The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-01-22
DIR. NoRBuRY's CODE

DR. Frank Parsons Norbury Is one Of
that class that looks with horror upon
the member ~ Jne meuIvul pruivsstvn
who Is willing 10 pay for his advertis-
ing instead OF working up free puffs.
Doctor Nogbury throws up his hands
and sighs q sigh that cracks the plas-
terng whenever he thinks OF vlola-
ton OF the medical code And when
the case besomes too great for a sigh
he grasps his trenchant typewriter and
indites few lines for the press his
'name being attached 70 the epistle
with the usual m D." Immediately
following. His latest literary efasion
appears in the Ameri san Medical
Journalist under the caption The
Lay Press and Quackery" lie attacks
the newspaper press for accepting ,be
advertisements OF the specialists snd
OF the patent medi line mer. aud de-
clares that the newspaper that excuses
itself upon the grounds that il is bust
ness is sordid sheet, anyhow lie
says;
Oh, business. thy name IS calumny,
for what malicious accusations, what
deeds OF darkest hue, what acts SO
foul, what ruination So complete, hath
been committed in thy name And yet
thou would have us respect thy sacred
word, thy proud and glorious history
IL 1t possible that IL Is the chase after
the filthy lucre which makas thee close
thy eyes 10 the Consequences OF thy
acts perpetrated under the name OF
business? Yes, alas. IL is true. The
editor OF the lay press is not that hon
oraole lover of the body polite that we
suppose. No; he is an idolator, in love
with the golden calf, and feeds his
selfish lust for gold by STOPPING to
hunbug the people.
o, Norbury, thy name is bromo
Saltzer and curdled bay rum Must
the newspaper employ an expert in
medicine and an authority on the code
TO pass judgment upon every patent
medicine advertisement showed IN at
the business Office window Must the
name Of a man whose duty it is to
stand at the foot of the stairs leading
TO the reporters room and swat every
member OF the medical profession who
wants TO make sure that the name Of
DIR. Dosem Is mentioned as having been
"ealled In" 10 attend the man who
swallowed bass drum aud fell IN At
on the public street,
Dr. Frank Parsons Norbury's literary
effusion bears evidence OF having been
written by young man whose dl-
ploma is not yet dry.
OF course we realize that DR.. Frank
Parsons NorburYs s particular school OF
medicine Is the only right one, and that
others are base limitations, but how are
we TO judge between individual mem
bers Of that school? VIII this dost.
And.thy thou young medic give us an
unfailing rule whereby this great fam
ily newspaper may distinguish? OF
course DR.. Norbury did not make this
attack on the press for the purpose OF
getting his name in the public PRINT
Perish the thought. He Is an ardent
admirer OF the code. lie would not
advertise. lie is above paying few
dollars per year for card in the local
paper, especially when he can work
the reporters into mentioning" his
name ia the news columns But,
somehow or other the people are be-
coming impressed with the idea that
the man who studies medicine 4 lite
more and the code OF ethics a little
less Is better fitted for the duties
deyolvlDg Upon q physisian. DR..
Frank Parsons Norbury would do wei
70 eogliate upon this fact little while