The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-07
same number of wards and cases, and all
work tremendously together.

sdue NUMBER OF wards ana cases, and all
work tremendously together.
I'm New York if DR.. Fitzeibbons had
been guilty Of such discourteous language,
he would have been very quickly taken to
task by the broad and liberal men of his
own school, for in that city the words
path and school are rapidly disappear
ing before the one word physician
In the East it is the man that is looked
at, not the school, and if man is talented
and skillful he is respected accordingly.
DR.. Fltzg1bbons belongs evidently TO those
members of the old school who are narrow
minded and lntolerant of progress in
others, and whose kind, thank fortune, are
rapidly disappearing from the face of the
earth. He should not forget that this is
free country; that all have equal rights
and that no party school or single person
has the right to usurp the privileges of
others.
1.-The eclectics and homeopathic pay
taxes the same as do allopaths, and they
have the same right to the hospital privil-
eyes IN the institutions which their money
helps to support.
elf DIR. FitZgibbons was not afraid of
unfavorable comparison with the other
two schools of medicine he would not be
so lgno1antly intolerant of their men,
bers.'
DR.. Lyman G. Wade said:
THE CALL has the reputation of standing for
classes only when they hold their place by merit
alone: Anent this discussion of medical
scpoois allow me few words: The allopathic
schooI claims to stand for all that represents
medical progress. Why, then, do they wish to
prevent students, whom the law will soon give
diplomas, from learning all they can in the
c!lhlcs at the County Hospital? The admis-
sion of both homeopathic and eclectic students
| to those privileges will not lessen the oppor-
ffunlty OF one allopathic student. Why, then,
l say, should they stand in the road of any one
| VINO wishes to perfect ljmSplf if thav arp
| progress?
If an eclectic calls in an allopath, where
there is ten in sight, to consult, the allo-
| path Will consult with and recognize the eclec-
| tic .. h. There ere many eclectics in Govern
ment and State positions and can show Dr.
| Fitzgibbon an invitation from Surgeon-Cien-
| eral Moore to an eclectic to take the examina-
| ton for the regular army, assuring him that
! no discrimination would be made.
The eclectic school is as much an offshoot of
| the allopathic Gs the Christian religion is an
| ofshoot OF the Buddhist-no more. This is
not night Tor supremacy, but for equal repre-
! sentation-the thing our forefathers fought for
| and just what the public will always back US
| up in. In the County Hospital in Chicago, the
largest hospital in the United States, the stu
/ dents OF ali schools not only visit, but each
school has an equal foothold as regards resi-
dent and attending surgeons. This is also
true OF all the public hospitals in Chicago. II,
then, the allopathic practice is the only right
way, how is it that the death rate of the aiIo-
paths in the Cook County Hospital is II per
cent and the eclectic death rate only per
!
II all who differ from DR.. Fitzgibbons on med
zeal subjects fools or knaves why is it tina /
they must resort to law 10 suppress these Grim
lnals and i'm beetles? Is not a discerning pub
lie able to place its patronage where it can get
the most good for its money or must they be
carefully guided by class? This is where the
shoe pinches. 1t is the competition, and let
me tell you that it is not the schools so much
as il is the men. Physicians of all schools who
stand Tor justice, progress and the relief of sui
1erlng say: - care not where get my ideas or
VINO consult with only that I cure" Narrow
minded men and biggotS must, in all walks of
lie resort to chicanery to make a showing
II the people will give the eclectics an equal
showing in the City and County Hospital the
mortality percentage will soon show why all
this opposition exists Give every one fair
play.
DR.. l.. F. Herrick said:
There are three recognized schools of medi-
cine, and in all of them anatomy physiology
chemistry, pathology, microscopy and patno-
logical anatomy are the same; in obstetrics
and surgery the only difference is in the medi-
cal treatment In considering the science OF
medicine, then, let it be kept in mind that the
teachings OF the recognized schools are the
same except in this most important particu-
lar, medical treatment.
The allopathic school has taken the position
that it is the only regular article to be
found; that outside OF their ranks there is
nothing worth considering; that in short
what they do not know is not worth Knowing
To any fair-minded man who has looked over
the medical records OF the past such an asser-
tion is an absurdity.
II the regular school OF medicine knows it
ALL why is 1t that every year new discoveries