The Portland daily press., 1895-03-22

by preventing any society from contrOll-
ing the board. You will see in section
three. that any person who has been a
practitioner OF medicine or surgery In
this state for a period of three years,
next prior to the passage thereof, shall be
allowed to register. l want to call your
attention to the expenses of this board.
Ii you will notice section five, you will
see that the expenses of the board shall
not exceed the amount received by the
treasurer of the state from the board,
in fees, thereby preventing any expense
on the part of the state. Your attention
is called to section nine, which makes
it illegal for any person to practice med
1cine or surgery or hire, in this state,
after January, 1896; and this connection,
will refer you to chapter ~, section
9 Of the Revised Statutes. Section 39-
If any person who has not been admit
ted to practice law lin this state, or
W hose name has been struck from the
roll of attorneys, advertises as, or repre-
sents himself to be an attorney or coun-
sellor-at-law, he shall be fined not ex-
ceeding five hundred dollars, or impris-
oned not more than three months.' A lso
chapter 79, section 90: Section 26-No
person commencing practice as an attor-
Dey or counsellor-at-law in any other
state or place, or in any court in this
state, without the qualifications, oaths,
titled to demand or recover any remun-
GRAFTON for his professional services rem
dered in this state showing that our le-
gal brothers have thrown around them
similar protection. The substance of
our hill appears in this section. Ii is to
protect physicians who have earned the
title M. ID, in the use of that title. We do
not ask any thing else than to have men
who are not entitled to it's use prevented
from using said title. We desire that
every man shall sail under his own flag.
We have already in this House protected
she farmer against fraudulent sales of
oleomargarine as butter, and in many
ways have we thrown the same protec-
sion around others. We believe this is
right. We believe it is right that the
lawyer should be protected in the use of
hi- title, SO should every other man who
has earned place in this world. Why
should not the physician? In section ten
If this act we read that no physicia or
surgeon who is called from another
state to treat particular case, and who
does nor otherwise practice in this state,
nor to prohibit gratuitous service or the
rendering of assistance IN emergency
cases, not to midwives, who lay claim to
the title of physician or doctor. Section
eleven allows ciarivoyants, hypnotists,
magnetic healers, mind cure, massagists.
Christian scientists or any other method
of healing, if no POISONOUS or dangerous
drugs are employed or surgical opera
tio1s performed, providing these people
do not use the term M. d.
"You therefore see that the bill is very
liberal. That all we ask is to ne protect
ed in the use of the degree which we
claim we have honestly and legally
earned.
Remonstrances have been introduced
here ag, inst this bill, and it has been
said that no petitions appear for it, that
only few doctors have asked for it.
Why, gentlemen, had we desired. we
could have loaded this House With more
petitions than it ever saw before in any
one session. You know very well that
had the physicians, throughout this
state, requested of our patients and
friends petitions, that they would have
quickly responded to our call. This is
no reason why the bill should not pass.
Petitions are easily obtained and mean
very little.
think that the mem bers of this
House realize fully the Importance of this
measure, and have no doubt that when
the yeas and nays are ordered, the intel
ligence of the House will be shown in a
rousing majority for the bill"
. Mr.. Patten of Bath, and Mr.. Howe of
Milo, opposed the bill in brief speeches.
Mr.. Howe said he understood that some
LucIu DcTb VI tue JuuiSioIJ SoAAhiiOloo ndu
grave doubts as to the propriety of re-
porting this bill, although they made no
minority report. Mr.. Howe declared the
bill be class legislation, asked by a
number of men for their own benefit,
just as a demand was made for the pas
sage of the veterinarian bill. The bill
is only beginning, and if passed it will
soon be followed by demands for legis-
lation more stringent in it's character.
The people do not want it and have pro-
tested against it in large mum bers, there
being 1900 remonsrrants from one city.
Comparison with the safe guards
thrown around the legal profession is
not fair, because man to practice in
the courts must be conversant with the
rules of procedure, but there is no law to
prevent man consulting with any per-
son he sees tit on legal questions.
The bill was amended by repeating the
provisions that hearing must he given
before license may be revoked. Llcens-
es may now be revoked by unanimous
vote of the board. Thesclause relating to
collections by unre2 istered practitioners
was also stricken out. Mr.. Patten offered
an amen 1ment which DR.. Peaslee accept
ed. that the board of registration shall
contain not more than two physicians of
the same school. The bill read not more
than three.
Mr.. Patten moved that the bill be in
def nitely postponed and the motion was
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