Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-24

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settle near: yout-and welcome him. give
him your hand and he pleasedsto have
him do business there--that is one thing.
When ne comes TO you and asks you to
endorse his note, then. you might hes
itate. And. gentlemen. believe that the
sole purpose of this bill, the main pur-
pose. is not to regulate and restrict the
practice of Osteopathy. I do not believe
these eighteen people are really suffering
a restriction of Osteopathy, but believe
the real purpose of this bill, which is
drawn line for line and almost word for
word according TO the medical registra
ton bill is TO take the OsteOpaths of this
State and place them upon level in Il
way with the medical profession. l be
lieve IL is the desire Of the Osteopaths
that the Legislature shall say to the peo-
pie of this State by solemn enactment
that if they are going to employ anyone
to heal them they might as we'll have an
Osteopath as 10 have physician Now
anybody personally has Il right to say
that, be has q right to employ whom he
chooses. but ! do not believe that we in
Legislature assembled should say to the
people of this State that the Osteopaths
enjoy in our opinion a position which is
different from what they enjoy in the
opinion of ninety-fve per cent. of the
people in this State. and do not wish in
any way TO disparage them; but when
the final test comes, as il will come to all
Of us, when we feel we are getting Sc
rious disease upon us | believe that then
when we throw policy aside and have 10
be sincere l believe ninety-five per cent
n n would n Ar
to any of these other schools of medicine
but go TO regular physician. And. gen
tlemen, if the regular physicians do hold
that place in the regard of ninety-five
per cent Of our people Why should we
by legislative enactment seek 10 raise
any other schools. no matter how good
they are. why should be try to life them
up and put them on a plane with the reg
ular physcians9
Now, gentlemen. il is idle and use
less for laTnan TO attempt to talk
about medicine ana the practice of
medicine; ana still. gentlemen, the
time comes in our lives when either
for ourselves or for some dear rela J.
tive We have got to choose between
the schools Of medi"inc perhaps at tho
peril of life. Now surpose this hoard.
Whch this hill provides for, should get
into action. and young man. or n
young woman, came before it for ex-
animation. suppose the question was
asked this young man: What would
y0ll do If YOU were called in to treat
a baby tnat had diphtheria >" Now We
al. know in common knowledge tina;
the thing 10 do is 10 treat the baby
hot to, l,,1,
which is something that cures so per
cent. Of them. But if this young man
answers ''anti-toXin' he would get a
low mark in his examination before
this Osteopathic board, would ne not .
He would have To say if understand
IL. and I am quoting from books on
ost' opathy, he would have To saw that
the proper thing is to rub that baby's
neck and give it q solution OF bichlG-
ride of mercury, which is deadly
poison. Now that may be right. it may
he the proper thing TO do. / don't pre-.
tend to know, but. gentlemen | am
not going to vote 10 say that il is right.
| am not going 10 say to the people
that | believe it is right until it is
shown me. Or again take that most
common trouble to which We are all
subject. If this young man or woman
was before the board and they asked
them what TO do, what would the an
sWer have to be? II you or | were be-
fore the board we would say the prop
er thing would be to take castor OIL
But il an Ostoopath should answer In
that way he could not pass the exami-
naticI. That would not do. He would
nave to say that the proper treatment
OF that trouble is to send out and get
four of the neighbors and each one of
them take hold of one arm and one leg
of the patient and shake him in that
way, then they would turn him over
and they would shake him the other
way Q-auehter) That is in their books, |
gentlemen. wish to be entirely fairI
in this marter-it is contained in their
books. Now. gentlemen, l don't know
but that is the best way to do. but
what that is the proper and right
method of treatment, but, gentlemen,
am not going to say TO the people OF
Maine that believe it is SO until am
shov'r.
| have no prejudice against Osteo-
paths or any other species of physi- |
clans but | must confess, as | believe |
have right to confess, while | be- |
lieve they should all have the oppor- |
tunity of practicing, | have my pref
erence for the old family physician. |
He was the first person l ever got ac-
quainted with when l came into this |
world. naughter) And hope that my
last Gays may be soothed by his con-
ISOLATION. II may be, as l have heard
charged around in the corridors, that
among the twelve hundred doctors in
the State there may be some who are
actuated somewhat by mercenary mo-
tives. 1t would be strange if there were
not some. But you and all know that
the physicians of this State as a body
go out through heat and cold, without
recompense frequently, to alleviate dis
eases and remedy distress. Gentlemen,
a good many of us have sat and
Urung our hands when the person who
was dearest on earth to us has gone
down into that abyss from which she
may never rise, and the old family
doctor has been there and he has tr-
nmphantly brought her back and with
her he has brought back to us a new