New-York tribune., 1907-04-16

ton and payment Of SO. be granted without ex-
animation. license 20 practise osteopathy pro-
vided application for such license be made within
six months after the passage OF this act A Iiceuss
10 practise osteopathy shall not permit the holder
thereof 70 administer drugs or perform s,rgsry
with knife. Licenses 70 practise ostsOpathy shall
be registered IN accordance with ths provisions Of
this act. and ths word Osteopath be included IN
such registration. and such license shall entitls
the holder thereof 20 the Uss Of the degres D. O..
1t seems from. all this that many members Of the
tion OF the state Medical Society is back Of this
one board OF medical Examiners that they are
ready 10 recognizes the osteopaths as regular legal
tzed practitioners Why the chiropodiSts ana
appear. With this recognition and unity many OF
US will not agree, II the Legislature OF the State
OF New York. with the executive are determined
to recognize Osteopathy Co-equal with the prac-
tce OF medicine, n our objections and remon-
the medical profession wash its hands OF all med
ical legislation In such a coEprGInlse as as s Ias
OF the medical profession but worse than the legal
tzing Of an inefficient and dangerous mode OF pras
much more harm than it does now. with Us as-
science or medicine In deploring this ridicu1Ss S
climax. which hope may yet be averted by ne
senate SsTes with br Watson former Rsssnt
Of the university who has in his Tscant letter %
creating one board OF examiners instead Of three
thinking il premature effort 10 unite the honnoeS,
was then without the oSteopathic tncorpoFalloh
The state OF New York was getting on very NsA
with three boards OF medical examiners Ihe eS.
aminatiOns were the same In al the boards e1ess.
In therapeutics. No interest OF the people was n
paired by such boards. The ostsopaths WsT9 ~ ~
vited 20 comply with the same conditions ana ~
Cetve the same privileges. They could then pTacIse
osteOpathy az exclusively as they chose NO u
Justice was done them By the law. II tne lyLs
struggle which ended IN the passage Or tne ~
OF 1891 the hOmeOpaths and ecleCticS nnsIy 49, -
operated with the old school. on conOluOn s.es
each OF should have our own board; 49,
always thought that this law should remain - s,s
any OF the three scots In medicine inssIse
upon Il. AS one OF those engaged IN securing - -
three boards I have felt that the agtauon ~ ~
one by our State Medical Society was not QliIs -
20 the horneOpaths and eclecticS, and a. iAey, -
put back the OF unity In the iaeCleaI ~ A.
sion NV worst fOrebOdtngS are beng feaLL-a-, -
the absurdities OF thiS bill trust a sooer ss'I So
thought may prevent It's becoming q law 49, 49,
that does not come that the exsoUtve may -sss
Yers 20 prevent our legislators from doing $50
harm 70 the state The state OF PenTsy iv,ls% 80 - =
law similar to ours. passed IN admitted -
the LEGISLATION OF New York, which mas 80. 80
mOnfzsd the three sects IN medicine Ins ssH,s
OF the bill which puts the osteopathS on ~ s-4
footing with the old schOOl-tn0 horleoL et-ls
the eclectics-n state may influence Sos1 ,-g-
6Ors until q wide reaction occurs "a uee7es- noT-t
MSS New York has been IN the v9n S1 s.rss
medical legislation since 1854. But now sns '
70 30 striving 70 get back to tns res5, zsO0sA
=. B. ST. JOHN FOVS
NeVv York April rs. 1907.