The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-05-24

parts of the country. 1t is known,
| for example, that homeopathic, &C.
lectic and osteopathic societies are
preparing to register vigorous pro-
test against favorable consideration
of the bill Representatives Of these
organizations declare that they see
In this measure the fine Italian hand
of the regulars, the allopathic
school of medicine represented by
the American Medical association.
The druggists are interested in
opposing the bill because of various
utterances Of the allopaths, which
have been construed as hostile to the
drug trade. In proof OF this an ar
ticle is cited from the California
State Medical Journal to the effect
that the American Medical associa-
ton proposes to establish chain OF
drug stores owned and controlled by
the medical profession, in which the
prescriptions of the members will be
filled.
Newspaper owners and editors may
discover, when it is too late, say the
! enemies of the Owen bill, that the
! mighty arm of free and independ-
! ent press would be pinioned If the
Owen bill becomes law. In the
Journal of the American Medical as
sociation DR.. C. G. Williams declares
that newspapers containing aiver-
tisements of proprietary and patent
medicines should be denied admit
lance to the mails. This he hopes
to accomplish through special legis-
lation and by the application of the
existing regulations against lottery
advertisements in newspapers. AS
Dr. Williams ideas have the endorse
ment of the American Medical asso-
citation and as this body is known to
be advocating Senator Owens bill
for a department of public health, it
is inferred that the machinery OF
such a department should it ever be
created, would be utilized to further
! these schemes.
} Observation-Disclosures.
Not the least formidable phase of
the opposition to the Owen bill,
which is expected to develop short
ly, will be represented by the vast
body of Observation-Disclosures, whose
numbers have been constantly grow
ing in this country during the last
ten years. 1t is pointed out by
those who are opposing the Owen
bill that if the medical interests
back of the bill are given the leg
islative, executive and judicial pow
er to make such a department ef-
| fective according to their ideas this
/ federal health board could make
! vaccination compulsory in the entire
! United States, and the ,iictum "By
! the order of the board of health"
\ would be sufficient to enforce all
! such regulations.
Now there are any number of citi-
cinated whether they needed it or
not. The mere fact that the revenue
B from vaccination on S0,00O,000 citi-
zens at fifty cents per victim, would
amount to a tidy income for the ply
sicians all over the country, is Incl
] dental to the ethical and medical
questions involved. Far be it from
the most cynical to suggest that in
the 100000 aforesaid, may be
found the real reason for the zeal
of the political-medical zealot.
Frog Dust and Pus
Ask any anti-vaccinationist if
! there is any difference between the
practice of the physician today who
administers pus from a diseased ami
NAL simultaneously and the practice
of the Chinese physician who ad
! ministers the powdered intestines OF
a frog, and he will promptly tell you
that there is not the slightest differ
ence, that both practices are the re-
suit Of superstition and ignorance.
He may, however, be willing to adj
NIT under pressure that the modern
practice of vaccination may produce
more dire results. The anti-vaccina-
tionists say that if national board
of health were to be established the
doctors would be vaccinating every
inhabitant for every known COM
plant, and inasmuch as federal laws
are hard to repeal the medical pro-
fession would go on for years kill
! ing people under the guise of admin
! istering serums and anti-toxins.
Ri Senator Owens bill seems in a
/ fair way to start merry war
/ among our medical brethren, whose
/ differing methods have apparently
only been specifically reconciled.