The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-23

Ioans came in. his reports were scrutinized
in vain by experts for the purpose Of find
ing errors or evidences OF appropriation
OF funds.
Personnel OF Tanner board.
As TO the present board. 1t tn"
very outset and - soon as its members
were known. Doctor Frank ". Reilly Of
Chfcaco declined tho position Of secretary.
The place Wa offered TO him by Tanner.
Doctor Julius Kohl ~ TiellcvilIe. "a member
of the board under Governor NuceIi. WAS
appointed lay Tanner, merely To huuiiiate
Aijgeli. who had decline; 10 r'lppOint Doc
tor Kohl for personal reasons. Doctor
Kohl 5.rvci under Tanner less than -
year however: Doctor T. u. French ~
Lawrcuccvl'lr. appointed by Tanner I'm iSJ7.
resigned I'm less than p wear Doctor
French and Doctor Kohl stand VERY high
IN their profession in southern Illinois. and
probably the rarr ON The Stale Board was
100 swift for them.
When the Ait-ciI board turned over It's
books and papers - the Tanner board. -cnla
S1"1J &. cash went with them Sine. that
time each legislature has appropriated SIS
go and a contingent fund of $1,000 for the
stat" Board. To this add tho thous lnds 81
dollars from examinations ana certificates
and licenses. and The emhaIurrs' cvamina-
tiols. aut 'hs question again rccurs. What
has become Of 'he money
Mere Political Machine.
Tanner state Board ~ Health Is a
rnl'ti.ll machine" remarked 90 medical
friend 81 mine. with ore ar two excep-
lions. 'h' members are Insignificant and
obscure. and amount 10 prlrti,llfy nothing
IN thor profession. some Of them ara no.
torlGGslv unfit for the positions th"y oc-
cuHy. not only r"c1ure ~ their igvnraur"
Of the practice ~ r.cd-"iuN. lut h.cati>o Of
their as-uri1tiru- and habits
AT lens. one member f. a 'ho.n.-
s'naccr'-I man who PRACTICES under the
t'n-ycar eNeInption c. -uSe-who never was
graduated from medical college ar:f who
IS guilty Of misrepresentation every time no
Places NJ. D. after hts name. | am cor
WINGED that not moro than one or Two OF
the Present IO1rd could pass its own eN-
animation Governor Tanner does not per-
nit the board - exercise any independence
lie dominates Il completely"
Chicago newspaper quote cT.i,ous OF
eminent Chicogo authorities as follows:
Doctor William T. JU.r" dean of III.
College NJ Physicians ami Surgeons: Il Do
rot know whether the qu3cks of Chicaco
are paying 20 he Permitted 70 Practice
medicine. hut ! do know they have flour
iSh't rs never before. In my Judgment the
present. - 70 Board Of Health is thu. rag
g-d'st "" have ever hid. il j. unrrprcsrn-
tatiVe and with few exceptions tho weak
est board that ever existed in the state
Peculiar Omission in the Law.
Doctor Frances Dickinson. secretary NJ
Harvey Medical College. Tho stat. bnard
reaches out for ton much revenue Why
representatives Of the board should have
been SO favorable TO UNDERGRADUATE exam
nations. unless they had in mind TIL. con-
sidcration OF fees. l cannot understand
The present law when before the f.sEisla-
ture was conspicuous when II came from
the trainers that II contained no provision
that the board should make m lterlizci
report Of Us receipts and eNpordi;ures Tho
omission WAS supplied by the 'autis.'"
Doctor Harol: y. Meyer; 1T Is probably
true th1t the quacks At this time in Chi
caGo are IN a fiOurishlnc condition. am
certain that the situation at Springfield is
such that X anybody wants anything he
knows about whom to see and about how
much it will cost. Such matters are dis
cussed 1t the capital much as the market
IS discussed on the Board Of Trade
Quncks Are FIourishing.
Doctor Howard Crutctcr. instructor III
surgery at the Durham Medical College.
Ny belle: IS that the present state Board
Of E.Jlth is held IN lower esteem by the
general medical profession than any other
board Las been in the last fifteen years.
Qusckery certainly fiourishes to-day az at
no other period Of the States history. and
charges OF favorltisin and pity biackmail
are too common 10 attract much attention.
Those who remember sEe board when il
was dominated BY sgCh PHYSICIANS as VII
Ham L. tluine. Il. II. Griffith and Sarah
HRckett Stevenson. can hardly look over
the names Of the prCse 1T board without sX-
pressing certain opinions not entirely fat
tering 10 the TarTnr-izeI body"
Doctor ID. u. Richardson related an IN
stance Of a ciairV"yant coming 10 him
with 4 story thar Jonstabl: demanded $50
for immunity. TIE man said afterwards
that he had COMPROMISED for s. and secured
immunity.
An alleged representative Of the State
board had forced n midwife to sell her fur
niture and borrow money 20 satisfy de-
Inai.d for So and her charge for services
was only g.
Demands for Hush Money
Doctor George SliverjeTg is quoted as
saying. THE state Board OF Health is an
inert body. II has permitted the West Side
to become infested with quacks. Whether
they pay tribute or uOt do not know, but
they flourish H. open and ostcHtatiuus de-
rslHce OF the medical practic" act. Know
quack who Vas fined 500, but did not
pay "a cent and continued uninterrupterly
IN his practice"
Doctor j. y. Dos Rochvrs, n travelling ven
dor Of patent medicines wrote a long letter
TO tho Illinois Union Medical Association in
which, ne alleged he had given up hush
money" repeatedly and Sh1t ne knew OF sew
eral other men in his business who had done
the same thing. lie save the names anu
mentioned amounts ranging from s. TO 50.
III no money is available said he, 'jewelry
or diamonds or anything OF value IS accept
able"
A woman conducting n healing establish
rnent told how a certain c a Crurn. whose
business she purchased. was MIXED. CTum
was rot a physician ana prosecution was
threatened He settled through bis attorney
for about $50. Furthermore said she. we
were given to understand that for what wa
paid the State Board Of Pharmacy was To- be
liked 1t was not fixed however. and l
claim the money was obtained under false
pretenses"
Sworn Charges of Corruption.
Here comes one Doctor August jacobson
Of Chicago with an affidavit and supported
By an AFFIDAVIT from Doctor j. :. Newcomer.
and charges that Doctor VI. MeyeroV'iz. one
of the Tanner members of the State Board,
in consideration OF SO oncre'. To- give Jacob
son 4 rerating Oh his examination and guar
antee that he Gacoh,ouD would get GER
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