The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-11
Measure Provides For Board of
Examining Physicians.
NON GRADUATES SPEAK
Say 1t is a Scheme to Create a
Monopoly.
Bitter Attack Made on Medical
Schools.

legislat ature without some opposition IL
fact the opposition has already develop
ed and issues a stormy protest against
making a powders and pills trust.
By virtue Of his calling as a physician
r. w Malntz, who is the member from
Washington county. VIII introduce the
bin in the house relative TO examining OF
the practicing physicians in the sttae by
a state board Of examiners
The state board Of health now has the
bin in charge and it is sanctioned by all
the doctors who have been consulted in
the matter and DR.. Maintz says the
doctors who have been consulted are a
majority Of the practicing physicians in
the state
According to the bill the state board
of examiners will consist OF seven mem
hers who will be appointed by the gov
ernor until they can be elected at the
regular election The examiners are 70
be regular physicians, graduates of
medical colleges which are recognized
in the country.
the board shall consist of members OF
the different acknowledgements hom-
oepathic or eclectic. The members or
the different schools on the board VIII
examine the applicants who claim to be-
long TO the respective school This VIII
not work a hardship upon the doctors
and will allow the OsteOpaths also to be-
come registered as long as they do not
Alaska and Kansas are the only
places in the United States where there
Is not an examining board OF physicians
and for that reason the supporters OF
the bill and different school, physicians
repeatedly assert, the state of Kansas is
overrun with quacks and charlatans-
Dr. Maintz, who fathers the bill, is
candidate for the chairman Of the com
mittee upon public health
STARTS A PROTEST
On the other hand comes the protest
= 80
an address to the legislature Of Kansas.
The address Is signed T.. Burheld, M. d..
j. wv. Van DeWalker, MI. d.. A. M. Bruce,
M. d., and r. "a. Srarbuck nj. D., presi-
dent, vice president, secretary and
treasurer respectively Of the society re-
ferred TO therein
E. Burfeld's business card bears the
information that he is an NJ D, located
at HOlyrOOd. Kansas, formerly of LOr-
raine. where he was local examiner for
the Modern WOOdmen. and Is president
of the State Physio-Medica1 society.
To the Legislature of Kansas.
The Physicians and Surgeons society
of the State of Kansas. at its annual
meeting held in the CITY Of Topeka. the
test IAN incorporated association which
has complied with every requirement. of
the laws of Kansas, and which is COM
posed of physicians long stablished I'm
the legitimate and successful practice of
medicine would respectfully protest
against the passage of the bill prepared
Dy br- swan. or any other bill of like
Of a monopoly in the practice of medi-
cine. and the destruction of all others who
may not. VIII not. or cannot comply with
the requirements set by hostile branch
of the profession.
IN the state who have never had the
means time or opportunity to graduate
clned 70 embrace the easy facility by
which diplomas may be obtained at the
legion OF cheap schools and institutions
organized through the vanity of some
p5aelltionsr ana kept alive at the expense /
"A considerable part of our member
snip IS composed of this class of physf- I
clans, and who have cautiously crepf their /
foot Of ground traversed and IN, bor.efiey
ana cruder methods OF study. with erea Ter I
labor and persistence and probably All
large an experience. have come to be far
milar with disease and successfully treat I
~, as ybe the gentlemen do who nm
seIIisniy seek TO destroy our standing un- 4
If any one of these bills yere a r,ro- !
test from the people who importuned the I
originated from mar so1,res VI fieia se mas
pliis emanate from particular branch 81 I
obtain addftional bnsiness a 20 =; H7siIe 10 70 4
the public health and the general good
lhe legislature has from its earliest
IHeos5i 5il1ed worthy class of physicians /
which IS only theorized On at the schools
ana mas protected them by laws when 4
The entire membership Of this society
IS provided with the latest and best an 1
We take the very latest pubiicatians ana 1
keep ourselves abreast of the --latest 80 /
nlgneSt expression Of the profession. Com
are at A5erty to pursue any course thor /
gives rellet OF holds the promise Of a /
Further than this we have fully com
llleH with law and are engaged in an hon
ere1i% F ,I business; ; If - the design OF every
Ing 2 living. and. what IS worse NJ r4s
etAoS the only association Of medical men
-.-i,,ss r-S e'1iF ~ IN IA the state Of Kansas
~H9Se Soue OF ethics requires that il il
tnef dQty TO give their services fo the
poor without expectation or hope Of re- re-
This society does not care vbo 49,
uceS Ineulelne in Kansas. If ne is fr~--o
lstenl an abbreviated tenure of a term or
him, smatter of Latin where ne 4sts,.s ~ rs
language is not vet mastered vr-ii1 ,..t
sst11 ts.-11n p-tiisllts to nlrn Tic must be essen
15,siAAg A lAsSlcian pr ne cannot continue IN
here are in Kansas as many species
OF physicians as there are kinds 6f 49,
1i5Ina- On the shelves Of tsy-er-1- r5-,,.e -
are thousand and one specifics that fre
People are at liberty to buy. and each bor
dresses itself a remedy a nh,-siciaS,
A layman can bottle his remedy a,,5 81.
+ on sS1is- ne aiiopaths. the homeopatRs
- Cc1StttSs- the oSteopathS. the ma gneffr
healers- the vacuum treatment ri7s iie,e+S
VINO uses spectacles TO cure locomofor
a.stlela. me ulNlne healer, the Christian
scientist and host Of others dav M H..
augmented IN number and kind 1
At IS the object of this particular bsl
" cItate a monopoly and to put In rha
hands OF a new public board 81 fhs r,,-
JIG expense. the whole power Of the sfats
ttnsen SnaII determine without appeal or
1st4sN t.91n Us decision who who shall
not practice medicine in Kansas ~
II proposes to reverse the whole nra
Sls.as poli9y 2l LEGISLATION in kansas which