Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-12

extensive with the civilized world. HI
Has not only an operator OF the high
oSt order, but t;reless and exhaus
VIA tive worker In the field of origina
surgery. He performed the first sue
cessful Caesarian section In 1889 II
81. Louis, and also the first successful
coeliotomy for gunshot wound Of The
abdomen and the first gladstone opera
tion Ia Missouri. Al record held b,
DR.. Bernays has never been equaled:
Out OF eighty-one successive cases
Of appendicitis which necessitated
operations, seventy-one In succession
were with perfectly satisfactory re
suits, the seventy-second patient fail
Ing of recovery, but the subsequent
nine cases were successfully treated
And yet, with such a record, match.
less as was his skill, varied and ex.
tensive AZ was his learning. wonder.
full AZ were his accomplishments, he
was net considered, by the American
Medical Association, as worthy Of
membership IN that organization.
No charges were ever brought
against him which, In the remotest
degree. reflected on his qualifications
rs surgeon; his moral character was
never the subject Of attack; he was
never accused OF having done any
thing unbecoming q man or q gentle
man The head and front OF his Of
Tending had this extent-no more!"
He dared Il, think! He refused to
mold his opinions and to govern his
! actions by the arbitrary rules which
those whom he knew to be his infer
iors had set up for his guidance! In
other words, he could not regard the
Code OF Ethics OF the American Medi-
y cal Association as being inspired, or
having any binding authority on him
y where his Judgment told him 1t was
wrong. And so, twenty years ago
IS Or more, on account OF some trivial In
fraction sof this sacred "Code,"
movement was started to expel him
from the local association, which was
only defeated by his hastily sending
In his resignation. AS membership In
the A. M. A. is dependent upon mem
bership In the local and State socie-
ties, his name was dropped by the
national organization.
5& And SO, though he had saved thou
sands OF lives; though other physi-
d clans had proflted by his art; this
brilliant surgeon this great and able
man, has, during all these years, been
an outcast--a medical "scab;" not
recognized as ethical or worthy OF
fellowship ny that body Of physicians
banded together In the American Med
lcal Association!
5SSs And this, Is the association which,
under pretense Of working for the
public good. il, In reality, only seeking
TO control Congress and the State
Legislatures in the interest OF their
Il own selfish schemes; which is trying
to create Cabinet position and to
place one Of its members in that po-
sition; which is endeavoring by law
to exclude from the use OF the mails,
all manufacturers OF medicines who
do not comply with the absurd re-
Squirements that they choose to set
up: which, in short. is trying to put
upon the statute books of State and
nation laws that Will. in effect. estab-
slish q kind Of medical priesthood, to
which only their own members will be 4
eligible with power and control over
vie health and lives OF the people!
God help the druggists, the drug
manufacturers, physicians not mem
beers of their guild, and the people
generally. II this association ever sue
seeeds In Its undertaking. IT It does,
1t win, after the fashion Of the labor
unions. dictate closed shop, and
ray to doctors who prefer to be inde-
pendent, You must join our union
OF, failing to do so, compel them to
get out Of the business. 1t will say
What medicines shall be taken, and
how they shall be made. It will hedge
tbs people about with q lot OF petty
regulations under pretanse OF project
sIKg the public health. In hne, medi-
cal bureaucracy will be established to-
tyrannize oyar the people.
Let mo man call this q false alarm.
IL there are those who are inclined
TO do 50, let them read the Journal OF
1 the A. NJ. A. Let them scan the
i proceedings OF the association, held
AlNsys behind closed doors. and care.
fully edited. as they are, before they
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