The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-08
.ALLOPATHS DENY
HOMEOPATH CLAIM
REGARDING PROVISIONS OF
SENATOR OWENS HEALTH
BILL FOR NATIONAL BUREAU.

Declaring that members of the
mona lopa.hic school of the medical
profession of Oklahoma City, who
are making a vigorous remonstrance
against the passage Of the proposed
Owen bin for the establishment Of
a national bureau Of public health,
have entirely misunderstood the bill
when they charge that it will lend
the American Medical association
undue power and injure practition-
ers who are not of the regular
school. Allopathic doctors of this
city boost the measure as the most
humanitarian piece Of legislation of
modern times and incidentally take
a whack at the homeopaths, osteo-
paths and eclectics for their oppo-
sition.
The homeopaths. osteopaths ana
eclectics return to the charge wi,A
vigor and declare that they have
not in the east misread or misin-
terpreted the measure. They say
that the bill is fathered by the
American Melical association, which
has consistently fought legislation
fayoring their schools and, while
the bill is not Objectionable IN its
conception, it viii build mp Il y.
ltical machine Of allopaths because
they. betng by far the most numer-
Gus, will fill the offices of the new
department. They claim that this
will make certain discrimination
against the practitioners Of the va
rious other medical cults.
/ Some are opposed to the depart
ment under any condition, saying
/ that the public health is properly
looked after at present and another
bureau should not be added to the
Presidents cabinet; others favor the
passage of bill that makes the
head of the department an allop
and the suboriinates members OF
other schools.
The alopaths have the backing o.
most legislators and public sentiment
throughout the country. People see
in the bill of Senator Owen" said
prominent physician. 'an attempt
to systematize and perfect the bat
tie againsct disease and congress
will give it the stamp of approval
at its next session"
The fight in Oklahoma City is
. the same that is being wageG
throughout the United States. The
American Medical association and
the National League for Medical
Freedom are the national organi
zations which have locked hor
over the question.
The sentiment of prominent allo
/ paths of the city is well expressed
in the following interview from DR.
} Archa X. West of the State Uni
{ versity Medical school:
= The proposed Owen bill seems
to be widely misunderstood. Will
< suggestions looking towarl the es
g tablishment of a department of pub
, lie health have been made by in
dividuals and medical men occasion
ally for the past number of years
the present hill grew out of the
. statement made by President Roose
welt in his famous speech on ma
tional conservation in which he call
ed attention to the necessity of con
'' serving our vitality, our health, oul
wealth producing ability by more
effective use and proper application
of the knowledge We now possess
relative to the prevention of sick
ness and death.
The matter was further agitated
Il by the committee of 100. The re
port of Irving Fisher, president o.
the committee, calls attention to =
fact that some 100000 deaths in the
United States, at the present time
is according to the best authority
preventable under proper effort ali
organization This waste in money
value alone amounts to S2,000000'
600 per annum The United States is
at the present time, expending SIS
10000 on sanitation and oher sub
iects looking toward the improve
ment Of the public health and the
, lengthening Of the average duration
of life This money is az me pres
ent time expended by committees a.
bureaus connected with haf a dozen
different departments.
. Now the sole and only intention
y and profess o. the Owen bill is
p to unity the work being done at
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