New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-21
SUPPORTS OsTEoPATHY BILL
Drug Physicians Should Not Dictate VIVA.
Student Of Practice Shall Study
To the Editor Of The tribune

To the Editor Of The Tribune
or; As the letter of W. B. St John Roo,a rh,c,
appeared in The Tribune yesterday. creats. No..
impression TO what osteopathy really IS and rsv
the present bill regulating It has been intrpdu.,d
IN the legislature. desire little space in your ps
per for reply.
First-The gentleman states that osteopaths are
seeking TO enter the medical profession" and
upon THIS statement he writes quite an extended
letter The gentleman could not ba mora n,istsks,
Osteopathy is new system OF treating diseases Of
the human body without the use OF drugs or medl
cIles AS to whether drugs or medicines should
De used in the treatment Of disease depends upon
the cause of disease, and this takes US at once to
first principles II the first cause Of disease is a
lack of chemicals which drugs would supply then
drug treatment would be correct because they
would supply the lack. thereby removing the cause
If. however, disease Is due TO disturbed mechanic.
then il would be clear that the giving OF drugs
would be both incorrect and unscientihc as they
would have no tendency whatever 10 remove the
cause The medical profession says that the treat
ment Of disease is question Of chemistry. The
OsteOpathiC profession SAYS that the treatment Of
disease Is a question OF mechanics Their diagnosis
and treatment are entirely different. and there |.
no desire whatever on the part Of the osteopains
TO enter the medical profession.
SeCOnd-FOr reasons given above, the object N
the present Osteopathic Bill is not an attemp.
secure a short cut into the pracJlce or meclcins.
as the gentleman would have the readers OF rs
Tribune believe. bur TO develop great princpa
This bill asks that all who desire to pracuse e.
teOpathy In the State OF Newly Ork snail qually y
attending an Osteopathic college for three years e
not less than nine months in each year II asa
that all students before taking UP the study snaI
secure the Regents certificate OF proficiency Fnies
requires four years. making IN al seven years %
study above common school IL asks that al laAs
osteOpathfc schools in this State shall be closed
and that all practitioners shall be regulated 0
State Board -.
The passag e of this bill would be no intusucs On
the part of the State to medical doctors. a.
claimed IL simply requires OF those VINO pfaeus
OSteopathv what II requires OF medical docIsis,
lawyers and DENTISTS. e. preparation As 70 Wa.
this preparation shall be in this case IS qussun
for ostaopaths and not question FOR drus ooJsS .s
TO decide In thirty states OF this mon 80
OSteOPath has been regulated by law drug uoSSS
have always come forward and onered a1vI
legislators as to what OsteOpaths should study "
long they should study etc. In substance the ~
vice has been. Study drugs IN our scnooIs
take our drug AUTOMATICALLY as we quaiIy y,
Is the old story of church and creed-oeieNs. -,
We believe and think as think Osteopatny -
never taken this advice and IL never VIII ~"
who gives drugs is not an OsteOpath. :, a
s. c. MATTHEWS, D. u
New-York Feb 90 1906