The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-11

tracted heart disease. and l& took q
great effort TO have him made even a
major No president offered him q
brigader geueralship Why Is a pro-
fession who has always done all OF
the greatest services TO mankind treat
ed with such Indifference The reason
lis evedant ln our desire as Ameri
cans 10 be Just TO all we do an inius
tice TO ourselves. What does and has
ever been the demand of the medical
profession from legislative bOdies?I
Two kinds OF laws. First. laws that
would create a Just standard of edu-
cational requirements for one who as
pires to treat or heal the people,
standard which would be the same for
IAN no matter who they may be- or
what they may call themselves lf
doctors are needed at all and as long
ms diseases affect the human body.
there is need for trained educated
physicians. is It not the peoples inter
est to have well educated physicians
who understand the conditions Of
health and the changes caused by
diseases are willing and competent to
do their best in obtaining the highest
proficiency in order to prepare for the
Services OF humanity. and since
whatever betters the proficiency of the
medical profesisOn, betters the possi-
bllities to lessen Diseases. Hence bet
ters the chances to lesson suffering
and in proportion increases the lie
and happiness of the sick who are en-
titled to all the benefits of civiliza-
tion's. progress, for often diseases are
introduced into homes and communi.
ties that are toe poor TO defend them
selves against conditions fayorng the
Introduction Of diseases, and wdtn the
support of a whole family depends up
on the work of the sick miner or what
ever occupation the workineman, the
bread winner OF the family, may fol
low. then whether such a life viii be
lost or saved depends upon the fact,
whether an educated capable physician
can be had or not, and as 1t is the
chief duty OF the state TO secure life,
| liberty and happiness to the people OF
the state, the lie OF the most humble
wortingman has exactly the sama
value to those who depend upon such
a life, as the life OF the richest and
best known citizen of any community
has to those who depend upon such
! Hence Mr.. Speaker and Representa-
| ltives OF the State OF Oklahoma. II be-
comes the duty OF the state TO provide
| by law the means to obtain the Hight
est proficiency of the medical profess
lsiOn You are representatives of the
lreople. who next TO the consultation,
lare the only source from where the
standards of right and wrong for the
State OF Oklahoma can be obtained,
viii often be implored TO lend your
ears to claims. that d person can be
i a grocery boy one day and by paying
one hundred and fifty dollars for a
diploma be doctor the second day
/ But when such "a statement IS made
whether directly on Indirectly through
| the advertising space OF Onr great
newspapers. such Il statement rs an
insult TO the people aud a fraud for
which there can be no excuse, uud
when such people who advertise that
their diplomas are for sale TO any one
/ who has the price come TO you and
ask OF you TO be represented upon the
! state Board Of Health or any other
state board morally and ethically e
lamannts TO the same as Il ali the burg
/ who has the price come TO YOU and
| say: we are interested in the work
lings of the criminal courts the su-
lpreme court of the state has final Grim
| inal jurisdiction hence we wart repre-
sentation upon the supreme court
bench OF the state would you, the
! law making body OF the state, even
consider such a proposition any more
( than the suggestion thar because We
are fortunate to have the greatest and
wise governor we have you should am.
thorlze him to appoint an Oiiicipl
horse thief in every county iu the state
whose official duty should be TO steal
horses. Bishop Dudley OF Kentucky,
has once said. "The Lord Almighty
can do all things except one and that
is create boy to be eight Years at the
time Of his creation, for the boy can
never be eight years until he has ac-
ltually lived eight years, and the same
with a doctor No diploma maSes a
doctor A person has 90 work. study
lmany years before he may Justly be
lcalled a doctor, and ID Us the dnty of
the state to define what IS a doctor
and what not The question may be-
asked can the state do sog This
lanswer most positively yes, Struct-
urally the human body Is the same tho
lWorld over Diseases follow the same
Z laws the world over. with the sam
variations. the same effects are pro-
Iduced By similar causes and the lmoNi-
edge what produces such effects
should be possessed by all who claim
10 heal The sick Hence the imowiedge
of anOtomy the structural study Of
1.-THE human body; pathology the study
lof the changes caused by disease in
the body; diagnosis. the study or
knowing Diseases bacferology the
study of the causes that prodnce ir-
fectious disoases haettriolOgy and
II. ,f5fro rhauil ha fHa comm Sd.
knowledge of an who treat the sick.
Hack OF such knowledge IS often re-
Isp0nslble Tor The loss Of health ani
/ Hives 81 many people.
yle second tyre Cf legislation de-
lmanded lG the medical profession ar
llaNs f0r the protection ~ lhehfalth Of
1.-THE peODle. A law that would dftfoy