The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-06
Homeopathic Medical College.

A move is on foot to discontinue
three of the chairs In the College of
Homeopathic Medicine at the State
University at Iowa City. If this Is
done it will be death blow OF the
homeopathic college, for no student
would so there for an education With
these chairs discontinued, The college
of homeopathy was established thirty
four years ago by the legislature and
has been recognized ever since as one
of the leading colleges OF the kind 10
stration of the homeopathic medication
the usefulness of the college for stu
dents would be at an end. This would
be great injustice to the people and
taxpayers of Iowa who believe in this
school of medicine All patients who
wish homeopathic treatment in hos
pital of that kind would be compelled
to go out of the state to secure it,.
The 100000 or more people in Iowa
who employ homeopathic physicians
are entitled to be represented by the
school of their choice in our state edu-
cational institution. The contemplated
move is said to be in the interest of
economy. Those informed in the his
tory of our state institution, however.
claim that the colored individual III
/ the wood pile is of the allopathic per
/ suasion, and that this is the real in
1 fluence behind the move. If this be
/ true the state board of education can
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of the people of Iowa by sanctioning
the discontinuance of the chairs IN
question -Webster City Freeman
1 Tribune.
/ Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The facts
with reference to the above state
ment are that this homeopathic de-
partment of the Iowa university is
working out it's own termination Last
year but three students matriculated
for this department. That was the
reason which influenced the finance
committee of the educational board
nual budget for the three chairs in
this department which has been es-
tablished by the faculty. Two chairs
would have remained that were es-
tablished by the legislature. Discover
ing that no provision had been made
for their retention, the occupants OF
these chairs took the matter up with
the homeopaths in the state and the
result was the making out of a case
of great injustice to the people" The
allopaths had nothing to do with tbs
case. The educational board, however
when they met, decided to continue
the college for another year.
In the discussion of the matter il
was developed that there are but two
: state universities in the country tina
maintain homeopathic departments
. namely, Michigan and Iowa. And tn,
Iowa college is not strong as is evi
dent from the fact that it had blu
three recruits last year. Another fea
: ture developed was testimony of prom
: inent homeopathic physicians to tn
!. effect that there was no material di
:. ference between the aliopathic an
i homeopathic schools in surgical ope,
e alton or treatment following opera
ton Their differences seem to be a
;. most wholly with reference to inter
: nal medication.
= If there is demand for a college G
J. this kind 1t should be manifest i
! additional students. II there is no d.
, mand, the state could hardly b
= charged with neglect of duty in refu.
! ing to continue the form of the inst
q tuition at considerable expense Will
out the substance which constitutes
! ege-students. The state educ;
s tional board is not seeking to econon
= ize where there is prospect of gettin
q some tangible results from the fund
= expended.
: The Best Kind Of a Vacation.