Arizona republican., 1910-11-26

[ icine in Arizona appealed to MT.
 Morgan. who remarked that the gen.
 tieman from Graham had talked
 more sensibly on this question and
 I'm going to stay with him" Dr. Tuthill-"In my opinion. the gentleman from Graham has done no such a thing" Dr. Tuthill said that
 the present laws of the territory did not discriminate against any school | of medicine. It is not required by 1 the law that a physician shall follow any particular school in the practice 1 of medicine, but it requires that he i shall know certain things before be
 can practice according to any school. ! The examinations to which physicians are subjected has nothing to do with
 the treatment of diseases, but it is insisted that the intending physician must have an adequate knowledge of anatomy, pathology and physio-
 Ology He believed there was no demand in the territory for this bill; 1 he did not think there were fifty men
 in Arizona who cared about it one way or another.
 It was also the idea of MT. Short
 that legislation in the constitution should stop somewhere. Following the course upon which the con vention- had entered the convention , would find itself protecting the schools of music from each other and would ultimately declare whether peo- pie should irrigate with a hoe or shovel.
 In a second address Mir. Webb spoke for the osteopath school and
 presented a list of things that had to be gone over Joy students in a three years course Dr. Tuthill, examining the list. said it was sufficient. Any osteopathic student who had mas tered that list need not fear the ex- amining board of this territory. He spoke of the rapid advance which was being made in the science of medicine
 So rapid, he said. that a doctor who neglected to read the medical jour nals for a period of three months would hardly understand the literature of his profession.
 MT. Cooper spoke at some length in favor of the bill. He wanted to be put or left in a position to choose for the members of his family such phy- sicians or remidies as he saw fit. His carly family relations inclined him most favorably to physicians of the regular school. but an old Mexican woman had restored to him two chil- dren who the doctors had said must die
 The principal argument in favor of the bill was made by Judge Wells. one of the foremost Christian Scien- lists in the Southwest
 He said that the argument of pr. Tuthin to the original proposition was unanswerable, but the main sub ject under discussion, was the sub stitute, to prevent discrimination against methods of healing. He spoke of his experience and study for twelve years, beginning with the case of his wife who had been doomed to death. when she entered upon course of mental healing and had been thoroughly restored to health, con dition which she vet enjoyed.
 Judge Wells said that the position he now occupied was not one which he had arrived at by following up theory. As a lawyer he had required cold facts, and they had been pre- sented to him. He believed that the great majority of diseases originated from diseased mental conditions and that therefore a proper mental con- dition was more than the knife or drugstore.
 Judge Wells said that he could recognize the importance of famili- aritv with pathology and anatomy for the location of the ailment. but after that the chief thing was to put the patient into the proper mental at titude.
 He gave a history of medical legis- lation in the territory up to the pres ent statute. But he said that if this thing went into the constitution there would forever be discrimination in favor of the four schools now recog- nized by the statutes.
 After some further discussion in which several of the members joined, the motion to adopt the minority re- port went to a vote and was defeated by a tie. 24 to "A. Immediately after a. motion to indefinitely postpone was carried by "A to r. Before the an- nouncement of the result MT. Webb changed his vote. with the purpose, it was understood, of moving for re- consideration.
 The proposition providing for a sanitary engineer was defeated. The movement against this bill was started by Mir Kingan. who said there were already too many offices.