The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-09-13
BRUTALITY OF MEDICAL ETHICS.
q Great Surgeon eard from Mem.
bership In Medss Aisoeiation.

bership In hedeal Aisoeiation.
From the National unUat Tor June.
tpfl
Dr. Augustus Charles uornays. who
iiod q few days ago INST Louis. was.
probably the foremost rg con in the
United States lllf hur was CO.
extensive with the clyicd world. lie
was not only an oteft'g " the high.
est order. but tireItn and cxhaus.
tive worker In the Gd VI original
surgery lie pcrfomtithc first sue.
sossful CaoaarIan Hen.n loo 1889 In
So Louis. aud also no .rt successful
coclIoiomy for gunshdi sound Of the
abdomen and the first hl.'sIone opera.
ton In Missouri A .nori held by
Dr. Hernays has never ben cqualod:
out Of cirhty.ono Successive cases
Of appendicitis which noccssltatcd
operations. seventy one % succession
were with perfectly rnafactory re.
suits. the seventy .sccunt patient fail.
iug of recovery. but h subsequent
nine cases wore successfully treated.
And yet, with such "a Hcurd. match.
less 1908 was his skin. yrlod and ex.
tousIyc aB was hls loaung. wonder
iul as were his Accomplishments. he
was not considered, by Co American
/ Medical Association. o. worthy OF
| membership ia that urgaizauon.
SO charges werr opr brought
against him which, IN o. rcmotcst
degree. reflected on his publications
as q surgeon. his moral chrncter was
never the subject OF tltad he was
never accused OF having done any.
] thing unbccomlng a nan Of a gentle
/ man. "rhe head and from Of his Of
fondlng had this oxtmt-so morel"
lie dared to think, Ne refused to
mold his opinions and A. 3overn his
actions by the arbItrnf rules which
those whom he knowD he his infer
Tors had set up for bh guldancel In
other words. he could not regard the
Code " Ethics Of the american Medt
| cal Association as being Inspired, OF
having any bII ling authority on him
where his judgment told him II was
wrong Aud so. tgenty years ago
or more. on account o. some trivial In
fraction of this sacred Code" o
movement was started TO expel him
from the local association. which was
only defeated 10y his hastily sending
in his resignation, As membership In
the A. NJ A, Is dopehdon, upon mem
borshIp IN the local and State soclc
ties, his name was dropped by tho
national organization
And so. though he had saved thou.
sands Of lives, though other physi.
clans had prohicd t Bis art; this
brilliant surgeon; this great and ahla
man, has during al hee years. been
an outcust--a mcdlcal "scab;" NOT
recognized as ethical" or worthy OF
fellowship hy that body Of physicians
banded together IN the American Med.
teal Association
Aud this is the anoclatlon which,
under prciuuse OF working for the
/ public good. Is. ln reality only seeking
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place one OF i.8 mouhers In that PEI
sItion; which 4. cndsayorlng by law
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