The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-23

most enlightened and successful rep resentatiyes of the older schools or medical practice realize and recognize merit in all the cults and systems of healing, and how much 1t will redouno to the interest and benefit of all con cerned to unite all in one society or brotherhood with a united effort III waging universal warfare for the ex- termination of disease, and relief ana cure of the sick and afflicted Ana what more noble, beneficial. blessed et- fort can be made in the best interests Of humanity than the harmonious uniting of all interested in the art or healing. each accord1ng 10 ms or cier liei, ty as 1t were, with no professional contention or strife, but all wiling tc' help others help those. who through affliction by disease are unable to help themselves. And the attainment of this end is one of the principal oD- jects CT ''The Liberal Medical Un- ion'' an organization that seeks not the promulgation of any special toeas system or procedure in the cure Of disease, but the united endeaVors or all concerned It is indeed a union Of practitioners of all reputable, res ult- obtaining systems of healing. IL IS an organiza tion that extends the fratef- nal hand of fellowship to honorable practitioners of all systems and the ories of intelligent effort backed py an established ability to minister to the relief Of Su1eT1nS n1I1tdAIIS. TAo an organization it's seeks too, to pro tect aid and assist it's members, and especially in instances of unjust per secution on interference with tne1r right and privilege in the practice of their profession, each in his own way It seeks the abolishment. of the pow CT of tyT,annical 5ssState Boards ana Regents in the matter of deciding the right to practice to graduates of medical colleges, and recognizes the supremacy of the legitimate diploma m
 lr,Iaf 4fxY of graduates to and in the profession they have chosen. and in glv1ng Chenn the legal as well as moral right 10 practice the same.
 It is an organization that encourages the student of the art of healing by ex- tending the right hand of fellowship through membership, and so Tar as am aware is the only medical organ ization that recognizes the ability, 1n- teIligence and prerogative of the drug gist and pharmacist, to minister and prescribe in manner, and unoer . con ditions, in which he may know nm self fully qualified. It is free from political preferment. graft ana par tiality, and exists and aabors for the benefit of the people, who are really the ones most interested, who pay for relief and cure, are entitled to the best efforts available in their oehalI in accordance with their choice and should not be hindered or deprived be- cause others, through ignorance or prejudice, may not have faith in the methods of their preference Each and every system of healing offered for their relief should stand or fall by it's merits, as it surely will if given the rights and privileges to which It IS justly entitled. None except the weak est in efficiency and most unreliable in beneficial results would need pro lection under the law to maintain it's existence and save it from dying a natural death, and the people are full Iy and entirely competent to choose for themselves and do not need any protection through legislative restr1c- tjons or interference. and 1t IS the greatest injustice to directly or irfd1- rect1y force them to submit to meas ures and medicines which are the pre- CTS. And that Is one of the reasons we solicit the cooperation 5o& the la1- ty in our efforts to establish and main tain conditions that will redound to their welfare, their benefit and their blessing. And if they realized the extent Of the great calamity btaf the ment of a National Board Of Health would be to them, I am positive they would arise in their might and rally to support us in our efforts to prevent such iniquitous proceedings.
 So long as the combating of dis ease is so largely experimental and unreliable, so long as the means and measures used are so diversified SO long as no one, school or system can truthfuHy claim positive and infal-i lible cure for diseased conditions, or substantiate by comparison of results even marked superiority over other methods of a1leviating human suffer ing and misery it would be 1nhurnan- ly criminal to introduce measures Ie- gal or otherwise that would show fa- voritism or even establish a liability to favoritiSm to any cult or system, of healing, no matter what it's claims or how long it has been in existence No. do not hinder, do not restrict, do not hamper, but rather throw open wide the doors of honorable consc1en- tious endeavor to mitigate human nis- cry and with open arms extend well come and a blessing to all who come. laden with a desire to relieve and cure, and when tried in the crucible of results obtained let the survival Of the Attest under Judgment of the s1lf- ferers themselves determine which is worthy, which is not. which shall stand and which shall fall. Let moi jud grneTat be passed by others which may be considered in competition, but let the voice and choice of the people be the verdict. Instead of antagonisEp let us have harmony and cooperation and instead of divided se1fishness an earnest united endeavor for the ben eft of all who call on us foI. reiie1. ID justice to ourselves, in justice to the sick we cannot afford to ignore and stand aloof from one another for in this humanitarian and progressive age we must move onward and upward, and cultivate ideas and ideals above misplaced bigotry and unjustified sell fshness. and help, not hinder, the no ally engaged. Times have changed. customs have changed and a greater spirit of libera1ity pervades the pro- fessional atmosphere than has prevail
 ed in the past. Learn to look upon your fellow practitioner no matter how much his theory and practice may differ from yours, a. eo-worker woT- thy your consideration and co-opera- ton, especially when it may be of benefit to some one else.
 However simple or ineffective it may seem to yoII, watch it, and the time may come when you will be surprised and chagrined to see it succeed where you had failed. don't believe there. is a man living who has had 15 years practice who has not had that ex- perience in greater or Jess degree. Con ide1-afinn and cO-operatiOn must