The evening times., 1896-03-09
STATED THEIR REASONS
Hearing Of Rival Homsopalhs by
the Comm ssioners.
OPPOSITION TO A COLLEGE
The Regular Physicians ns Of the Hahne-
maum School Are. Working Against
Rival--Letters From the National
Institute Submitted by DR.. Custis.
Minor Dist rict Matters.

The hearing of the advocates of Senate
bill. No. 1914. duplicated in the House,
for the establishment of Il National Homeo-
pathic Metiical College in the District.
postponed from last Monday was resumed
before the Commissioners today.
The proposed college was re presented by
President Richards and Drs. Williams.
Kennard and Lindsey, members of the
faculty. Attorney Charles C. Yoder, who
is secretary of the board, was also present.
President Richards opened the discus
sion. He stated that the delegation came
to make short work OF the matter. so far
as the college was concerned. and then read
q brief statement. which, he said, would
precelc the main presentation OF facts
which would he made by the deans of the
college, which would be read by DR..
Williams.
/, The faculty of the college. through DIR.
Williams made IA lengthy statement and
read Il substitute bill. which, it was stated,
was intended TO meet the requirements
imposed by the health officers objections.
DIR. WILLIAMS WORDS.
At the conclusion OF the reading, and
after insisting that there could be no rea-
tuition, DIR. Williams added:
Now. Mr.. Commissioner. II there is
anybody in this room who is not connected
with any other homeopathic college, we
shall bc glad to hear from him, but we do
not believed we should be called upon to
meet objections from other co lleges,
especially homeopathic institutions.
Dr. ]. Is. Il. Custis arose at once. He said
he did not know that he came within the
conditions prescribed, but he would speak
as the representative OF the Homeopathic
Medical Society. He said he would leave
to the Commissioners whether or not the
named as members oftheproposed
faculty are properly the representatives
OF the profession. The health officer, he
said. had left him but little to say. but he
wanted toadd that the bi does notmeet with
the appreciation of the Medical Society.
DR.. Custis claimed that the proposed col
lege was not representative, in any respect,
OF the homeopathic school, local or national
and read a letter from DR.. 1. T. Talbot of
Boston. chairman of the intercollegiate
committee of the American Institute of
Homeopathy. TO show what the school de-
manted of all Institutions claiming TO teach
their system of practice, He also called
SDttldl dttthtibii 10 vi tbis
institution to afford clinical facilities for
teaching, and the absolute necessity for
such facilities to properly educate physi-
sicians.
The letter read from DR.. Talbot was in
substance:
Il am very glad that you are taking the
trouble SO often a tisa grecabie and thank
less task, to oppose the granting OF
charter to an ins, nution which evidently
cannot meet the requirements of the Amert-
can Institute of Homeopathy
The institute has. for the last twenty 2.
years or more. earnestly iabored 10 elevate
the standard OF medical education through
out the United States, and it now requires
Of all its colleges 4 preliminary examina-
ton for entrance. four years of study. at
iendance upon four courses of lectures of
not less than six months each, from all its
students, before .rscciving the degree Of
doctor of medicine. Moreover, ii requires
suitable opportunities for hospital and dis
penSary study of disease, and laboratories
for instruction. in chemistry, microscopy,
physiology. pathology. and bacterioiogy.
ITO grant n charter to any college that
has not facili, ies.to enable it to give such
practical instruction would be an injury
alike to the whole community and to the
medical profession. which / am sure the
American Institute of Homeopathy, as rep
resentative of the homeopathic school in the
United States, would most deeply deplore.
Such an act on the part of the United States
Government would indeed be n national
REPLY OF MIR. RICHARDS.
When Dr. Gusts had concluded his re-
marks, President Richards said he had no
to make. except that not member
IF the faculty could be charged with any dis
honorable act. professionally or otherwise;
that the college will allow no student to be
sent out without thorough qualification and
that the incorporators are willing now to
cave the question in the hands of the Com
missioners.
The hearings announced for today before
he Excise Board in the matter OF held-up
IMPLICATIONS for bar room licenses werepost
,oned by order of the board, at the request
If the attorneys, until Monday, the 18th in
;tant
Several cases under previous citations