The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-26
MEDICAL SOCIETY MEETS.
important Matter Is Considered by the
Physicians.

Oklahoma City, o. T, March 25.-An i'm
portant meeting Of the Oklahoma County
Medical association was held in the
Chamber Of Commerce assembly room
last night says the OkIahoman. About
thirty representatives of the local medi-
cal fraternity were in attendance, while
Or. Hamilton. OF Shawnee, and DR.. Sharp
of Guthrie, members of the territorial
board of health, were present and par
ticipated in the deliberations of the So
ciety.
DR. \. D. Young presided over the de-
Eberations. which early developed a most
interesting turn. it being announced that
the body would especially consider the
matter of elcvating the tone of the pro-
fession in Oklahoma by considering ways
and means of ridding the territory of the
army of quack doctors who are drifting
into Oklahoma from every point of the
compass, and especially those who are
colonizing in Oklahoma City
Some special instances of alleged
quackery We're brought to the attention
of the society and. relative to an alleged
physician and surgeon of the electic
school who has been practicing in this
city for some time, a letter was read
from the editor of the London Lancet de-
claring that the man who claimed to be
q graduate Of the leading eiectic school in
London was not known to the profession
there and that his name did not appear
upon the records of the school.
DR.. Hamilton. of Shawnee, member of
the territorial board OF health, delivered
"a ~ Frae tn l0 +h
work of the board for several years past.
and explained the applications of the old
law and the new regulating the practice
OF medicine in Oklahoma. He was proud
10 know that the profession of Oklahoma
City had inaugurated a movement to rid
the city and the territory of a very objec-
tionable element If this were done in
every county in the territory it would
not be long until quackery would disap-
pear from oklahoma. Many men who
should not be permitted te practice the
profession Were now prGcticing medicine
in oklahoma because of the laxity Of the
old law under the provisions of which any
man had to be granted permit to prac-
tice if he could show diploma from any
medical school or would make affidavit
years and present the affidavit of two re
sponSihie citizens jvouching for his char
acter and respectabiiity Such q law
made it possible for men to secure a per
mit from the board Of health by present.
ing diploma from any school. whether
a real school Of medicine or only a
schol in name such as are maintained in
Chicago, Union City. Mich and other
places which are merely fake enterprises
established 10 peddle mean;ngless diplo-
mas 10 anyone who had the money to pay
for them. it being said that hundreds and
even thousands of the diplomas were sold
Tor As low as thirty dollars DR. Haml-
ton declared that under the present
board Of health il was almost impossible
for frauds OF the character designated
10 secure license To practice in Oklahoma. /
He believed it the duty Of the county /.
attorneys and county officers TO locate /
such frauds and proceed against them.
Their license should be revoked and. II
discovered that they had been obtained /
by perjury, criminal proceedings should
bge instituted. and the speaker related 4
that IN his county one of these frauds.
who had praouced in Fl Reno. had been
convicted and sent TO the penitentiary.
br- Sharp. of Guthrie. also a member Of I
she territorial board Of health. related 4
that the present attorney general had
become interested in the matter of nd
oing the territory Of men who were ille-
gslly practicing medicine and had given
his promise 70 proceed against ali persons
with this o1ense and 10 urre
such action upon the part OF the county
attorneys throughout the territory.
\ committee of the society which had
been given the duty Of reporting to the
county attorney and the county silr-ar,n-