The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01
DR.. HUI POCK FINED
he Has No License From the STATE
Il r ~ Medical Board.
MRS. WEY CONSULTED HIN
The Celestial Physician Gave Her
an Eye Wash Which She Did
Not Use-An Appeal VIII
Be Taken at Once.

Hud Pock. the Chinese doctor, was
convicted before Judge Holland yester-
day afternoon of practictng medicine
wiehout a license from the state med
ical board, under the new state law,
the constftutionality of which has often
been questioned, but never tested, on
account of am apparent reluctance to
conduct prosecutions under 1t In the
higher courts.
Mrs. z. II .Wey was the complaining
witness. and dt was tntimated very
plainly that she had been employed by
the state board of medical examiners
to work UP a case against the celestial
physician. She Testified that She was
afflicted with sore eyes and that she
had consulted DIR. 'Pock about them.
He tested her eyes with an old set OF
surveying instruments and told her she
had a "velly bad case" He felt her
pulse and instructed her as to what she
should eat. She called again day or
two later. and he gave her bottle OF
medicine for which she paid $3.50. She
did not take any of the medicine. The
doctor told her that he was practic-
ing physician and surgeon. The bottle
of medicine, or eye wash, was cham
payne bottle full of a dark fluid and
was produced in court.
Il. d.
and DR.. w. M. Billiard of Wickes, the
secretary of the board, testified that the
CIinaman had no license from The
board emitting him to practice medl-
cine. He had no diploma and had APP
piled for a license twice, but had been
refused each time, after partial ex-
animation.
City Treasurer Ycder and County
Treasurer Hill were called for the de-
cd Ia defendant
had taken out city and county licenses
TO practice medicine. They had not in
quired into mis- qualifications
Hui Pock took the stand i'm his own
behalf and testified that ne had twice
made application to the state medical
board, under the new law, for a license
TO practice medicine, and had been re-
fused each time because he had no di-
plosns-- Under THE old law he went over
ia. Helena and applied to the president
OF the board for a license. The presi-
dent told him that he did not interfere
with the practice of white doctors and
that DE could go ahead and he would
not be interfered with. He explained
that his medicine did not fit everybody,
but that he had treated lots of people
for all kinds Of diseases, and that the
complaining witness was the first one
to make kick. He told her what the
trouble was with her eyes, and then
gave her the bottle of eye wash which
had been introduced in evidence. He
told her to rub II on her eyes and come
back and tell him how II acted and he
would Itch her how much % would cost.
She returned in a week and paid $3.50
for tt. He insisted that she took the
medicine wrong" and that II she had
applied 1t hot instead of cold it would
have cured her. In order 10 demons
strate that there was nothing poisonous
in the medicine he drank a quantity of
". He explained that the Chinese have
only1 10 different kinds of medicine and
that they all look alike.
After hearing the arguments the
court imposed fine of $500 and costs
and ordered the doctor committed
until 1t was paid. A stay of execution
was granted for "a hours. and the APP
peal bond was fixed at $500.