St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-24
That Is How the Public Views
the Recent Medical Board
Case.
DrS. Blair and Hutton Will
Continue Business at the
Old Stand.
The New Jepusalemites Have
q Pleasant Annual Re-
union.
Third Street Property Owners
Appoint Fuptherance Com
mittees.

No little public indignation has been
created by the verdict of the state med.
ical board against DrS. Blair and Hut
ton. 1t is true that every one expected
that board of doctors to find such YER
dict, evidence or no evidence, but the
Indignation is no less general. Sim
mered down, the board has found the
two doctors guilty of what? Simply of
having built up tremendous practice
by advertising. They did not find that
Drs. Blair and Hutton were not good
and capable practitioners, but, ON the
other hand, many witnesses testified to
cures wrought by them. These facts
have been confessed by the pub
its own conclusion. and that
conclusion is that such case,
where the question of ability and knowl-
edge does hot enter, should be tried in
the civil, and not the medical courts
Doctors, as rule, are jealous class,
and in this case ethics cut larger fig
ure than evidence. Advertising is
against the ethics of the profession, and
when it is simmered down the verdict
was against advertising. Successful
business men who have built up their
trade by judiciOuS use OF printers ink
have no sympathy with this piece of
persecution, and are not slow to say so.
Drs. Blair and Hutton will carry this
case up. The governor may upset the
finding OF the board. and it is expected
he will; but If the contrary is the case
they will carry it to the civil courts.
DR.. Blair, Of Minneapolis, said yester-
day:
1.-THE members of the board found their de-
cision merelyon the charges and not from the
evidence. There was.positiyely no evidence
10 show that we had ever done any of the
things which we were charged with and
every one of the witnesses who were called
from among our patients gave testimony
which was in our favor. In fact, there was
nothing else that they could do. They do
not take this action for the benefit of the
public, as they pretend to, but for their own
benefit. By, the liberal advertising
treated very large number of patients and
have benefited great many persons.
II shall continue to practice, and the case
IS i'll the hands OF my attorneys. We have
stay OF twenty days, end expect that We
will take the matter to the supreme court. /
understand that we have the option of ap-
plying to the governor for redress. My at
torneys will attend to the matter"
Dr.. Hutton, of st. Paul, was Of eX-
actly the same frame of mind. He
said:
the medical board at present. Under the
constitution every man is entitled 10 a fair
and impartial trial in the courts when he is
charged with crime. Therefore. if the stale
medical board, or any of the members, had
a complaint to make why did they not take
at into the courts and give US trial on the
charges preferred. There we could clear
ourselves of the charges quickly enough
We shall not let the matter rest here, how
ever. We will appeal the matter to the gov
ernor, and, if necessary, will resort TO
the courts to test the con stitutionality
Of the law giving zssthe medical
board such arbitrary power Meantime the
office will be open. and Mccoy & Blair will
continue to practice. We have taken
twentg days stay, and will have the case de-
cided during that time. We believe the med
zeal hoard should decide solely on mans
competency to practice medicine. No one
has questioned the competency of the firm.
The charge is altogether another matter and
we should have had chance to clear our
selves, as any other man would have had
were similar charge preferred against him.
We deny that we have deceived any one, and
none of our patients have yet entered COM
plaint.a -
The public viii watch this case with
great deal of interest.