The San Francisco call., 1913-11-28
STATE BOARD
ENDORSED
IN FIGHT
Continued From PAGE 1

OV0th4Ue0 = IOM 8BC
to go ahead and clear all of the bad
ones out and giving valuable informa-
tion. / want to reiterate my former
statement The board Is in this fight
to stay. We announced no quarter
at the outset and there will be no
quarter. When the last quack has
folded his tent and disappeared we
may rest, but not until then.
Men prominent in the medical pro-
fession in San Francisco have come
forward with words commencing the
crusade launched by the state board
of medical examiners against the
quacks in this state, and for the sup
port given the board by The Call.
Following are some of the letters
of approval received from eminent
physicians and surgeons:
x
DIR. It. b. w. Leland-Medicai quacks
are of two kinds. The ones who lure
the ignorant boys and men to their
''parlors" and, after taking all their
money from them, kick them out, gem
orally much the worse physically Tor
their experience, and the ones who
prey upon women The first are bad,
but the latter are worse All should
be driven out of the country. If 1t
were possible to eliminate the women"
specialists, one of the fountain heads
of white slavery would be removed.
In its crusade against these vultures
who rob the poor, simple minded and
distressed men and women, The Call
will have the support OF every self
respecting citizen.
DIR. II. CadwalIader, assistant pro-
fessor, University OF California medi-
cal college-There has been no pro-
lection for the reputable physician
and surgeon from medical Quacks.
The doctor who desires to practice in
this state must pass stiff examina-
tion, one of the severest tests in the
United States. He is taxed a high fee
before he is admitted to follow his
profession. but, SO far, this trouble
and expense have not caused him free
dom from the competition of socalled
specialists"
County medical societies have un-
der taken to free certain communities
from the tmpostor, but with little sue
cess. 1t has been demonstrated that
crusade against these medical pre-
tenders should be directed by the state.
The war started by the state board OF
medical examiners will be effective.
With the support OF paper like The
Call, 1t will be but a matter of short
time before the mysterious Offices of
the sham doctor will be closed. They
can not stand the light of publicity.
Let every reputable follower of the
medical profession get behind this
movement to drive the Quacks out of
business.
DR.. J. Y. BarthOlomew-Oneo of the
most pressing questions of our civ
ilization OF today Is. How are we go
ing to rid the country Of these para
site specialists? A number of cases
have come to my attention in recent
years here in San Francisco of men
and boys and women who have been
attracted by the outlandish claims of
victims OF their underhandedness
There are a number OF these low peo-
pie making thousands of dollars in
our own community. II the state
board of medical examiners can clean
California OF this b1emish. Its record
of accomplishments will be overfull.
Every city of any size has one or more
of these charlatans preying upon It,
The backing of a newspaper will be
invaluable in this campaign All rep
utable physicians will enroll with the
board. I predict that within two
weeks the whole state will be alive
to the situation and the climate made
SO unendurable for the specialists
| that there will be an exodus.
n X
DR.. c. #. Buckley-If the public
could only realize what a dreadful
amount of human suffering Is pro-
duced by evil suggestion in medicine
there would be such sweeping laws
enacted as would make 1t impossible
for quackery to exist. The amount
of money gained by the pretender
from the victim is quite insignificant
compared with the amount expended
by the public for the care of their
dupes.
DR.. Albert Abrams-Thfs condition
has existed for so long and has -four
ished with such success that it seems
almost like a revelation that a news
paper should back up the board Of
medical examiners in an honest effort