The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-13
ONE LICENSE REVOKED
AUTHORITY OF w A. RHINE
HART TO PRACTICE
FALSE ADVERTISING CHARGED
1t Was Said That He Had Violated
the Ethics of the Profession
in State Medical
Institute,

AT special meeting of the state board
OF medical examiners. held In the office
OF the Ramsey County Medical society
yesterday, the license of DR.. w. A.
Rhinehart. of Chicago, was revoked.
This action by the board resulted after
the entire day had been spent hearing
) testimony In the case. DR.. E. N. Flint
and DR.. W. D. Green, who are associated
with DR.. Rhinehart as managers of the
Minnesota Medical institute, were also I'm
Tor unprofesstonal conduct, but action
was deferred in their cases until the
regular october meeting of the board
AT the morning session the lecture
room of the Ramsey County Medical So
clety was crowded with people, MANY of
them patients, who Rhinehart's attorney
wanted to swear in his behalf to prove
cures The state medical board. how
ever refused to hear the testimony of
tneSe people, as the charges against the
state doctors was of a different charac-
Ter. The complaint made by DR.. G. A.
Renz' president of the Ramsey County
. medical society, charged DR.. Rhinehart
with unprofssional, dishonorable and dis
honest conduct in his practice as a phy-
stefan in this:
mat he has widely and extensively
advertised himself in his practice in said
/ cues Dy causing to be printed in the dali
~ newspapers. which represent falsely
and mold out and state to the public
many unprecedented cures, alleged to
nave been effected by him."
A MRS. Rober, Of Minneapolis, testified
at the afternoon meeting that she had
been treated by Rhinehart, and that thav
published a testimonial that neither fit
TED ner case or was authorized by her
she owed the Rhineharts money for
treatment, and they agreed to cancel the
debt If she would give a testimonial. A
testimonial was published purporting to
come from her
ernest Otto, brother-in-law Of DR..
Rhinehart, as well as a business associ-
ATE, made an earnest appeal to the board
Tor the preservati ton of his brother-in-
laws standing as a physician Charles
BOND, OF Minneapolis, also represented
MI. Rn1nehart while the medical men
had G. A. Severance and H A. Simons
George Ashworth admitted that he was
employed by the Minnesota Medical in
st1tute, but he didn't know who they
were, but DR.. Rhinehart was not one Of
them. Mr. Ashworth was not sure who
he worked for until a few weeks ago
when j. w. Ruffner, DR.. Rhinehart's
brother-in-law, took charge. Mr.. Ruffner
was not a doctor.
The witness did not know who got the
profits.
Sidle Lawrence, a newspaper man, tes-
tined that as a reporter he had been as
signed to investigate the truthfuIness Of
a number%of testimonials published. He
found majority of them to have been
manufactured.
L. L. Chamberlain, attorney for the
Northern Pacific, identified a lease made
by the road with Dr. Rhinehart for the
offices occupied by the state doctors"
at Robert and Fifth streets.
AT the opening of the hearing, Attorney
Bond thought the medical board should
be sworn to prove their competency to
sit in the case. but the proposition was
promptly denied. c. W. Hornick man
ager of the, Dispatch, testified as to the
advertisements which appeared In that
paper, but stated that all the business
was done through Lord & Thomas, gem
eraf advertisers of Chicago Mr. Ash
worth had, however, furnished copy for
the paper, but 1t was only after an ar
rangement permitting this had beer. made
with Lord q Thomas. j. w. Arctander
Minneapolis attorney, testified that he
was suing Dr. Rhinehart for Hannah
Carlson, of Minneapolis, whose name was
used In a testimonial without her con-
sent and over her name F. H Sanders
of the Minneapolis Journal advertising
department, stated that the contract
with DIR Rhinehart prior to the first of
the year had been made with DIR. Rhine
mart himself, but since then the space
had been secured through Lord e.
Thomas
The room was cleared when the hear
ing was over, and the board went into
executive session, announcing the result
Indicated above.