Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-05-21
REPLY TO DR..
RICHARDSON
Iowa City Republican States its Side
Of the Case in Controversy
Over Homeopathic
College.
COMMENDs PRESIDENT BOWMAN
Says DR.. Richardson Begs the Cues.
ton at Issue in Consolidating
Surgery.

iowa City republican,: Dr. II. +
Richardson of Webster City, in
letter which is reproduced on thi
page, completely begs the question
lat issue in regard to the consolida
tion of the departments of surger.
of the two medical colleges. He ig
nores the large and impressive fac
that the enrolment of the homeo.
pathic college has decreased in SIX
[ears from 60 down to 16 students
hnd the other large and impressive
act that surgery is the same in the
Two colleges, and that consequently
No duplicate departments are main
Ained by the state where only one
necessary.
II the homeopathic physicians in
les Moines had made it clear that
hey We're fighting to save dupli-
Fate course for the sake of nine
tudents who will be in surgery
iasses next year, they would have
Peen the laughing stock of the state.
DR.. Richardson's letter was called
birth by statement in The Repub-
lean few days ago that the hon.
bps had overshot the mark in
esgaaing President Bowman, since
See original steps were taken before
r. Bowman became president.
He quotes q letter from the presi-
Mt, in which Mr.. Bowman says:
M have no desire to evade the re-
Possibility for the action of the
pard. I made the recommends
on
Good for Bowman! There has
EN- too much evading of RESPONSE
atty in years past, and it is pleas
at to know that the university has
men For president who isn't afraid
be matte a target of.
pr. Richardson blames the condi-
d of the homeopathic college to
state board. Let's see The
ks board took up it's duties in
pc. In the preceding four years
pre- there was such a thing as
tie board in existence, the hon.
Rathic college had dropped from
down to 35. Did the state board
fthat?
The Iowa state board has simply
lowed in the footsteps of the Uni
tsity of Minnesota. A similar
ling off occurred in the homeo-
hic medical college Of that insti-
lion, and the university, with DR..
Erthrup, a homeopathic physician,
Its president, abolished the dupli-
e--departments. The homeo-
hic physicians of the state rebell-
just as they are doing here, and
ked up such a muss that the coll
was entirely abolished. If a.
ghboring state university, with a
aeopathic physician as its head,
IS it necessary to take such ac-
as has been taken in Iowa, it,
Unfair to charge a deliberate in
tion to kill the school here.
lr. Richardson's only argument
the retention of the surgery de-
tments is the claim that one-fifth
The people of Iowa employ home
thic physicians, and that the ac-
by the state board amounts to-
Eation without representation"
he deduction isn't correct in the
place, any more than a man
doesn't employ any physician
III is justified in refusing to pay
Is on that score, but further: DR..
lardson cannot show single
lch of the science Of medicine.
rein homeopathy differs from
regular school. in which the
eopathic course has been abol-
= or curtailed
1t is essential to homeopathy
surgery be maintained as sep
department, why not have
rate departments of anatomy,
histology, and pathology and
eTfology. which are other bran
OF medicine wherein the two
ches agree?
he sixteen homeopathic students
pwa University have work under
professors and other faculty
bers In both schools of medi-
Why not make separate
ches In all departments. and let
homeopathic student have 2A
uctors all to himself?
by not have a separate anatomy
ling for the two homeopathic
men?
be homeopathic college is not
bted because one-tifth OF the