The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01
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Medical Association, the Most Gigantic,
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adopted and made national law. The
lurpose of said bill being to establish
a national Department of Health" with
one of their own bell weathers to have
place in the Presidential Cabinet Yes,
the Owen Bill If passed as originally
introduced. would give to the American
Medical Association a complete national
monopoly of the practice of medicine with
all the predatory privileges which they
desire Tor exploiting the government it.
self, for the advancement of its members
and would further foster their ambi-
tons for official recognition. Should that
bill become a law the association would
peSln Its work by first wedding out OF
their way all undesirable doctors, o!
whatever school. (Alopaths not excepted
then II would begin creating thousands
OF medieo-political offices and official
sinecures, which they would supply by
appointments from their own ranks. Tha.
this is no exaggerated statements OF
FACTS | am prepared TO prove. But fol
the present | will now submit only one
short paragraph. taken from a recent
contribution by one of their members an5
published in late number Of one of theii
medical journals. 1t reads as follows
NO doubt the time VIII come when
medical service will become n public
function, and doctors Will serve under
postmasters, teacbers, firemen and po-
lfcemen now do" This prophesy I've no
doubt, was fathered by the wish of "A
author. And ]. too. can say, no doub
such a state of things will come to pass
| if this medico-politieal octipus does moi
have its tentacles clipped by law, and
their further inroads upon the rights oil
| the people be not checked. / can even
go farther as prophet and foresee ths
Trftc
Medical Association has fully materiaized
its purposes in accordance with all the
wishes and efforts now being put forth
| by its organized friends. When they will
| develop horde of government paid medi.
| cal sat-raps In gold lace uniforms witt
! epaulets, collar stars, shoulder straps and
shining tassels, strutting all over the land
like those gilded peacocks of the army
now seen in Washington at Presidential
| inauguration
| | also foresee in that time an army
of government paid doctors. appointed
and acting as assistants and supernu,
meraries to that array of uninforrned
and epauleted peacock strutting, high
commissioned, politically favored class
and We will doubtless see those assist
ants and supernumeraries dyked up in
funkey garb bowing low, servile and
cringing, in the presence OF their epau.
leted supeTiors not unlike private soldiers
now in the regular army, then will II
be that poor man or woman DESIRING
medical service will be catered to with
about as much Fomptness and skill by
one of these servile assistants as now
probably falls to the lot of sick con-
Wet niger when waited upon by cor.
poration hired doctor. But for becom.
ing one of these high commissioned, uni.
| formed and star bedecked government IA
vored doctors. there will be such condi.
tions made and provided hedged by ranA
of wealth, money cost, and other handi,
caps as will utterly preclude the pos.
ssbilty of any poor mans son ever
| hoping to gain place in their ranks
l can also foresee in that time our
homes invaded by the minions of those
| commissioned peacocks poking their
noses into our domestic affairs, loolxins
after and inforcing their many silly
| bugcrazy sanitary and hygienic laws
pertaining to everything, from the
- aration of our daily food to the
e-,Sptying of the upstairs slep jars. AMI
| can also see in that day those epau-
leted. lace bedazzlel government com
| missioned, medical officers entering
| our public schools and forcing the lit
tie boys and girls by compulsion to
listen to their pompous harangues and
indecent lectures on sex hygiene, sani-
| tation and other mentally cunjured up
hobgoblin damphoolery of lise char
acter to the detriment> of the children =
educa tion and the eternal ruin of their
morals Such for a fact I am informed is
now being done is some of the public
schools of the north
] can also see in that coming day OF
| medical science gene to seed ous
children every morning entering school
in single file, passing one of those med
| ical supernumeraries. stationed at the
| xri q = T. i,
inject some one of the hundred kinds
of anti-toxin serunls into the little
ones quivering flesh. ostensibly to rem
der them immune to some possible ~
ina ginary disease, and 1t is no strain
of my imagina tion to further foreses
ir that coming day when parent IL
inclined to spank child. or a lover
to kiss his sweetheart, that medical man
lmust first be summoned to sterilize and
make antiseptic the place to be spanked
lor kissed before the action can be
legally performed But to Hades, / say
with all such bost and humbugry. ]
am steadfast Alopath and believe IN
its principles of practice. I am also .
free man. hating all forms of hum
bugr.s. hypocracy, egotism, Intolerance
and tyranny. ] am a democrat loyal
to the democratic Principles of govern
ment that vouchsafe equal writes to all
and special privileges to none. And my
highest ideal vf religious duty is to be
honest. fair, truthful and just in every
thing pertaining to business and social
life. ] further hold that the love OF
mercy. the bestowal OF charity, and
the giving of Square deal. to our
fellowman is the sublimest methods
of serving God. But II in this article
/ / have dealt falsely or unjustly with
the American Medical association, OF
Exaggerated in any charge that I have
made against them, I deserve to be
given a place in the worlds great An
nanias Club. and should be Imprisoned
for slander. But IL what have said Is
true fand l here challenge any one to
"a test of my veracity in the matter)
! then this great srgust Association
should hide its face in shame, deny
all love and respect for the rights and
liberties of men guaranteed by the
4 Constitution and founders of this
4 American republic. and that II should
straight away hasten to recall Its hired
lobbyists from our National and State
Legislative Halls and practice q little
more the rules of charity and brotherls
4 love. and ever herafter hold their peace
until they shall have proved by their
/ works more worthy Of such class leg
islation as they have sought In tn
still darn A