Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-08
President Root Of Association
Says One May be Es-
tabIshed.
THE LOGICAL 0UTGRoWTH.
Material Well Worked UP and Large
Hospitals Well ruled With Pa
tents, the Means.

vened this morning IN the city council
chamber, ana will be IN session this
afternoon, tonight, tomorrow morning
and afternoon. The session win be-
brought TO close by banquet IN hon
or OF the. visiting physicians TO be
given by the Salt Lake County Medical
society at the Commercial club We'd
ncsddy evening. The. wives OF the
members OF the association viii be en-
tertained by Mrs. DR.. r.. f. Root to-
morrow afternoon from 3 to o'clock
at her home. 1877 First street At the
conclusion of the session this morning
the house Of delegates met IN executive
session and transacted considerable
routine business. Physicians from
various parts of the state and also
from Denver and Pocatello We're pres
ent,
PRESIDENT ROOTS ADDRESS.
The feature Of the session this morn
Ing was the address OF the president,
Dr. Il. Il, Root
Among other things Or. Root stated
that In the carly dayg the communities
ia the territory were small, consequent
~ not very attractive to, the quack.
Later II has been made hard for them
TO get in on account OF the law, couse-
quently the general Standard OF the
profession Is probably as high as any
state IN the Union. He also dwelt on
the noteworthy fact that there are few
petty strfes and ioalousies among the
profession IN Utah The younger mem
bers Of the profession with their newer
methods are willingly recognized
among the fraternity. lie then went
on TO Affirm that no city Of the Same
size In the United States was better
equipped with hospitals and up
to-date institutions than was Salt Lake
The mining camps and villages also
were endowed with croditable institu-
tons
MEDICAL COLLEGE HERE.
with the large hospitals well filed
with patients, and the material we'll
worked up, the logical 0utgrowth," he
affirmed, win be the establishment of
a college In fact there Is already one
In embryo at the state University,
"Contipping he said: While believe
we have in the United States already
too many doctors. the number VIII no.
he materially increased by few COLI
leges, for the entrance standard is too
high for the masses"
After dwelling at length upon the
modern standard of requirements the
speaker turned 20 the subject OF the
training OF a surgeon, and his relation
TO the intcrulst. He asserted that he
firmly believed that the surgeon re-
quires the training at least for a few
years, of general practise. "The spe-
cialist who has no training in a general
practise" he affirmed. rs liable TO be
narrow and unable TO grasp the case
as q whole. He is therefore in a sense
an unsafe man" He then went TO en-
phasze the necessity of the most free
and close relations between the physi-
clan and the surgeon, for their interests
were common. Many and needless OPP
erations are done on account of lack of
correct diagosis, or protnosis." he said.
Coming down to the subject of pro-
posed medical legislation he said:
Attorney w. T. Wilson outlined a
plan for the County society that seems
TO me would reach these conditions, II
81 in brief as follows;
GOOD PLAN OUTLINED.
Frame a law to bring within its
scope all who are In legal sense
practising medicine. Define medical
unprofessional conduct and leave the
care Of these laws to the courts IN the
same manner az laws are enforced con-
trolling attorneys.
"Sec. s. Revocation OF certificates
or licenses by the district court, pro-
Cedure In the matter Of said revocation,
Power OF the board. Decree. Defaults,
Record Of revocation, Whenever any
licensed practitioner OF medicine and
surgery In this state Is guilty Of I'M
professional conduct, as the same Is
defined mi this act. then the license or
certificate OF such person shall be re-
Ill Ia Nla
hereinafter provided by the district
court OF the county where the holder
of such certificate or license practised
at the time OF such unprofessional con-
duct. Proceedings for such revocation
or cancellation shall be conducted I'm
the manner provided by law for pro-
ceesiings I'm civil cases, except as In
this act provided.
THE board OF medical examiners OF
the State OF Utah" shall be plain
tin and the person charged, de-
PENDANT, IN any such proceeding
The complaint In said proceedings
shal be In writing verified by the oath
OF one Of the members OF the board or
by any person having knowledge OF
the facts, stating the facts constituting
the unprofesslonal conduct and pray
ing a decree OF the court cancelllng or
revolving the certificate or license OF
the defendant, and an Injunction per-
petualy enjoinlng him from practising
medicine or surgery in the state. When
after trial, the defendant Is found
guilty as charged, or when upon his
default. which may be entered as I'm
other civil Gases, provided the facts
stated IN the complaint constitute uu-
professional conduct as defined I'm this
act, then in either such case the court
must decree q cancellation or revoca-
ton OF the certificate or license OF the
defendant, and must enioin him from
practising medicine or surgery In this
state. Upon the entry OF such judy
ment and decree II shall be the duty
of the secretary OF such board Of eN-
amIners to file certified copy OF said
Judgment and decree with the county
recorder of the counties In which the
certificate OF the defendant Is recorded,
and said recorder must thereupon
write upon the margin Of the record
OF said certificate the following This
certificate was revoked and cancelled
by decree Of tho district court Of -
county, Utah, on the - day OF -
giving the day, month and year OF such
revocation by sald court. together with
the county wherein said decree was
made and entered by said district
court. No certificate shall be revoked
for unprofessional conduct under this
section unless the accused has been
guilty thereof, subsequently TO the. pas
sage OF this act. and unless he has been
,ttfItv tharaof within tWo Nparg noXt