The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-18
Dictatorial Meddlesomeness.

There has been issued recently and sent broadcast through
out the country bulletin circular letter from the Ameri
can Medical Association recently notorious generally
the medical trust which gives list Of medical schools that
have inspected by the association and have been APP
proved as the only schools which should be allowed to give
medical instruction the United States Such is the sugges
ton covertly embodied in the circular
Very agnanmousy the circular that very large number
OF the schools rejected schools of aopahc instruction. the
method Of instruction which the association in reality
ganized uphold In this the woudbe ictaors OF med
ca policy in this country pose refomers who would blot
out large number OF their own medical schools in order
give the people Of the nation enlightened medical practice
through bettered medical instruction But let glance little
further at the record
An examination Of the list Of schools inspected by the
association dcoses for instance that not single one Of the
eight schools Of oseopathc instruction have been included in
the list Of accredited schools thereby suggesting that all of
the oseopathc schools be oberated Nevertheless lisa mat
ter Of plain record that in practically instance where
graduates OF these schools submit the examination in
the fundamental subjects of medicine along with graduates
from medical schools that higher percentage Of the osteopa
THO applicants prove successful than the aopahc and others
In spite Of this convincing the oeeopaths to the
would be aopathc dictaors Of the American Medical As
ISOLATION merely takers and quacks. No credit is given
the oseopathic practitioners by the alopaths, although the
osteopahc schools while still in their infancy nave produced
of the brilliant surgeons and general practitioners
that the medical profession has known.
Not being familiar with the number and distribution of
the eclectic homeopathic and other med
ic practice we are unable say whether all Of these schools
Of instruction have been backsed not Probably Or
perhaps one or two Of them have been included sop
or blind But that does alter the matter stake that
is the maintenance the United States Of that spirit of med
ica freedom which compatible with, nay essential to-
the spirit Of democracy upon which this nation is founded
and in the perpetuaon of which nnumeable battles have
been waged in the moral and physical world
To come the point have the people the United States
dictate the medical policy and spirit Of the country? By what
divine right does the Association itself up aseappoin
ed censor Of medical action and conduct suggest the anh
alton Of the younger schools of medical practice, which
fresh and vigorous with their and rational concep
tons of the human body its structure and functions and
which have drawn their standards millions of people in this
country whom they have relieved without the of drugs,
with far different method than that Of administering knock
out doses of these abominabe concocionsP
What have these practitioners and their satisfied and de-
lighted patients to say Of the methods Of the American Med
cal Associations What have the ecectcs say? What have
the homeopathic to ay2 What have the osteopahs say?
What have the many other worthy schools Of practitioners
her than the aopaths say? Shall there be medical hra
dom in this enlightened country? Shall medical trust be
allowed to dictate what schools shall give medical instructions
to the American people? Shall they allowed suggest
such thing while the voices Of the thousands ofohe worthy
practitioners are sted? Win the spirit Of American freedom
and indomabe democracy countenanee such thg2
We believe il viii nol BUT THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE
AND THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES SHOULD
USE THEIR SOVEREIGN REASON AND THINK ABOUT
THESE THINGS Opportunity for action the part Of peo
pie locally wanting It is believed By many thatmuch Of