Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1898-10-15
NEW TO-DAY.
"A GARD.

WITHOUT tOiNG iNIo DHlAiLo AM
w without publishing any Of the letters or
sworn statements which caused me to make
certain statements regarding the legality Of q
diploma % in the possession Of Z. r. Keen, ]
beg to submit to the public the two following
letters:
Letter No. L:
State Board Of Medical Registration and Ex-
animation.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. s, 1898.
DR.. W. L. samuels, Eureka. Nevads. DEAR
DocroR.-Yours to hand and In reply will say
again called on the Deputy Secretary of State
1.-THE one who has had your matter in charge)
and he expresses extreme regret and says he is
willing to take all the "swearing" We may give
| him, but he did overlook the Curtis-Physio
| Medical College, he suppOses because all in
quiries seemed TO point to Q time prior to 1891.
/ will say our Board does not recognize the
| Curtis-Physio Medical College or Institute 1.-THE
| same college) under either name. II is COM
| monty known as the ''snodgrass School," Even
| the Physio. Medical College of Indiana located
| here in our city will not recognize it or give
| students credit who have been in attendance
In the Snodgrass concern. / have no means OF
knowing how many students or who graduated
in the snodgrass school except as they apply
for license before our Board, but in Keen's case
/ employed a party who found the man who
furnished Keen the money TO secure the diploma
and had q book account Of the same, hence had
the date. II you remember l told you Keen
mstriculsted and wss in attendance in the &c
lectic College of Physicians and Surgeons In the
year 1884; he was refused permission to enter
the graduating class and said he could graduate
in the Snodgrsss school and wanted the Z. @. Of
p. and S. to permit him to do 80. The Board
refused him, | think after the holidays he then
"went missing and on March IL. 1894, it has
since developed, he took his degree with Snod.
grass, He could not have been in the school to
exceed six weeks and I think only about four.
We have also heard of others who took the
"quick cure In this snodgrsss school. Keen
was at one time running an advertising concern
at Terre Haute, this State. He could not get
license to practice medicine in our State under
his Snodgrass diploma.
/ am extremely sorry the Secretary Of State
made such mistake; we made three calls before
we got the certifcstes which we sent you. We
have tried to do ell we could for your accom-.
modstion and trust all will yet justify you fol-
your trouble and expense. Your efforts have
certainly been in the right line and all good
citizens should uphold Iyou for your efforts.
l am yours truly,
WIN. F. CURRYER. NJ. D., Secretary.
Dr. Curryer is Secretary Of the State Board
Of Medical Registration and Examination.
understand that the book account re-
ferred to In his letter was five dollars.
Referring to his statement that diplomas
from the Snodgrsss concern are not recognized,
/ will say that up to 1897 any one with any kind
of o diploma could secure Q license by present.
ing his diploma to q County Clerk in Indiana
But in February Of 1897 the State Medical Law
was passed and all physicians in the State
were compelled to look to the Board for Q new
license. Hence. any license bearing q date
prior to 1897 is not recognized in Indiana to-
day.
Letter No. q:
]. NJ. Dart, NJ. D., Rooms 2ls-220 Atlas Block.
sAL LAKE CRY. Sept. 10, 1898.
W. L. ssmuels, M. D., Eureka, Nevada.
DEAR DocroR.-It would seem TO me that my
l lcttcE W yOu OuBut W y suiuciout v PieSo ~
In the right light before the people .of your
town. The very fact that this mar Keen did
not pass the examination ought to convince the
people that he Is not qualified to practice medi'
cine. Cur Board is an absolutely fair one; we
have no friends or no foes in our examination.
Our standard is rs per cent. We give ten CUES.
lions on each of the different subjects. II they
answer each one perfectly they get 100. but any
man who gets rs passes. There is no voting; IL
Is the figures that decide the result. In seven
years we have passed 95 per cent Of all the ap-
p~licants, and there has been between 300 and
400. This ought to be entirely satisfactory to
all who desire the attention Of Q physician.
Fraternally yours,
DR.. j. NJ. Dart 10 the President Of the Utah
State Board of Medical Examiners.
Considerable capital is being made of the fact
that l recently offered my practice for sale. Ny
reasons for doing this are purely personal and
were not induced by my recent Arguments re.
garding this diploma @.
W. L. sAMuELs. NJ. D.
Eureka, Nevada, october IA, 1898.