Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-18
Nebraska
TEST FOR CHIROPRACTORS
Nebraska Supreme Court Will Hear
Arguments Soon.
CONTEND THEY ARE NOT HEALERs
botanical Experts at Lincoln Declare
Rhubarb May Have Caused the
Death of Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. w. CroEier.
tFrom a STAFF Correspondent

'Ffom starr correspondent
LINCOLN April 17.-Cspecial)-T SUI
preme court which met this morning will
hear argument Friday in test case to
decide whether the new art Of chiropractic
healing me- be practiced in this state with
out the regular medical license Ex-Gov-
srnor silss A. Holcomb also former judge
OF the supreme court will prosecute the
case In behalf Of c. +. Wilson Of Broken
Bow, who was found guilty of violating
the law relating to the practice Of medicine
In the state without license
The contention IS made by a prominent
ehiropractor that their school does not di-
rsetIy heal the sick or the MANNED. but
that It merely adjusts the human frame
30 As 20 alleviate pain and remove the
causes for, the various Ills to which the
human hseh - heir, He also states that
they "a mot enasss Tor the cure, but for
the removal -ofsthe cause of the Illness.
Assistant Attorney General r. f. Edger-
ton will defend the action of the lower
court, which found that Wilson was guilty
of the violation OF the law In his brief
In thst cbse Attorney Hdgerton says that
the definition OF the practice OF medicine
found in the Nebraska statutes covers
precisely the offense with which Wilson
was charged. He declares that the de-
oASlOu8 "a lIe supreme COURT pace INC
practice of chlropracuc within that
definition. He also asserts that the regu-
lations governing the practice Of medicine
in the state are reasonable and a measure
OF safety to the public against the op-
erations OF 'duadks and Incompetence He
denies that there IL an attempt to create
monopoly by setting out what schools
shall and shall not be allowed to practice
and maintains that the Judgment of the
lawmakers is not at fault In requiring GER
tain conditions to be complied with before
''persons that traffic with the physical and
mental7 Ailments Of the public" are allowed
20 practice.
RhubsEb Sometimes Poison.
That oEdiflary rhubarb, at a certain
stage ofsits5 development sometimes con-
tains highly active poisons has been de-
termined. and Is fixed as the probable
cause of the, death of Mrs. NJ. w. Crozier
and the severe illness iof her husband
both of whom we're poisoned at their home
in University Place last week. Other
vegetation found in the Crozier yard from
which the poisonousodish was taken, proved
70 have no dangerous qualities according
to an analysis made. .bys Dean C. f. Bessey,
head of the botanical department OF the
University OF Nebraska.
ACCORDING 10 DIS 'hayheW and Everett,
who operated upon Mr., Crozier Saturday,
Fhubarb at times develops dangerous
toxins which injected into animals have
caused conditions similar to those in the
Crozier case ff<pt1 III
Guardsmea to Come Home.
Captains johnson of Stanton and Nc
Cormick OF Nebraska City, officers of the
Nebraska National Guard who have been
participating IN the army maneuvers on
the Texas border in accordance with orders
issued from the War department, will leave
San Antonio this week and their places
will be taken by Major J. H. Paul of
ST. Paul and Captain H. A. Jess of the
Fremont signal corps. Stays of two weeks
will be granted TO each pair OF National
Guard officers who attend the maneuvers,
1t is said at Adjutant General Phelps
office. ana men will be sent south as long
as the movement continues.