St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-21
DOCTORS AND THEIR DoINGs.
The Homeopathists Choose Off
cers-DipIomas and the Laws.

President Spaulding called yester-
day mornings session of the home
opathic institute to order at 10 O'Clock.
The report of the bureau on clinical
medicine occupied the greater part OF
the session. The first paper read was
by DR.. Avery on "Chloride of Lime and
Sodium" DR.. A. p. Williamson read a
paper OIL clinical cases, as also did DR..
Lowe. DR.. A. P. Williamson read a
paper on "Tuberculinum and Home
opathic Dosage" followed on the same
subject by Drs. w. II. and E. w. Leon
ard. The convention then adjourned
until Q O'Clock, when work
was resumed in the hear
ing of reports on a variety
of ologies. DR.. D. A. Stricken. of st.
Paul, discussed symptoms and Con-
ditions Due to Errors of Refraction."
Dr. G. E. Bushnell. also of st. Paul,
read paper on "Granular Coniuctivi-
It's" 1.-The Necessity of Nasal Respira-
ton" was the subject of DR.. E. l..
Mann's paper. DR.. T. w. Ashby, of
River Falls, Wis, told of the "Fanc-
tons of the Spinal Cord" The last
paper was read by DR.. A. S. Lock, of
Minneapolis, and dealt with Central
LOcaliZation."
Then came reports from the home
opathic hospitals Of the state and the
election of officers and delegates.
The Election
resulted as follows: DR.. D. A. Strick-
Ter, st. Paul, president; L. w. Ashley,
of River Falls, first vice president;
George t. Robinson, of Minneapolis.
second vice president; E. w. Houming,
of Lake City, secretary; d. A. Lock,
of Minneapolis, treasurer. Next came
the election of delegates to the Ameri-
can Institute IF Homeopathy. Those
elected were w. S. Briggs. j. E. Saw
yer, Alexander Donald, Of st. Paul; A.
E. Higbee, of Minneapolis. and 0. II.
Hall, Of Zumbrota. Delegates 10 the
Wisconsin State society were elected as
follows: Charles Pillsbury, Duluth,
and p. Roberts, of Winona. The cen
neapolis; ii. w. Brace, Minneapolis,
and c. H. Glidden, of st. Paul. The
institute then adjourned until s p. m.
Medical Jurisprudence.
There were several papers read at
most interesting to the general public
was that by DR.. w. L. Stone. of st.
Cloud. 1t was paper on medical
Jurisprudence" and it treated legis
lative interference with the rights OF
the practitioner in the most drastic way.
He attacked the principle of conStitut-
ing board of medical directors to sit
i'll tribunal upon the question of eligi-
bility to practice medicine, and in ac-
rid sentences pronounced it an lnfrac-
ton of states rights. The burden of
his arguments was to establish the
Precedence of diploma issued by any
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diSparage the system of granting
licenses promiscuously to any youthful
student who had proposed for the or
deal, and was able TO submit to most
technical catechism.
DR.. Stones paper was picturesque, and
vein OF Scathing sarcasm ran through
it. 1t was prefaced with the ayowal
that he had no axe to grind, no personal
interest to serve, and, moreover, no i'll
feeling toward the medical board. On
the contrary, one member was a dear
and valued friend and claSsmate, and
the others he esteemed highly. Yet he
felt it duty to do all in his power to
save any ones son from passing through
the little experience which character
lied his admission and practice in ST.
Cloud. He saw in the tendency to leg
islate for the practice Of medicine
huge snake drawing its noiSome body
into the field. He said it was
dangerous and unjust species of class
legislation. For men to think alike in
medicine IS us impossible, he said, as it
is for men to think alike IN politics and
in religion. To effect unanimity of
opinion would be to change the very
order OF nature itself, and would be as
undesirable as it is impossible. He
cOunSeled that 1t is the duty of the doc
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avoid loose and void Legislation. He
said that member of the state board
had frankly confessed that one object
of the board is to keep doctors out OF
the state, because, forSOoth, the ranks
are crowded. Again, he urged that
there is no protection to the people
like the diploma, and to protect
1.-The dear people" is the declared mis-
sion of the law creating the board of
medical examiners, before which all
must pass in order to become licensed
practitioners in this state. DIR. Stone
pointed with emphasis to a system that
will grant license to youthful stu
dent and place him upon a level with
practitioners who had devoted the bet
ter part of lifetime in practical expert
ence. Furthermore, he asserted there
are very few of the best doctors in the
state who can unfalteringly answer the
technical questions propounded by the
board, and the essayist provoked deal
of merriment among the doctors by
quoting some sample questions.
1t was shown that this practise was
not in vogue in many of the older East
ern states, and he cited the celebrated
Montana case of the State eX rel
against Norcross to show that the value
of the diploma cannot be Initiated by
iQuiclotiun Tba
who is fortified with regular sheep
skin can practice his profession in the
teeth of any law that requires him to
submit to any whimsical examina-
tion of any board appointed
for political reasons by a governor.
The doctor said that people know
skunk when they see and smell it, and
they generally know man when they
come in contact with him. If there is
anything, he urged, that politics should
not touch with its dirty fingers, it is
medicine, the care of the poor, the sick
and the afflicted.
the essayist upon the application of the
Montana case cited, and he alleged that
the points raised in the thesis were not
an element in the NorcrosS controversy,
and to substantiate this position DR..
Tobey read the opinions of contrib
utor in the Medical journal.
DR.. Higbee Endorsed the position
taken by DR.. Stone. He had read the
article, and could not place the con-
struction thereon that DR.. Tobey did.
DR.. Clayton, in rhetorical effort, de-
clared in favor of the medical board as
a protection against the tide-the hun
dreds of physicians now practlcing un-
der the protection of boughten diplomas
from allRUad raUIlIar institutions
Technical Papers.
The institute next took up the bureau
of otology, ophthalmology and laryng-
ology. DIR. G. E. Bushnell, of st. Paul,
was absent, and therefore DR.. ID. A.
Stricken, the chairman, read the for
mer'S paper. 1t was too technical for
tho ordinarx, roadar hI,t woo lic+opad