The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-10
CUT The BONDS.
Kansas Doctors Sever Relations
With Missouri.
Their Physicians Certificates
Not Recognized Here.
STANDARD TOO LOW.
Dr.J Ohnson, President of Board,
lis Firm.
Doctors Who Practice Here
Must Prove Qualifications.

| board of medical registration and exam
ination, a resolution was adopted
severing. all further reciprocal relations
with the state board of registration of
| the state of Missouri.
In other words, a doctor having a GER
| tif1cate to practice medicine in Missouri
| can not practice in Kansas on his Mis-
souri, certificate, nor can he get a certif-
cate from the Kansas board without
complying with all the requirements of
the Kansas board.
This action is taken because the stan
dards of scholarship adopted by the
Missouri board are far below the STAN
dards OF the Kansas board.
DR.. G. F. Johnson, chairman of the
Kansas board, said this morning:
The Kansas board of examination
Will not allow any one to take it's ex-
not have a diploma from some reput-
able medical college showing that a
four years course in medicine has
been taken. Then this applicant must.
pass our examination to get the GER
tificate. Over in Missouri the board
will examine anybody who appears.
An applicant may be a horse doctor,
or he may have attended medical
makes no difference, he gets in on the
same basis with the graduate of a
medical school. We expect the Mis-
souri, board will come back at US by
refusing TO recognize our cerL1HcaIeS.
That Is what we want. Missouri must
raise its standards before us renew
reciprocal relations. Our order OF
course will not affect the certificates
from Missouri already recognized by
the Kansas board, but we Will recog-
nize no further Missouri certificates,
regardless of what date they may
bear
The resolution adopted by the board
was brief and pointed. 1t was:
Resolved, That the Kansas state
board of medical registration and ex-
animation will no longer recognize
certificates issued by the Missouri
board on examination for practice of
medicine in the state of Kansas
Kansas has reciprocal relations with |
about twenty states OF the Union. ana
admits doctors who hold certificates |
from any of those states. Missouri is
now cut off this list.
The members of the board who is |
sued this decree to Missouri are as fol- |
lows:
G. F. johnson. Lakin. chairman: ..
p Cooke, Clay Center. secretary; F. P.
Hatfield. Grenola; o. F. Lewis. Gil
rard; w. F. Flack. Longton; r. A.
Light, Chanute; T. Rains, Concordia.
No More Printed Questions.
At the examinations of applicants
for certificates TO practice medicine In
Kansas, which has been going on at
the Y. M. c. A. building in this city
for the past two days, there were no
there always have been in the past.
1t will be remembered that at the
last previous examination held by the
state board of medical registration and
examination, at Kansas City, Kan, a
scandal developed when it was discov-
cred that about 80 of the applicants
had secured answers to all the ques-
tions in advance. Investigations made
later indicated that two young men in
Topeka had succeeded in obtaining by
fraud a proof of the examination
questions from the state printing office
in Topeka, and had supplied this list
City, who had prepared answers, and
sold the answers to applicants at
price of from So to $25 per set.
After this experience, the state
board of medical registration and eX-
animation decided that it was a bad
system to send in the examination
questions to be printed. 1t left too
many chances for fraud. The board
at the present meeting purchased a
and in the future, each
doctor will bring his questions with
him to Topeka and show them to no
one until he writes the mon the black
board in front of the applicants. If
there is any leak in the future, the
doctors themselves can be held direct
" accountable.
DIR. G. F. Johnston, chairman of
the board said today: There were
4 1bout thirty of those who took the last
disqualified, and their
certificates withheld because they had
been caught with the goods on them
and were found to have benefited
from the stolen questions. No certi-
6cate was issued to any applicant
whose paper showed that he had used
The questions in advance"
In speaking of the way the deal was
handled at Kansas City, member Of
the board said:
s',The questions were sold to the ap-
plicants by a young Kansas City man
who was also an applicant. He got
the questions from somebody else,
suppose. At first he charged $25 a set
for the answers but later the charge
was reduced, and some of the sets
were sold for $5 set 1t seemed that
The parties selling the questions made
the rule that no business should be
done with negroes. There were five
negro applicants, but none of them got !
The answers in advance"
At the examination held here this {
week there were only 16 applicants
'or certificates. OF these eleven {
IA ssed the examination, and three of s
-hese were negroes
The negro applicants were George
Brown of Mecca, Mo, D. H. Davis of | {
Kansas City, Kan, and A. w. Lawrence
If Wichita. Lawrence is not only a | E
physician, but is a registered pharma- c
list. These three doctors are graduates
If Kansas university and are said to
lave passed exceptionally fine examin-
ttions. I
The names of the successful appli- (
ANTS are as follows: George Brown, !
Mecca, Mo, D. H Davis. Kansas City, i
<an-, H. w. Gaume, Danville, Kan. f
". E. Royster, Chanute, Kan, E c. r
Reynolds, lola, A. W. Lawrence wich- r
ia. George A. Paige, G. d. Ruth. {
oseph Shaffer, Charles D. Stopher, N. v
g Wilson. liz