Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-20

clnation but theabsurd medical prac-
tlce that Is forced upon US by the medi-
cal trust OF this State. The consci-
entious physicians DO the best they can
with their antlquated methods.
DR.. Swain, who Is now located In one
Of the incest sanltarlums In the world.
at indianapolis, Indiana, has conducted
sanltarium for % years and with a
good practice has not lost a single
case, yet she practices In an irregular
way with massage. the various scien-
tllc appliances Of water. electricity.
Swedish movement, diet and other ny
gienic applications, but no drugs.
While In the East last summer | WIS.,
tied a sanltarlum where there were sew
eral hundred patients and among them
were about thirty regular physicians
who were seeking AID for ailments that
could not be cured IN the regular way
one patient Said that he had spent a
thousand dollars for doctors and drugs
without any relief and In three weeks
treatment there In an irregular way he
felt like new man. But the doctors
who thus cure the people could not
practice In our State because they do
not drug patients in the regular way.
The people should be protected from
quacks. whether they belong to the reg
ular or Irregular schools but TO permit
Quaokery In one school and exclude
practitioners Of others, no matter how
intelligent, moral or sklllful, Is
monopoly and Is unjust TO the people.
The Revised Statutes OF Utah for 1898,
Sec. l740, state that, "The term medical
college In this title shall include coll
leges In good standing In the states
where they exist" II does not say the
allopaths shall be the judges OF the
reputation Of a college, II we Judge the
practitioners OF the various schools by
their success In saving life, making sur
glcal operations unnecessary, restoring
patients to health, and helping them 10
Keep well, we shall find that those who
have used natural therapeutics; as
massage, mechanical movements, hy-
drotherapy, diet and other hyglenlc APP
planes have had much better success
than those who have relied upon drug
medication, yet they have not an equal
10 practice In our State.
There has been constant warfare GO
ing on between the allopathIc and the
newer schools OF practice and where the
are strong enough they ex-
clude all other schools Of medicine from
In the State. In recent years
the eclectic and homeopathic schools
have grown so rapidly In public favor
that the regulars are compelled to give
them a representation on medical
boards, etc In speaking OF these
boards and schools, Zach. She'd
Esq, In an argument against medical
legislation in Colorado before the ju-
dietary committee OF the twelfth gen
eral assembly Of the State Of Colorado
9Th, 1899, says; And what
Is the past history Of the three schools
from which these men are 70 be Sc
Iected? For fifty years they have been
the English vocabulary to
And blllngsgate and vituperation suf-
vile and vindlctive TO express
their utter contempt and disregard for
zach other. Each school has We'd with
he other in denounclng the ignorance
and incompetence Of their opponents.
Their wranglings have been carried
10 the degree that neither school would
consult with the other at the bedside " |
/ dying patient. But now behold the
sudden transformation. All their lies |
iHu SldUutI arr lNlENAl'ilt anu We SAT- |
ipon three hearts that heat as one, |
hree souls with but a single thought |
md that thought how 10 best skin the |
eople. And we are confronted with the |
phenomenal spectacle Of these three old |
medical stlffs crawling into one little |
ouch together, and with tears in their |
yes and uplifted hands imploring this
body 10 spread the broad |
mantle OF the law over their medical |
and shut out the INTEL
ectual development Of the nineteenth
entury.' All lovers of liberty and
ruth should send to the Colorado
iedical Liberty League, 20 Arapahoe
Denver, Colorado, and get
opy Of Mr.. Sheds little work for ten
ents.
Thus We see there are many medical
reeds. one teaching that "contraria
ontTaries eurantur" another that
similia slmilibus curantur" doctrines
ust opposed 10 each other, and in all
he creeds are good authorities agreeing
n some things and disagreeing on
theirs. among them vaccination.
While the best authorities differ we
ave a right TO defend ourselves from
blood-poisoning by a self
INSTITUTED would-be health board.
JOHN T. MILLER.