Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-29
DOCTORS UNDER FIRE
Senator Works Sees an Effort
. to Create Trust.
SCORES THEIR PRACTICE
Hurls Shafts at Bill Creating Ma
tional Health Service.
COMPARES THE HEALERS
Shows Difference Between cold
Schools" and Christian
Science.

Senator Works Of California. scored doc
tors of medicine in general and the
American Medical Association in particu-
lar in a speech in the Senate this after
noon. attacking the bill for the establish
ment OF United States public health
service
There has been no legislation more
dangerous or pernicious than the entire
system Of laws. state and national, that
are being forced upon the people of this
country by the political doctors, who are
considering their own selfish interests
without regard to the public welfare. "
Senator Works remarked. IF this effort
Ito create the bureau Of public healthy is
successful 1t will create the worst, the
most intolerant. and the most dangerous
monopoly and trust the country has ever
known"
Looks Behind Bill.
Senator Works sees behind the bill an
effort Of the doctors Of the old schools
Of medicine. especially the allopathic,
working through the American Medical
Association. to prevent other practitioners
and healers from getting their business
ava! from them.
@fhere is abundant evidence" says
Senator Works. 'that the efforts Of the
American Medical Association to secure
restrictive legislation affecting other
schools Of healing and legislation giving
its school additional powers and privileges
are selfish in the extreme and intolerant
and oppressive, as I shall show further
along. The motive Of this Is not far to
seek. OF later years, not only have
~
encroached upon the business Of the allo-
pathic doctors and interfered with their
receipts, but thousands-yeS, mtllions-of
people In this country have learned not
their advantage in the way Of economy
and better health.
''As result. inroads Of the most serious
nature have been made on the doctors
business and profits, besides bringing their
practice into serious discredit. It was
perfectly apparent that something mus,
be done to save their credit and prevent
the overthrow of their system Of practice
1t was desperate case. and they have
resorted to desperate and questionable
means to protect their profession from
ruin. This movement Is not In the inter.
est of humanity. as they would have vi
believe. but to uphold the prestige and
protect the resources of the doctors Of the
old school Of medicine. Their own dec.
larations prove this beyond controversy.
Compares Healing Methods.
Senator Works views Of the allopathie
and other schools Of medicine and OF
forth:
1.-THE allopathic school Of medicine IL
noted for the quantity Of medicines they
administer and their nauseous and dis
tasteful characterize much SO that their
mode of treatment is often Characterised
as cruel and inhuman. The people have
been erroneously taught to rely upon
drugs for their healing and have blindly
believed in them SO long that to deprive
them of them would be disastrous until
they learn that lesson. Drugs and the
drug doctors mtnistration of them have
healed disease only because OF the faith
Of the patient in the doctor and his
drugs.
Mr.. President 1 may be pardoned IL I
stop here to point out the difference be-
tween the patients of medical practition-
ers and Christian Scientists in respect OF
this question Of faith. The believer In
the doctor and his drugs has faith In a
human being and his means Of cure.
shaken and supreme faith in the omni-
potence and benefcent influence Of the
Divine Being in the healing Of disease.
leave 1t to the candid judgment Of sena-
tors TO say winch OF these Is most worthy
Of faith and trust. But the Christian
Scientist does not rest on faith alone.
but upon such understanding as he has
of the power Of God to heal and upon
good works by which that healing may
be brought about
The governments plan Of publishing
and distributing books and pamphlets on
diseases, Senator Works condemned on
the ground that it simply spreads
thoughts of disease and therefore
spreads disease.
In the course Of his speech. which con-
sumed several hours. Mr.. Works took
occasion to denounce vaccination.