The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-28
Some More Exposures of the MendacouS, MalevOent,
Mercenary American Medical Association
By 0. T. Dozier, M. d.

The regular readers of this paper viii
doubtless recall to mind the fact that
l have on several occasions In the pas'
criticised and condemned the Amer
can Medical Association; that have
time and again declared 1t the most un-
democratic. mendacious and malevo-
lent organization now existing In TINS
country. That IT is a close clam shell
medico- political trust, that it has by
hypocracy and a gum shoe policy from
year to year obtained such legislative
grants of special privileges as to en-
able Ii to trample upon the rights and
liberties of the people, and to create for
its special ACKNOWLEDGEMENT a medico-
political oliarchY wholly inconsistent
with all principles of democrack, and
totally incompatible with every spirit
of liberty tolerance and fair dealing.
Undemocratie in its organization--its
star chamber proceedings-its many
manifestations of monopoliStic greed
have but served to make ii known as a
compact federation of tyrany-"A
wheel within a wheel" exercising it's
rapicious and sordid powers to boost
it's own interests and ambitions, ignor-
ing the rights of the common people as
well as of thousands Of its own MEM
bers. which 1t treats as mere puppets or
serfs of its imperial will, vet all the
while masquerading as the true savants
of science and the most altruistic of
humanitarians. nevertheless. all the
time bent upon a policy of rule or ruin
to everything and everybody opposing
its selfish greed for power and nelf
As a verification of this statement |
need only to cite the public's attention
to its infamous hidebound selfish treat
ment of DR. Friedrich Franz Friedman.
who recently came to this country. in
dorsed by many of the most renowne ed
medical authorities of Europe, as an
honest and honorable deyotee Of
science, and the discoverer of a scure
for tuberculosis" This highly indorsed
man, armed with attestations from
thousands of cured patients, came to
our shores with the purpose of demon
sirating the merits of his discovery by
giving his eatment free to all vic
inns OF the great white plague who
would accept his services But with
what courtesies has he been receivad
py TINS great American Medical Trust ,
Hlndered in his every move-handi-
capped by sterotyped ethics, insulted
py lnsinuations, and thwarted i'm his
pni55ahthropic Ia desires by inhibitory laws
nnaue and obtained by this same Medi-
cal oharohy to shield themselves eainst
competition, and to thwart all proprec
sive science in the practice of medicine
~ sill eiillihatlng from It's own ranks. In
tensely egotistical, selfish, mercenary
ana lntolerent, this great politico ned
Icdi trust in its every aspect. viewed
from Whatever angle observed is seen
TO be the very Embodiment of eoncen
trated bigotry selfishness and nra-
sumption. With spirit of brieandap pc
unworthy of a noble profession. This
august constituencies organization will
at pleasure seize upon and annronriat 20
hatever is best in the deyelonnoent
methods. or discoveries of other schools
OF practice. without ever deignine to
give credit. 1t will not, however, af-
filiate with or recognize as WORTHY or
the title of doctor the members of any
other than those of the Alopathic
schools, of which it's membership is
composed. l. therefore, calmly, weigh
ing all my words, can truly say with
out exageration, that / truly believe
that there is not today in America any
anarchistic organization, financial
trust, or political party of malicious
marlplots so inimical to the public
veal or so menacing to the rights priv
ileges and liberties of the people as is
this great American Medical Associa-
tion., But ! am glad to note that since
the last session of the Alabama legis-
lature, when that Association attempt
ed to put through bill relegating to its
exclusive officials the absolute con-
trol and regulation of the practitioners
and practice of medicine in this state,
and ganting to them the autocratic
authority of abrogating the licenses of
every Homeopath, Electropath, Osteo-
whatever school, not even excepting
Alopaths, whose license they might de-
sire to revoke and to expell from prat =
tice at will at any time and without
any legally prescribed mode of trial,
and without the privilege of appeal to
own lay members have awakened to a
realization of something of its nefa-
rlous, mendacious, mercenary and selsh
aims and purposes. only a few days
ego delegation of some 3 or 20 of
Birminghams most reputable physi-
clans, led by that genial, brainy sur
gcon and elegant "old warhorse of
democracy DIR. r. NJ. Cunningham, at
tended the annual session of the Ala
bama State Medical association at Mo-
bile and presented the preamble and
resolutions herein set forth, and the
adoption of which they vehemently
vi ged without avail, the resolutions and
the attached comments of one of the
members but speaks the sentiments In
part of thousands of the lay members
OF the American Medical association
of which the Alabama association is an
irtregal part. Yes. there are thousands
of good, honest, honorable men, whose
names are enrolled upon the roster OF
the association-men who have here
tofore thought that they were indeed
and in fact actual members of the Or
eanization, but who have now come to
realize that they are only cats paws
ard the puppets of men of the inner
wheel" of the association, who perpet-
uate themselves in their positions of
authority and look upon them as mere
dupes to pluck and to pull their polit-
ical wires. Here are the resolutions
above mentioned, and following these
some excerpts from leading article in
recent issue of the Mobile Tribune:
Preamble aud Resolutions
The resolution presented by the Jeffer-
son county physicians is as follows:
Whereas. the jefferson County Medical
society," at the regular meeting April T.
1913, unanimously declared that the pres
ent system of organization of the Med
ical association of the state of Alabama
is not fair and equitable and is unjust to
the mass of the medical profession of the
state; therefore, be IT