New-York tribune., 1901-06-10
AFTER BOGUS DOCTORS.
STEPS TO BE TAKEN TO STOP DENTS
TRY AND MEDICINE MILLS"
CONSUL NORMAN AT MUNICH WRITES TO
ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL OF
THE EVIL EFFECT PRODUCED
IN GERMANY.

Steps are about tn he taken by some well
known dental colleges in this city and State to
have imprisoned fined persons practising in
foreign countries with forged American
diplomas. In the last four or five years certain
medical and dental mills in this country by
their course have lowered to a considerable de-
gree the reputation abroad of American educa-
tonal institutions. and the situation in the
opinion of those who have investigated it, calls
for quick and drastic measures.
James H. Worman. United States Consul at
Munich has taken deep interest in the sub
ject and has sent letter to David J. Hill
Assistant Secretary of State, calling attention
to the graduates" Of the bogus institutions in
this country who practising in Germany
In the letter he asserts that if these mills
not quickly suppressed there is every rea-
son to believe that American diplomas will
be recognized in Germany. lie says
TO what low estate American university training
and honors have fallen in Germany account Of
from The technical Journals than from the manner
nress ana rt,en nv thc comic iC1ircaIs On '',I
American OF spirit sit idly by and see such dis
enterprises. and that with justiication by reason
of such want supervision the part Of - great
and cultivated state AS Illinois. whose chiet city
where this nefariouS traffic centres has reputa-
metropolis of omr great country? This pub:icity
has MOI al"aEs treated of the s"indling institu-
whole ,uhiegt not only Of American dental degrees
created in he minds Of yvcn educated Germans
prejudice against our institutions of learning
and viii rforr sun more in the future detrimental
lend ultimately to the exclusion Of American de-
Erees in South Germany, as in the north where
Their h0ders % are pr2giraE denied the right to
The courts of North Germany have had until
Gently much more TO do with the question than
those Of the Southland. ana the manner in which
tonS though largely du" 10 want OF understand
reflected the general unfavorablo opinion enter
\ QUESTION OF TIME.
IT. is simply question @ Of limr e. ana ,R4t got s.
lar away; when me courts OF ne southland vi
TIDE Of public opinion l. not promptly st"mmed hy
VIII not do for tn legislature OF the STATE that
has brought such disgrace upon our common com
der vicious Legislation .s a reason whv no more
effective measures have prevailed against the
farious traffic and It's disgracefnl results.
According to dentists and physicians in this
city the effect produced abroad by the fake
medical and dental schools in this country. es-
pecally in Illinois. is growing more and more
harmful. Foreigners have been led 10 believe
that the securing of a diploma In medicine or
dentistry here IS merely question Of money
This belief said practitioner yesterday
has resulted in bringing 10 these shores hun
dreds Of persons in quest of such diplomas
These persons have returned To their homes
with the desired diplomas of fake schools. after
a little more than months stay here. and on
their return have begun the practice of either
dentistry or medicine. Their work in most
cases has not only helped 10 lower the reputa-
tion Of American educational institutions abroad
but has caused many other unscrupulous per
sons to manufacture bogus medical oV dental
diplomas bearing the seal ~ reputable Amcri-
can schools. These latter persons are working
Il lfa pv
dental diploma by merely visiting this country
and paying a small for the slecpskiu. no
one VIII care II they make alleged American
diploma in their own country
NOT on THE LISTS.
one OF the members of the New-Yorl College
Of Dentistry said yesterday to a Tribune re
porter that there are now six or seven persons
in Germany who alegc that they are graduates
of this school, but whose names are not among
the list OF graduates Of the Institution. Consul
NORMAN had recently sent letter 10 tho col
lege. asking If certain man. practising dem
tstry In Germany. was graduate OF the insti-
tuition. He had msrepresented himself as an
alumnus The speaker intimated that steps
would undoubtedly be taken by the school to
bring these swindlers To trial in Germany, II
such a thing was possible.
NEW PENNSYLVANT1 TROLLEY RO4DS.