The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-28

ganization that Is a blot upon the es-
cutcheon of the state, trust pure
aud simple, with the object of dlctat'
ing the disbursement of the funds 81
the state and of its various counties
There are a few physicians who have
not meddled with the affairs OF the ring:
few who are still on the outside But
II is fact that cannot be denied that
many of the members of the Mobile Med
ical Society, the local ring would not be
members were ii not for the fact that
| they fear the consequences Of staying out.
There are men today in the organization
who have about as much use for 1t as a
sane man has for a rattlesnake, and these
men pay their dues and participate at
meetings simply for the reason that they
| dare not do otherwise: the young doctor
who does not kow-tow to the older heads
tho ring leaders-has little chance TO
make a living. He can be ruined with
| ease and unless he walks the chalk line
| he has little or no hope of success in the
profession.
The city's health is absolutely under
| the control of the Mobile Medical Society
| and DR. AIohr draws his salary because
| the Medical Society or the inside wheel
which is dignified by the name of city
! Board of Health" appointed him. DR..
Mohr would not dare do anything without
consulting the ring; and the city COM
mission have no authority to order him
&
| Is puppet in the hands of the society
rather than the leaders of the ring-and
when they pull the string he does the lump
| Ing. Personally and as city health officer
| he has about as much authority as bump
on a log, unless authority is delegated
to him by the City Board OF Health: and
| the City Board of Health is branch OF
the Mobile Medical Society: and the Mo-
| bile Medical Society is under the control
| of the councillors and State Board of
Censors which, in turn is practically con-
| trolled by the State Health officer, the
| king bee Of the whole hive.
| 1t is high time the people declared them
| selves free Of the medical octopus; II IL
high time that legislators were selected
| pledged to clean out this nest of political
| dominiton that absolute rule might revert
again to the people where II rightfullv
belongs. 1t is time the doctors of Mobile
as well as of the state at large We're ree
gated TO the practice of their profession;
to the duty of healing the sick, caring
| for the injured and performing the duties
of individual citizens. And majority
of the doctors themselves. once the ring
higher up" Is broken, viii welcome the
change
So UNANIMOUSLY tvranical oppressive and
snbservive of the peoples rights has be-
come this Medico- political Association OF
marlplots. that 1t is indeed gratifying 70
note that the public press of the whole
country is becoming arrayed against 1t.
In truth the rising stencil of its moral
corruption is rank as to offend the
nostrils OF all decent people, not only OF
America, but of far away Europe, as the
following associated press dispatch would
seem to Indicate
Berlin March S-The medical profess
sion in New York was bitterly denounced
tonight for placing obstacles in the way
of Dr. Frederick Franz Friedman for
demonstrating his cure for tnberculosls
ever masqueradng under the guise OF
altruistic and scientific guardians or
the publics health and the publics veal
this despieable hypocritical association,
has by political strategy, subterfuge
and false representations obtained from
legislatures of the state and from Con-
gress such grarrts of special privileges
| as to obtain for the organization al
most autocratic power for unlimited
trespass upon rights involving the very
Lives and health of the people. Deeply
lentreneed through political Influence.
strongly hound by financial interests
spured on by selfish ambition, 1t has
spread out its grasping, selfish tenta-
cles until today IL stands pre- eminentiy
| the most potent and most menacing
| trust. and the most malicious and
ma evolent enemy to the rights and
! liberties of the people that has ever
been suffered to rarse the piratical
black flag of anarchy against the in
herent rights and liberties of their
| felowman in this country. And yet
this is the Organization that dares TO
prescribe the ethics of the entire medi-
cal profession, and to set in Judgment
upon the qualifications of all doctors
Of whatever school of practice. and to
enforce their own made rules of hygiene
in our homes and public schools, and die
tate to our city and state officials. whom
they shall have to carry on the work
of sanitation, to serve in all offices
pertaining to the health of the public.
Never satisfied but forever seeking
further privileges for encroachments
upon the rights of the people. Their
ambition will never be sated until
they shall have obtained permission OF
Congress to limit the number who shall
be allowed to practice, and that they
shall be the favored appointees of their
own organization and become the paid
medical officials of the nation with
royal salaries. together with all desir-
able exemptions of civic duties. and the
|enjoyment OF many special privileges,
denied to the common people. But IL
lis to be hoped that at the next regular
meeting of our Legislature that this
proud bird of false pumage will have
it's wings cropped and that its usurpa-
tions and trespassings upon the peoples
rights will be effectually forestalled by
laws that will restore to the people the
right to regulate their own domestic af-
fairs, and the right to employ the doctor
of their choice OF whatever school or
practice and that examining boards OF
other schools shall be provided for and
without special privilege or partiality,
to the end that there shall be neither
a medical monopoly nor a doctors trust
suffered TO exist and oppress the people
or even to infringe upon their inalien-
able rights to have a doctor of their
own choosing.