The Harrison times., 1911-12-09
The Doctors Trust.
Dear Times:

and have learned to know you
would not Intentionally do an in
justice to anyone.
In your issue of December 2, 1911,
on your editorial page, you appar-
emily endorse the so-called protest"
as published in the Chicago Daily
| News.
This protest to is my mind unjust
AS | understand the matter, Senator
Owens of Oklahoma has introduced
a bill in the Congress of the United
States to create a National Health
Department, not to foster any
medical school or set ofdoctors, A de-
partment like our Agricultural De-
partment, this department to con-
serve and preserve the health of the
people as the agricultural depart
ment looks after the health of the
trees, hogs, etc.
AS to the necessity Of such a de-
partment, the national government
spends plenty of money in preserving
the health Of apples, hogs, cattle,
etc, while on the other hand the
health Of the people is neglected
According to the article in your
paper, because Of the jealousy Of the
sects in medicine against the regular
doctors, otherwise called allopaths,
we must not have a National Health
Department, All are agreed that it
is right to care for the apples, the
hogs, etc. All are agreed that those
who have charge of the agricultural
department work must be educated
in order to do their work ehectuallv,
If there should be a National
Health Department, created on ac-
count Of the human system being
more intricate more complex and
more sensitive than that of the apple
tree or hog, it follows that whoever
engages in caring for the health Of
the people should be educated,
Since Regulars, Homcopaths, Ec-
lectics, and for that matter, osteo-
paths, all teach in a greater or less
degree the same elementary subjects
of medicine, anatomy, physiology,
hygiene, chemistry, etc, the parting
of the ways only comes in treat
ment The Regulars, sometimes call
ed Allopaths, have never endeavored
to build up a sect in medicine Any
one Of the members of the regular
profession is at liberty to use any
kind of medical, mechanical, mental
or other treatment they may deem
best The only thing they are re.
stricted in is that they shall not
make such treatment u hobby to the
exclusion Of other methods of treat.
ment-in fact claim everything forit,
Now, suppose National Health
Department should be composed of
all these different schools, len on
" quote-"A house divided against
itself cannot stand" On the other
la d, suppose that for n time this !
department should consist of Regu. !
lars alone First, are they entitled |
to the confidence Of the people? |
The regulars have, ever since the
government was started, had charge |
of the medical departments Of the
United States army and navy, They |
have also had charge Of the national |
quarantine, and although they have
often been hampered in their work |
by imperfect laws they have done |
their work well,
The Regular profession has volun-
tarily raised the standard Of medical
education so anyone, before engag.
ing in the practice has to know |
more and more, and that too, in
the face of the opposition of some Of
the other medical sccts,
The people are entitled to the best
The regulars propose to give them
the very best educated physicians,
More, they have done and are doing
this without increasing their fees,
The people rightly prize q common
school education, and are requiring
more and more Of their teachers,
Which of these is the more im-
portant-edueation or health aud
lilel Then require more of doctors,
Have not the Regulars discovered
Diptheria Antttoxn whereby thous-
ands of lives have been saved2 Have
they not originated ovNFiotomy, app
pendietomy, and many medical and
surgical procedures prolouging
health and life, Just now we do not
recall single medical or surgical
procedure that any Of the other
medical seets have originated, where.
by they have excclled past and pres.
ent procedures in saving life,