The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-10
WEDDING OUT OF QUACKS
THERE WILL SOON BE A MAILING
AND LOTS OF LITIGATION.
State Medical Board VIII Stand by It's
ReguIations-OnIy 1000 Physicians
Have Applied, as Yet.

The State Medical Board met yesterday
and will remain in session for q number of
days, until it gets it's table cleared of the
pending applications for license. AS yet no
licenses had been granted, and none re-
fused up to yesterday, but a large number
were held up, some for little Irregularities
in the form of application and others be-
cause the board was not satisfied with the
diploma or record of the applicant but
yesterday the work of wedding out the pro-
fessional men, who, in the opinion of the
board, are not entitled to practice, began,
and there will be not a little wailing and
crashing of teeth and a whole lot of liti-
cation the result.
The board has before it only about two
thousand applications from the physicians
of the State, while it is known there are
about six thousand in actual practice, and
the board is anxious that those who have
rot sent in their applications hurry them
along. Another stenographer was employed
yesterday, and the correspondence will be
kept up more promptly. The certificates
are not being sent out upon the granting
of the applications, but the papers, after
receiving favorable action, are being filed
away and the certificates will be sent later
The great drawback, of course is, as
members of the board express it, failure
W CONFORM IuIly TO the form dpp1cd-
ton In plain language this means that
many applications hesitate about giving
their whole professional record under oath.
The form requires the applicant to make
affidavit TO how long he studied and where
and under whom whether he received a
diploma and from what institution, and a
number of other facts. This affidavit will,
of course, develop whether or not the ply
stefan is from diploma while-you watt
institution, or whether he comes from a
"recognized' college-and if he does not
originate in one of the ''recogniZed' schools
he might as well live on Kentucky avenue
and try to participate in the social func-
tons of Our set as to endeavor to procure
a license without an examination. 1t Will
be a week or two yet before those whose
applications are not granted become aware
of the fact, and then they will be given
however, whose applications are not lin
proper form have been notified of that
fact and most of those so notified have not
yet complied with the requirements by
we are not worrying about this" said
one of the members of the board last even
ing. IF a physician does not fit to
comply and obtain a license, we shall let
him take the risk. You may say, however,
that the board will not swerve an iota
from the regulations it has esta blished and
if an applicant cannot show that he has
obtained an honest diploma by honest
effort he will have to submit to eXamira-
ton if he expects to practice in this
State"
Though the board has selected a CORE
spCndent in every county, it Will not yet
call upon those correspondents to report
the names of physicians pracuclng without
license. The board is fairly safe in depend
ing upon other physicians for that. Mem
bers of the board are telling OF the sec
rotary of the health board at Fort wayne,
who has been very active in having doctors
hauled up for practicing without d license.
His affidavit and application developed the
fact that he himself had been practclng
for years without license, and he had to
show his diploma and pay fee or 81.