The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-19
SAYS EDUCATION IS
CHEAPENED BY
!. N. c. A.
DR.. B. D. Harrison, Secretary of State
Medical Board, Makes Bitter At
tack on Hot House Degrees"
Before D. G. M. Alumni.
Operation by DR.. Daniel La Ferte
Postponed Because Patients Parents
Expected Comet To Destroy Earth.

The alleged cheapening OF educa'
ton by such means as night ana uay
correspondence schools OF technical
nature and the giving of degrees such
as A. B. and NJ. A. by the Y. M. Z. A.
and other institutions was denounced
In strong terms by DR.. Beverly ID. Har
rison, secretary OF the state medlcal
board, in a talk on THE policy OF the
State Board OF Registration In Medi-
, cine" before the alumni OF the Detroit
college OF Medicine, Thursday after
noon.
II do not believe in such hot-house
methods of education, and they should
be discouraged" said the doctor. IL
q degree can be obtained In this man
ner what is the use OF many going 20
college and spending a lot or money
To get one? | am happy TO say that
the night medical schools have all
been abolished in this country, and the
reform should be carried further.
do not say these schools, such as the
Y. NJ. c. A. Is establishing, are not
doing good work, but let them content
themselves with giving the graduates
Iva certificate of the work that has been
done. II Is not fair that degree
obtained In this way should count for
just as much as a university degree
obtained in the regular way.
DIR. Harrison told OF the splendid re-
suits that had been accomplished by
the state medical board In Michigan,
with the result that Michigan has at
tanned very high standing, medically.
Because of the excellence OF Michigan
medical schools, whose graduates form
the bulk OF the applicants for certih-
Gates from the state board, the per-
centage OF failures in the Cxamina'
tons is very small, said DR.. Harrison.
Those who are plucked are almost IN
variably graduates who come here
from schools in other states, he de-
clared.
Operations in orthopaedic surgery
by DIR. Daniel LaFerte featured the
clinic held In Harper hospital, Tues
cay morning. Or. LaFerte had
planned to perform four operations,
Tut the comets approach interfered
with one. That was the case OF,
Syrian boy, suffering from very pro-
nounced case of bow legs. His par
erts had been instructed TO take the
boy to the hospital Wednesday even
Ing, so that he might be prepared for
the operation. But neither the boy
nor his parents showed up at the hos
pItal, and when DR.. LaFerte inquired
hs to the cause he was informed that
inasmuch as there was grave danger
Of the comet striking the earth IL was
useless to have an operation.
THE parents evidently figured that
II the earth were going to be de-
stroyed there was no use having the
boys legs Strengthened for such a
little while" said the doctor.
The other three operations were
performed as per schedule, however,
and were watched with much interest
by the doctors. The subjects were all
little boys, from 10 years old. One
of them presented a bad case Of club
feet, another was knock.kneed, while
q third had bow legs. The bow legs
are now as straight as any lads; the
knock knees have been corrected, and
little Joe, who used to walk by lifting
one foot over the other In a very awk-
ward manner. will be able to step right
out just like the other boys when he
leaves his bed.
DIR. G. T. Jackson, OF New York. an
eminent authority on skin diseases,
had an interesting clinic. One case
presented was that of young woman
suffering from badness. The ladies
in the amphitheater were greatly sur.
prised when the doctor laid hold Of
her wealth OF dark-brown tresses and
pulled them off with the greatest ease.
DIR. L. ]. Hirschman demonstrated the
use Of a comparatively new anesthetlc
In his clinical address on alcohol
before the Detroit College OF Medicine
alumni, Wednesday afternoon, DR.. A.
w. Ives declared that drinking among
women, particularly among those OF
the upper social strata, is decidedly on
the increase.