The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-08-17
OSTEOpATHIC DEPARTMENT.
Brown GOODWIN. Editor.
Hot Roast of Doctors by Sam P.
Jones.

OOucS.
The action of our Governor in the
matter Of his veto OF the Osteopathy bill
brings me to my feet with few brief,
short remarks, in my weak ard feeble
way. | want to say that the action of
the Governor In this case was an out
rage upon civil liberty and constitutional
rights. / want to say again that the
Governor did just what the physicians
Of Georgia wanted him to do, nothing
more and nothing less.
| want to say again that the profession
of medicine is the most arrogant, dog
! matte, dictatorial, and, withal, ignorant
profession in this country.
The fellow who steps outside of pills
and powders and calls and Gatherings out
laws himself, and becomes the wounded
wolf on which the other wolves feed
until nothing is left but bones. 1t
makes me sick and tired to see a pro-
fession bowling about professional and
unprofessional conduct The medical
profession dates back to the Garden of
Eden, almost, and it has come along
down the ages with its decrepit ignor-
ance, doctoring humanity, and they are
keeping in the rear of every procession
that has marched in the history of
humanity, and such conduct as the
doctors of this State displayed in their
treatment of DR.. Hardin and the science
of Osteopathy is simply the brakes on
the wheels OF their progress that make
their load bigger than they can carry.
To see how they miss it in diagnosis,
sometimes, and to see how they disagree
among themselves over patient makes
a fellow wonder if he can get we'll in
spite of his doctors.
The little petty jealousies and envy
ings among doctors have made them the
laughing stock of intelligent people. A
minister of the gospel can advertise in
the papers wonderful work of grace
which led three thousand souls to
Christ, but the very minute a medical
doctor whispers it out. that he has done
something for suffering humanity, he is
jumped on for unprofessional conduct
and outlawed by his profession. A
lawyer can squirt and spout and blow
about himself, and his profession tocr-
ates him at least, but wherever and
whenever doctor has spouted and
spurted he has spouted and spurted
himself to death.
Gentlemen, | know what am talking
about. know something of Osteopathy
and what it has done for suffering
humanity. | have talked with the
founder of this science | have been in
his school, where 800 students, and some
Of them allopath physicians, were study
ing the science of Osteopathy. | have
seen the lame walk, the sick healed, and
the invalid brought back to strength
and vigor under the touch of the sklllful
Osteopath. In each State where this
science has taken its place it has had to
fight its wav to the front. 1t will take
its place in Georgia, and may put some
allopath physicians to blowing for ought
| know.
The idea of Governor Gambler vetoing
this bill because it would give DR.. M
| @. Hardin the right to administer medi-
cine, when the Osteopath no more pours
calomel and oil down his patients than
the maker of a Steinway piano would
open up its cords and pour calomel and
dovers powders in on tt e piano to put ii
in tune. No true Osteopath ever gave
a pill or powder. They are no kin to
Christian Scientists, and they don't run
with the faith cure crowd. 1t is a
science based on anatomy and physi
, ology. If the Governor will go and
: spend week at Kirksville, Mo-, the
home of this science, and see what my
eyes have seen and know what | knoS
about it, he would have signed and APP.
proved that bill if every M. d. ir
America had been bounding at his feet
DIR. M G.. Hardin is gentleman anC
: a scholar and Christian. know hin
, personally. | have known him for years
He is neither fraud nor fake nor fool
and he will yet take his place in Atlanta
as a great benefactor to the sick anC
suffering in spite of the fact that tn,
Governor did not want to license him t.
administer medicine. The Governo
had one eye on the M. ID. s and his othe
eye on Hardin. He did not see Hardin
and he forgot, so Hardin says, hi
pledge he Harding should be heard be
fore the final action of the Governor. |
! one would read DIR. Hardin's card of
few days ago he could see that he no
only had intelligence, but that he wa
man courageous but gentle.
| would not for any consideration
forfeit the good will and friendship o
hundreds of NJ. DIS of this State
o can pick them out by the score who, i
you will take them out of their profes
:, sion, they are broad, intelligent, splendi'
men, but the doctor who is broad in hi