Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-12-21
A FEDERAL HEALTH BOARD.

for the creation OF a federal beal.b
board will not b. allowed 20 pass with.
out protest. Reports Of organized
assistance come from a.! parts o. The
country and il may be that the opoo-
sition will soon be sufficiently soHti
ned 10 defeat project that promises
Infinite mischief for the community
and suffering and injustice Tor the .n.
diyidua
The proposal is based upon ,.os4
specious claims that are noior.o.s.y
hard 10 coniroyert II federal health
board were 10 confne its activities q,
the PRONUNCIATION OF saiutAry advice
upon Lygleulc matters. 10 the atate-
ment Of quackery and 10 the purity q
drugs. 1t might be possible o. saw
much IL its favor although il would
sin be difficult TO say that such an
organization is needed hut W know
that il will attempt 10 DO far more
than this. seeing that it achererrs
have loudly proclaimed their int,a.
tons Indeed. there is no secrecy
about them. Il is confidently exf-ctet
that the board will consist Of adyo-
Gates Of one school Of medicine only
and that the methods OF that school
Will be not only recommended but
enforced upon the nation Indeed a
board that Was in any way Representa-.
tive OF the medical profession a.
whole would De stultihed by il oRn
c!sagreements Outside the domain
OF simple hygiene. for which Ne need
no federal board az all. there is 10
single point OF medical practice UPON
which ailopaths. homeopaths eciect.cs
and osieopaths could De In unison.
Any board that could be devised ty
tie wit Of man must BE- composed O.,
representatives OF one school only.
and This means hat all other schools
ar branded as Of al Inferior caste
even though nothing worse hafreret
% them. And something worse vcl'd
happen 10 them i ~e are 60 esia1.l 50
a school OF medicine L Ne are Co. as
sert that the government % tAe INK
ed States fayors one variety o. p-4c-
tlce more than others Why ROT ,sf41-
lsh also q Sec o., religion ard -
STOW special authorities upon Hap
lists MeiAod.sts and Ep.scoralans7
A. established school ~ religious
conjecture seems somewhat Jess OBJ
iecrouab.e than AZ established s-c;
% euto-sclentinc conjecture
Those who suppose TIA; a federal
board % health would have 40 concern
with individual rights are likely 20
find themselves undecelsed ]; j. f.-
the purpose % Interfering uith .utr
yicual rights tha, the proposal aas
been made We need 10 special
knowledge OF conditions 20 be aeare
tina, hat may De called unor,hodo1
methods o. healing have made sad i-
roads into the orthodox. Honeop2tty
claims a vast number % adherer,s
Who are just as yell educated and just;
as intelligent as those who adhere 20
the older school Osteopathy. vclect!.
c!sn. and half dozen other methods
o. practice are certainly net losing
ground. Beyond them is the vast and
increasing army OF those Who may be
olassed under the general and vague
name Of mental healers Those uho
are addicted TO any % these forms Of,
unortbodoXy need have no doubt as
10 the purposes Of the federal health
board Those purposes are 10 make
It difficult for them TO follow their
particular fads and fancies. 20 lead
them, and 81 necessary TO drive them.
from medical unorthodoxy 70 medical
orthodoxy.
Now the Argonaut holds no brief
FOR any Of the excuses and the super
stitiuns connected With the care o. the
body in which this age is 50 rife But
II does feel concerned FOR the preser-
walton Of human liberty and for he
rights Of the individual TO doctor him
self in any way he pieases so long as
he does not Individually threaten the
health Of the community. He may
take large doses or small ones or D.
doses az all: he may be massaced.
anointed with oil. or prayed over. Jus,
as the whim Of the moment may die
tate. and probably il makes 10 par
ticle Of difference which he does uu.
be has the right 10 choose. Just rs 30
chooses the color OF his necktie o. ,he
character OF his Undertaking u Is
not matter in which any wise gov
eminent viii seek TO interfere Tbs
is precisely the liberty that the health
board intends 10 take from BIN.
Orthodox medicine. conscious % re
losses. is trying TO bu;tress itse'f hy
federal statute. to eXalt allopaihy 90
the status OF privileged caste ana
10 create an established school az
medicine just as some other countries
have allowed themselves 20 create IN
established school Of religion j. Is
for The common sense OF the commr-
nifty 90 rebuke that effort and 20 -e-
pei an unwarranted invasion upon e.e
mentaTy human rights--SaH Frs7.
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