El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-30
PRESIDENT PICKLER on STATE
BOARDS OE EXAMINERS.

4 BOARDS OF EXAMINERS.
! AS president of the American Osfeo-
] pathi. Association I feel that l cannot
| too strongly urge on osteopatns
throughout the country where leslsia-
ture is pending, the absolute necessity
| of. standing for a straight Osteopalhic
| Board of Examiners. 1 am persuaded
/ that il is better TO have no board at All
than to accept compromise where we
are represented by only one member on
( a composite board, Gas in Texas
If osteOpathy is anything 1T is a DIS
; tinct. separate science of healing, with
| nothing in common with other systems:
Let us grant others the privilege OF
| conducting their own affairs and de-
mand for ourselves the same right
DIR. CYRUS y. RAY FLAYS STATE
MEDICAL BOARD.
DR.. y. r. Lynd, Houston, Texas-Dear
Doctor Your attention has very IKE
" been called TO a condition OF affairs
in Texas " hich 70 say the least Is
disgrace to the state. 1 refer to the ac-
J tions of the State Medical Board of your
, state.
am an osteopath graduated in the
three year course last June. L took the
examination before the Missouri board
and made a general average of 81 per-
cent and a grade of So percent on gyne-
cology. I then put in a month OF hard
study and went before the Texas board
for examination.
During the course of the examination,
which the law says shall be secret, the
secretary of the board grinned and ask
ed me if ] was not a brother OF Dr
T L. Ray of Fort Worth / told him
yes. He laughed and said he just want
ed to know. They then issued US num-
bers which we were to put on the top
of the page of papers Also we were
to use the paper they gave us and put
our name and number on it to be open
ed when each man had examined our
papers
Well the envelope was transparent
and could easily be read through. Dr.
Bailey came up behind me during the
examination and asked me my number
I declined to give IL TO him. knowing it
ito be unlawful He got il by reading it
off the top Of my paper He said I
have it and went on.
The next morning 1 was in the depot
with my brother and DR.. BrOSwen, of
Fort Worth. made the statement in
loud vicious tone that they intended 10
cut out the OSteopathS and niggerS-
My brother and / and the depot agent
heard him. Ny brother. Dr. A II. Ray.
of Cleburne. approached him and took
him TO task about his statement and
they had Il quarrel and almost an en-
counter. DR.. BrOSwell and I then entered
a train for Fort Worth. BroswelI con-
tinued his abuse of the asteopaths in
general and my brother in particular,
not knowing who 1 was He said DR.. A
D. Ray was fool as he could not do
anything with the board. as the este
Opathic member (Bailey) agreed with
him (BroswelD perfectly on all points
When I got my grades 1 found I had
received 1906 on general average, and
AZ on gynecology- All the osteOpaths
that Bailey managed to get the num-
bers of. Received below so percent on
gynecology. the subject BrOswelI grad !
ed. The two that did pass had their
grades raised on that one subject by |
the balance of the board. so as to pass
them
/ sued them and got my papers and !
seven of the leading surgeons Of Fort |
Worth examined them and signed an |:
affidavit swearing that my paper was /
not and could not be graded justly be- !
low so percent on the subject of gyne- |
cology on which BrOswen gave me - !
percent
Besides that 1 have a brief with the
answers out of standard texts as Ash I
ton. Skeene. Dudley, Kelly and Noble !
Kelly, Keen, PenroSe. etc. comprising /
fourteen authors, justifying my an /