The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-09
GOV. VAN SAINT REyERsEs ACTION
OF BOARD eREVOKENG HIS
IdCEAsn
CHARGE AND EVIDENCE VARY
Flint Was Merely an EmpIoye OF
Medical Institute and Not Re-
sponsible, for the Adj
refreshments.

action Of the state board Of medical ex-
aminers in the case against DR.. Edward
N. Flint. The doctor. who is one of
the physicians and surgeons of the state
medical institute. located at the corner
OF Robert and Fifth streets, this city,
was charged by the board with unpro-
fessional conduct, and last January ac-
ton looking to the revocation Of his
license was taken by the board.
Inc governors action is based upon
an opinion from Attorney General Doug
las, who found that the complaint and
evidence in the case were too widely at
variance to render the charge effective.
1t is upon this ground that the governor
gives his decision, which Us embodied in
the following text:
con the 21st day of December. 1900. a
complaint was filed before the Minnesota
state board of medical examiners against
Edward n. Flint, under and pursuant 10
chapter l25 of the General Laws of 1858,
charging MIN. With diShonOrable conduct
as physician and surgeon. and praying
that the license heretofore granted by
said board to said Edward n. Flint be
revoked and Cancelled. On the 24th day
of January, 1901, the said board OF med
zeal examiners rendered their decision.
based Upon the evidence presented, which
decision was to the effect, that the said
Edward N. Flint was, guilty of diShon-
orable and dishonest conduct as charged,
and ordered that the license of said Ed
ward N. Flint tc practice medicine ard
surgery in the state of Minnesota. grant
ed on the 9th day of July, :lSsS be in all
Things revoked and cancelled. and that
the said Edward n. Flint be debarred
from practicing medicine and surgery
From said findings and order an ap-
peal was duly and regularly taken -
provided by law, to the undersigned, as
entire proceedings, apd record in said
matter were certified, and hearing was
duly had before the .unders igned on the
9Th day of March" 1901.
The charges contained in the COM.
plant were substantially that one Wal
lace A. ReinEardt WHOSE license had been
heretofore revoked. had caused certain
signs to be erected 5lpon the building
occupied by said Edward N. Flint, and
TT at the said WaAlacef a. Reinhardt. has
caused certain advertisements to be in
serted In the publiei press. that said signs
and advertisements contained false state
n'ents, calculated ;apdsintended to deceive
and impose upon the public, and to cause
the public to patronize the said Rein
n. Flint, having fun knowledge OF said
signs and advertiseuents, and of the
pUrrcse' and SntenT OF said Renhardt To
deceive and impc Sc. uptn the public. and
Reinhardt. on or dEputHthe first OF Marcn,
1900, entered into AN Agree ment and un
Outstanding with said Reinhardt, where's
by he, the said Edward N. Flint, took
charge OF the office Of said Reinhardt,
and occupied the same as a praCtic:nS
physician and surgeon That the said
Edward n. Flint entered into said agree
ment and understanding with said Rein
hardt for the dishonest purpose OF allu--
ing, decefving and cheating those who
came to said Office for treatment. That
said Edward N. Flint extensively ad-
vertised himself in his, profession in the
city of st. Paul. under the name OF
state Doctors ard the Stale Medical
nd hnf hn ~ -
ward n Flint caused and permitted
the said signs to be erected and the said
advertisements to DC printed and pub
lished and circulated
Tho chief -contentin on the part of the
said Edward N. Flint, upon tie hearing
on appeal was that. there existed a sub
lions of the COMPLAINT and the evidence
and that the proof was insufficient to SIS
tain the charges preferred.
FLINT WAS AN EMPLOYE.
"a careful examination of the evidence
leads to the conclusion that the said WAL
lace A Reinhardt and the said Edward
N Flint did not enter. into an agreement
as alleged, OF any agreement whatsoever
That the said signs appearing upon said
building were erected by said Wallace A.
Renhardt long before said Edward n.
Flint took charge of the said Office THAI
the said Edward N. Flint was employed
by one Frank A. H. Reinhardt. who was
the owner and proprietor of sd d business.
clan. That said Edward N Flint re-
ceived from the said Frank A, r. Rein
hardt a stipulated salary for his serv-
ices. Neither does, the evidence show that
said Edward N. Flint caused or permit
ted the said signs TO she erected or the
said advertisements to be inserted in the
daily press. In short. the evidence SIM
ply shows that the business was conduct
ed by said Frank a. II. Reinhardt, and
that the signs upon Lehe building were
maintained by him. sand the advertise
ments appearing IN thel public press were
inserted through him; and the said Ed
ward n. Flint was in His employ for the
purpose of attending patrons of the Of
flee
variance appears between the allega-
tons of the complaint and the proof of
fered and received .Iteis apparent that
the complaint was based upon the as
sumption thai Dr.aWallace A. Remnant,
Notwithstanding the revocation of his H.
cense, was still the proprietor of the ga d
| business. and thab the said Edward N
Flint was aiding and abetting him in the
his place in the management thereof If
the complaint had charged the said Ed
ward N. Flint with prescribing for pa
tientS for compensation, and that pat
rons, 0ith the knowledge of said Flint.
were iured to said Office and were de-
ceived by said signs and advertisements.
and that said signs and advertisements
were displayed for the purpose of de-
ceiving the public to the knowledge of
said Flint then it might properly be
| claimed that the proof unon the hearing
| was sufficient to sustain the findings
| and order made by the said board of
examiners
The conclusions herein expressed have
been reached after a review of the test
mony and a careful perusaI of the report
OF the attorney general. who has given
the record in this preceding his consid-
Grafton.
In view of the variance between the
proof and The allegations as above fndi-
Gated. am forced to the conclusion that
the said order made by the said state
ooaro OF medical examiners should be
and the same is hereby reversed"