The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-11

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scheme on the part Of those same Lead
ers 90 merge every school sect, and
pathy. In medicine into one great body
the center and head OF which would be
the American Medical association.
The original movement set on foot by
Dr Charles A l.. Reed, Of Cincinnati.
Ohio. az the Minneapolis meeting Of the
American Medical Association OF 1901,
was as all those who are acquainted
with It wen know. very bitterly opposed
/ by large element IN the dominant
school aud the regular medical journals
OF the country were eeming with arti-
cles most bitterly opposing Il. but after
contendlng over It for two years. they
finally. at their New Orleans meeting
IN 1908 decided. TO admit the despised
Irregulars TO their societies on the same
terms AS Regulars.
Certainly this was an act Of phnan-
thropy worthy Of more than passing
mention. and, certainly &. had a motive
and let US throw the light Of investiga-
tion squarely on this matter, and see
what the real motive was. and how this
action was received by the masses OF
the regular profession. and what the
results would be II the original plan is
| followed out. The n. Y Medical Times
Cor June 1909. has an article entitled
"The Coming Unihcation.' Does not
that have "A positive toner The editor
states that "The Auspicious era has
begun and cooperative Is no longer a
theory but a condition"
Eclectics have always -lvored cooper
alton. and aniliation on an matters that
We're Of vital interest 20 progressive
medicne--that is medical law in the
various states and avs on sanitation
as well as an laws that tended TO the
elevation oil the standard OF the profess
sional requirements Of physicians to
practice and an matters OF that nature:
But 1t is not cooperation they mean
| It is absorption. In the same article he
refers to the address Of DR. Chas A. L.
Reed. in which he says: "Sects have
always risen around central idea.
( The Sect has a varying fortune and ulti-
mately passes away while the central
/ idea Is absorbed into the great body Of
Medical Learning Is there now any
doubt in your mind Of their intention2
/ They believe by the method proposed
that they can absorb our essential
truths by securing our individual ply
sicians as members Of their organiza-
tions They do not want nor care to
affiliate and cooperate with us as an
| organization working toward tht anne
goal the alienation Of SUFFERING and
disease nor do they even want to give
us credit FOR the development Of an
exact science of Therapeutics" but,
recognizing that we have such they
rather prefer to absorb it without rec
ognizlng our organization.
Their desire and hope IS to see our
organization pass away, and our truths,
by absorption Of our individual mem
brs-become theirs
There is a demand for our principles
For the great truths of Direct or speci-
hc Medication. For scientific basis OF
! Therapeutics which we have developed
and have; and they recognizing that
demand, want US TO unite with their or
ganlzation that they may lay claims to
those truths without openly recognizing
our organization.
They must have them because the
demand is made by the people not the
profession, and that demand must be
met. Yes, the people have forced this
demand upon the dominant school Of
medicine. and they recognizing TINT it
must be met. have thrown down the
bars to their fold. and safd TO us. Come
In and be Of us that we may enjoy the
results Of your lahors, instead Of say
ing TO us as we have to them on some
lines Of bacteriology and surgical patho-
logy. you have developed great, great
truths and deserve credit for them and
We respect YOU for what you have
done"
Feeling that we have made clear to
/, you the motive Of the American Medi-
cal association and its local societies,
!, in inviting Us to become members Of
, their societies let ms now briefly notice
its reception bl the majority Of Alo-
, pathic physicians BE It said to their
credit, the majority Of the younger
element OF the A4lopathic profession dc
not consider us as irregulars, but recog-
, nize that we possess all In the way OF
a medical education thst they do, and In
, addition We possess system Of phera-
, peuticcs that is based on a Therapeuti,
law, and that when once learned is
good for an time and in all cases.
In fact It Is nearing the time when
il may be said that theapeuticalb
speaking Eclectic is regular. anC
I the regular (so-caled) is irregular
The Eclectic is scientific on the mattel
I of drug administration while his Alo
Z pathc brother is empiric
( on the other hand there is verl
Z large proportion OF the Allopathlc pro
4 fession wha are antagonisuc TO thl
American Medical association, as a
4 present conducted Many of them are tn
Z old timers in the regular ranks. mel
Z who have discriminated against the ir
! regulars and fought them tooth an,
Z toenan," and who now feel that 10 ac
Z cept them as eQuai is surrender o
& principle and an acknowledgement tina
= they have AN these years been doinl
z wrong, and many Of them cannot am
3 viii NOT make such concession
4 Then again there is another elemen
4 Of the profession that . opposed &
4 Medical societies in general becaps
= they have become dsgusted iy the fac
4 chat. that 30 many prominent men us
e the society 20 advertise themselves, an
y the further fact that too often meu d
q very little education or medical abnlt