New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-14
HONEOP1THS ANGERED.
See Menace to Their School IN
Ne7c 1ct.

The rivalry that has long existed between
the allopathic and homeopathic schools Of
medicine has been brought 10 a head by the bill
giving the Board OF Regents of the University
of the State Of New York full power to refuse
or issue licenses To graduates Of hOmRopa thic
colleges. which Governor Hughes signed yester-
day Although the bill was introduced for the
purpose Of preventing the further practice Of
osteopathy. il was said by the officials of the
Homeopathic Medical Society Of the County Of
New York that It hits them too. and that the
Board Of Regents Will in time wipe out the
practise Of homeopathy.
The present hoarn Of examiners consists of
both allopathic and homeopathic physicians
\ section in the bill creating a board
which does designate homeopathic ply
sicians Is as follows:
What has become Of the New York Homeopathic
Medical College sud Hospital the Herring Medical
American Journal Of Homeopathy The Medical
Advance, the sixteen other colleges, the twenty
one other journals. the 20 homeopathic hospitals
sauaturia aud dispensaries. mention the
forty -four hospitals and institutions whore both
What Of tne American Institute of FIomeopa thy.
other national four sectional thirty-five
state and ninety-nne local medical societies and
iXty-three miscellaneous homeopathic associa-
knowledged that It Is possible for he a
homeopathic practitioner and still a gentleman, an
honest and sincere man.
ACHIEVEMENTS OF HOMGOPATHs
II has ais" been asked, What has any homceo-
path done pudgeon's sphymograph was in
vented py an English homeopathic practitioner. II
was h9mteopathic ophthalmoogist the late Dr.
G"GrS" ;: Norton. professor in the New York
old school in an address by Invitation before the
American O.. . and /. Society-thst ii is th.
tress. The present Health Commissioner of the
state Of New York. Dr. Eugene II. Porter, is max
Of San Francisco met the ierrean f9SSl0neF f9r
al uff
recent disaster in such mastery manner as To win
The admiration Of the world.
Is there discrimination account OF difference of
therapeutic belief? When this bill was introduced
trG Inc points TO which its authors pointed with pride
rf Gt'1in 9I what constitutes the practice of
!nleucihe: hb"liion oi examination on practice and
Wefapegu,s The second point has already been
u, ne Sa9jeit OF court decision and needs no bill
10 10 'nhke II available TO check unlicensed practi-
TONERS of medicine. The third point was ncces-
,.orr,c. a. ,i ~ t' ai StIlupoltI 70 die with
o3c Gr'I a GFFnosi5 F ratH@ than to live with faulty
but has thus far failed to satisfy The public
WHAT BILL AIMED AT.
The chief object of medical study is To gain
knowledge of now 10 heal the sick and drugs
have not yet outgrown their Applicability to that
ehd. soldier must know how to perform evolu-
tons correctly in order 10 reach the highest poin
of efhcie9ey, but above all else. he must know
charms. however this child of the law was to be a
medical education the exact method of its opera
ton being left to the imagination. Elevate the
S,iIu'i" ~ az 'oStS was Heraled ana reiterated
all along the line How it adhered to- in fact?
Ostensiby this elevation was to be accGmnlished
hy inserting in this bill a definition medical
practice by making all applicants pass the same
examinations ana then 1t was said that the osteO-
path would be found in jail or starved under a
hedge
1t found that this bill could not he got
through the Senate and that the OSteOpathc bill
could not be got through the Assembly Upon
that discovery these elevators OF the medical pro
fesson sent ambassadors to the Osteopaths: a deal
standards Of the state Of New York elevated
by legaliZing practitioners of medicine. and
several hundred men have been held up quacks
by the sponsors and supporters of this very bill
1t looks To us as If We were the game for which
there is no close season.
HOMEOPATHY HAS RIGHTS
In speaking OF the bill. Dr. John l.. Moffat
secretary of the Kings County Medical Society
and editor of The Homeopathic Eye, Ear and
Throat Journal" said
Why is homeopathy not entitled be regarded
as separate sch Jol? Why do allopat hic
ties say that the homeopathic school 'in reality
does not exist and that il has practically dis
appeared homeopathic therapeutics not
antiquated every twenty years. Not only Is our
materla medica and reliable for the past
generation two, but its application is uniform
letter was written while ago detailing symp-
toms of a not uncommon condition for which
prescription asked and mailed (with feel to
ten hOmPopaths and TO self-styled regular
physicians: each of the former prescribed the same
prescription Which school is the most systematic?
There shall be state board of medical ex-
aminers of nine members. who shall be appointed
by the Regents and who shall hold office for three
from August of the year In which appointed
In constituting the first board. however, be ap-
pointed under this act the Regents shall designate
three members to serve for one year from August l.
ttnued coad