The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-11
OBSERVATIONS IN
FOREIGN LANDS
Or. J. M. Thurston Talks of his
European Tour Recently
Completed.
NEW MEDICAL SOCIETY
PHYSlo-MEOIcS HAVE GAINED
RECOGNITION IN GREAT BRIT.
IAN AND EXPECT TO BE GIVEN
A ROYAL CHARTER.

DR.. ]. NJ. Thurston who has been
in Europe for the past two months.
where he was looking after the inter,
estS Of the Physiological school in
England, has returned to his home in
this city. DR.. Thurston in company
with DIR. J. w. Schockey Of Columbus
O., were invited some time ago to &c
to England and intercede with the
British government. for the reoogni
ton of this branch of medicine in En-
gland AS only the Allopathic oil
old school of medicine is recognized
by the British government, the many
Physio medical doctors in England
are placed at a great disadvantage
DIR. ThurstOn and Dr. Schockey went
to England on the invitation of the
o-Medieal physicians there to for
mulate plans whereby an organiza,
ton could be pcrfec ted with the con
sent Of the English government, bring
ing the Physiological school into
recognition by the government. While
DR.. ThurstOn was in England an as
sOciatiOn of this school of medicine
was perfected at Nottingham and it il
very probable that the King will con.
sent to recognize it as several mem.
bers of the British Parliament are
interceding in behalf Of the assicia.
ton there. Without recognition by
the King in England no medical
school can establish Il college In that
| country.
DR.. Thurston talks very entertain
ingly of his travels in England, Scot.
| land. Ireland and France. He stated
that at present the English people
were all wrought up over. religious.
economic, social and political ques-
tons and that open air meetings,
where all people might express their
convictions on certain questions. were
quite common and especially was this
true at Freeport. Eng, great water
ing place. The meetings are in the
nature of open discussions.
| In speaking of the economic condit-
ions in England, DR.. Thurston stated
that the working classes were as we'll
cared for as those in America and
their homes were probably better than
the homes of the ordinary working
man in the United States because of
the fact that they are constructed en-
tirely Of brick and are much warmer
than the average working mans home
in this country. He said that the on
| ~ Objectionable feature of thei me
life is the fact that their hCU@ 1re
poorly ventilated, most of them i1g
very few windows, because Of act
that it was not until recently & / the
special tax upon windows III Uses,
was abolished.
In speaking of the English railroads
DR.. Thurston highly complimonted the
systematic way in which they were
rum for he said, that a loss of life in
England by railroad accident was
very unusual owing to the extreme
care in which passengers were hand
led and the extremely careful way
in which the railroad crossings and
stations are guarded. He stated that
the English roads were by far super
ior to the American roads in all ways
with the possible exception of their
rolling stock.
While he was in France DR.. Thurs
ton visited the Hospitals in Paris and
was greatly impressed with them.
Being an American and member Of
the International Medical Association
he was shown every courtesy