Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-03

fuse TO allow physician to practice In this
state. Following is the report Of the board
in the case:
r, Hons; w 4. Poynter c. J, smyth and w.
x jackson. State Board Of Health, Lincoln.
Neb.-Gentlemen: The hearing of the pro-
test case against DR.. Uren Oneal was con-
Quoted before the Medical board on octo-
per >. 1889 as per section of the statute
governing the practice of medicine. We
herewith present for your consideration
Transcript OF all the testimony. taken,
come TO our knowledge and our recommen-
datlon as to the final disposition OF the
After carefully considering all the evil
dence II was on motion unanimously voted
10 10 recommend to your honorable board that
the protest be sustained and that the cert!n-
cate granted to Oren Oneal be revoked on
me me ground OF gnprofessional and dishonor-
the following considerations:
fIrst-The undlsnuted testimony of
number Of witne sses that the advertise
men;s that are grossly untrue. Dir. Doris
after testifying that many of Dr. Oneals
sbtatemSnts sb,, p, are false and misleading says
are disgrac eful and d!shonorable. DR.. COOK
a specialist Of repute in diseases of the eye,
testities that the statement by. DR.. oneaI
IN the ottumwa Courier OF May s. 1899
that he cures cataracts and blindness by
putting medicine in the eye and without
We submit for your inspection the fol-
LOVING nd,,n,;, statement as one of the applicants
T pary so Se On aT or IS
to be cured. Go to DR., ,oren oneal, He
VIII cure YOU" The. words carry us back
TO the dawn of the Christian era, when the
meek and lowly Nazarene walked the earth
doing good unto His fellow men. The irony
oroys or BENG ibs tG9mpeied to call witnesses to
ChriSt-like announcement must be apparent
to all.
that in the decision OF case like this medi-
cal ethics has no place nor influence. The
question Is rather one of decency and self,
respect. We believe that the people and
the respectable physicians of this state. as
well as the medical colleges Of our COM
monwealth, whose moral and educational
standards are second to none deserve some
protection under our law against man
whose methods. through series of months,
are shown to be of character to deceive
the public. as well as to constantly insult
other physicians and surgeons by dscred!t-
Ing their knowledge and their methods OF
was filed with this board February 10, 1899.
SSur sn9g D" to S3s the fact nd ha
late as May, 1859, DR.. Oneal was putting
out these advertisements and travelling as;
5, 1899 he. announced to the people of OF
tumwa, Ia, his declared intention to
found permanent eye and ear institute
written by DR.. Oneal to this board near
that date prove, If said letters were sincere;
that he had no such intention.
Lastly. we call attention to the evidence
that Dr. Oneal was not allowed to practice
as an itinerant in Iowa upon n certificate
OF the Board of Health, but that he applied
for and received an itinerant's license in
itinerant practice in Nebraska. and we sub
NIT that DR.. Oneal's methods up to the
very day of coming into this state may
reasonably be taken into consideration in
deciding his right to our certificate. which
under no circumstances could be held to
confer the right to practice as an tinerant
in Nebraska Respectfully submitted.
B. F. CRUMMER. NJ. D..
Secretary.