The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-22

our nor harmful-on the contrary 1t has
 for ages in some form been recognized
 and used as a means of healing by the
 allopaths. Like all other branches of med
 tcal science, it has been studied and i'm
 proved of late years and a name of some
 uncertain and mysterious import given
 to It. We have specialists in various pro-
 fessions-in commercial law, In criminal
 law, in international law-but they ask
 not for separate examining Boards.
 No lawyer would for a moment consider
 the repeal of the law providing for a
 higher standard for admission to the bar.
 We feel proud of the rapid advance the
 legal profession has made. If the allo-
 paths had the power, do you think they
 would lower the standard for admission
 to the bar? NO. I feel authorized to say
 they would not Shall We not deal with
 the medical profession as We would our own? Surely no lawyer will favor hold
 Ing up the standard of his own profess sion and lowering that of his friend and neighbor.
 Lawyers deal with human rights-doc- tors with human lives. Lower the stand ard and the State would soon be filled With warning boards of specialists, pos sibly including Dowieltes and Christian Scientists
 The medical profession ranks with the most ancient It had a divinity among the ancient Gods. From the fabled Aes- culapous, the profession has been slowly, laboriously and painfully struggling up- ward and onward.
 About 300 years ago Dr. Harvey an- nounced to the world that the blood flower in the arteries and veins. This was revelation and the light flowed In. mere was a rnVnlnfiOn has been evolution The science of med lcine has since lowered in France and dermany and the United States-reach- Ing It's highest perfection in surgery spreading its healing balm into millions or homes and snatchIng millions more rom premature graves. The medical pro- tession has erred, for centuries 1t wan dered and worked in the dark; it has to- day It's faults and foibles; there is much or quackery and humbug in it; so there Is In the legal profession, and the effort now Is to have all those who propose to practice any branch of the profession fully qualified in all its branches.
 On the other hand. numberless true and noble men adorn the profession. They brave the storm frequently in the inter- est of sweet charity. I entered public life IS boy-having been chosen a member 1t the House in lSS4-5. was appointed on a committee to confer with Dr. Coch- ran, the State Health Officer. This was my first introduction to this great man. He had his faults and failings. but he was IS true to duty as the needle to the pole ana his long struggle to elevate the stand ard of the profession In Alabama, his inal triumph. deserve a monument from the people of this State.
 Shall We now, in the dawn of a new century, fire a cannon ball through the splendid edifce, founded upon the genius. the wisdom the experience, of all ages gone' by lowering the standard and measure of qualification which it has cost SO much of time and labor to establish? Yea, shall the State of Alabama go for ward In all else and take in this matter B backward step?
 Shall We lower the rope that the oste- opaths may leap over it, or shall We re- qulre them to measure up to the present standard?
 An osteopath who was fully qualified all around would certainly command the confidence of the public more than one who was not. There are cases in which learn they recommend medical doctors. Let the osteopath qualify as a medical do 2tor, for surely thls will in no wise in- terfere with his favorlte treatment, but on the contrary broaden his sphere of knowledge and practice. I undertake to