titioners are followers of only one scnool
Of medicine. Neither can l snut my eyes
to the fact that there are many very mar
row minded men in the medical profess
sion. 1t is not so very long ago that the
a~llopathists loudly denounced the homeo-
pathists as quacks, and refused to recog-
nize or consult with them.
NO THEY CANNOT.
a the old scnool practitioners cure
consumption, cancer, catarrh, asthma or
numerous other diseases which might be
mentioned? Grant, Sheridan and Sher-
man OF this country m Emperor Fred
erick William Of Germany are notable
examples TO prove that the profession of
medicine Is not a science, but Is often a
miserable failure. These men all pos
sessed good constitutions, great will
power aud lndomitable courage which
had frequently confronted death upon the
without hinchfng, and could
not be alarmed by his knocking at the
door Of their bedrooms. Yet, notwith-
standing these men had the benefit of
the highest skill, and the greatest
knowledge and wisdom which the alio-
pathic system can produce, they were
all cut down in their strength, and passed
away amidst the tears of the people. How
about the thousands of less prominent
patients for whom the mournersd daily 90
about the ~streetsi
Under these circumstance would it
be more becoming for the two or
three doctors who are using the name of
the Allopathic Medical Society of
Hudson county in their crusade
against the Eclectic Medical Col
lege of New Jersey, to devote
their money and energy to increasing
than Diminishing the number OF
devoted to impartiug a better
OF the discovery and applica-
ton of remedies for disease.
IL would not be a remarkable feat to
break down and destroy any college Just
into existence. But those
who would engage in such an unworthy
undertaking will not long DO 4 OF. their
success. Au impartial press, and an in
telligent community will soon over
them with confusion. Like the
celebrated general of ancient times tney
viii have TO exclaim, Another such vic
tory wiIl'ruin u.s."
r. B. SEYMOUR.