The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-06

led practitioner they ought to be able
to obtain 1t without legal danger to him
or themselves. whatever bodily danger
there may be, or said to be in the
| largest possible liberty which does not
encroach upon human rights"
/ In all civilized countries the law rec
ognizes distinction between the case
OF a person who endangers his own life
/ and that of person who jeopardizes
the life of person in his care or to
whom he stands in the relation of loco
parentis e. G. an insane parent or
brother. Thus even in England per-
son may refuse to seek or accept med
ical or surgical aid for himself and
| thus IN many cases man is legally
! allowed IN this one way to commit
suicide; but if he refuses to seek or ac-
cept the same aid for his wife or child
or any person in his charge, he is LA
bic TO be tried for murder or man
slaughter as the case may be. the law
holding that as human beings, such
persons have human rights, amongst
others the right to proper qualified aid
| in case of sickness or accident The
same distinction holds good in the ma
jority Of the states of the Union and
surely you would not claim that man
| should be allowed to Withhold proper
medical or surgical aid. when reason
ably obtainable, and protect himself
! by calling in some Caucasian, Mongo-
liam, or Hanlitic quack or some old
lady whose education and reading
would not qualify her to teach A B G
in our public schools; but, to whom
the local wiseacres have granted the
little of doctor, believing that by some
intuitive process such persons have
mysteliously acquired and become the
receptacle Of the accumulated medical
wisdom of the ages
Personally. the medical law does not
benefit me. On the contrary, | should
be very sorry to be called upon to at
tend certain persons who are now sat
isfied to be attended by unqualified
practitioners. They would have no
faith in me, and certainly should have
no confidence or faith in them or in
their carrying out or obeying my in
structions. Such being the case, l
am well quit of and | would not raise
finger to secure such persons as pa
tents But one by one they come, pos
sibly, however, only when the intuitive
wisdom of the unqualified has rendered
their cases desperate.
AS registered physician l think it
my duty in the interests of the general
public to support the medical law and
| very much regret to see the attack
which is being made upon 1t by a small
body Of men, who If their theories were
correct, would be far better employed
| in converting their brethren of their
schools by showing themselves true
physicians at the bedside | am not
| so persuaded Of my own infallibility
as TO refuse to learn, and bearing in
mind the maxim of an old Grek poet,
| endeavor 30 treat my enemies of to-
day, as if they would some day be my
friends.
FREDERICK Cliff, NJ. D.
st. George, Feb. IS, 1894.
We have omitted from the last letter
above an account of some cases attend.
ed to by the Doctor in illustration of
his position, because they SAVIOR too
much of an advertisement for which
some of the medical profession have
great aversion-wlIen they have to pay
for it.
We think the suggestion as to the
exemption in the Arizona law good
one, and commend it to the attention
of the Legislature and Of the medical
gentlemen in this city who we believe
are DESTROYS of making the law as lib
eral as they think wise.
AS to the question whether we would
claim that man should be allowed
to Withhold proper medical or surgical
aid for his wife or child, we answer
mo. But who is to decide what is
proper" aid? The doctor who asks
the question? board of physicians
who would think ali aid improper but
such as they sanction? Or the head
of the family who is responsible, as
shown by the Doctor himself, for in
case of serious consequences such as
he foreshadows the neglectful person
would be liable to prosecution?
1t is mistake to suppose the op-
position to the present medical law,
which Dr. Gift admits is defective by
his suggestion to amend it, comes from
a few non-graduated DOCTORS 1t comes
from hosts of the people who reject
with indignation the encroachment upon
their liberties which would prevent
them from choosing their own physi-
clan or nurse in times of sickness. Such
bondage they will kick over no matter
what learned professionals may pro-
pose.
Proper medical or surgical aid" must
be determined by the people who need
it, not by any particular school of ply
sicians, or any association of different
schools. Protect the public against the
quack and the charlatan by a clear
distinction between the graduated and
ungradpated practitioners. as The Her
aid has suggested and as we believe
the faculty, u most of them in this
city approve, and there will be little
trouble left in this matter, particularly
if DR.. Gifts suggestion be also adopt
ed. Has there not been about enough
said on this subject? It is growing
almost as tedious as the University and
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