Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-28


eating themselves, and protects them
from the quack. and protects the pub
lie who wish to employ an osteopath
Now ! do not see how the medical
profession can be touched by the oste-
opath, and certainly the osteopath has
some rights on this planet of ours of
practicing his profession and being pro-
teeted in it, Now it seems TO me that
the genial senator from Hancock, DIR.
Patten, ought to let go the osteepath,
and Dr. Moulton ought TO second him.
do not recognize his school of medi-
cine and ! do not want anything TO do
with it, but let him go off by himself
and organize and he cannot hurt the
practice of these men of the old school.
Mr. MOULTON: Mr.. President and
brother senators: Twenty states have
already decided that osteopathy is the
legal practice of medicine. Now so far
forth as this bill would prohibit oste-
opaths giving medicine, neither the SEN
ator from Aroostook. nor any senator
| in this body believes but that they
would give medicine just the same as
they give it now. They have right
| to give il, except poisons.
Mr. HERSEY: I would like to ask
question OF Or. Moulton, through the
| Chair.
The new draft does not allow them
| to use medicine internally or to use
| surgery.
Mr.. MOTION: I will just put the
| question to the senator from Aroos-
took through the Chair. does he sup
pose this bill viii prevent them from
using medicine?
Mi, HERSEY: 1T says they shall not
| Mr. MOI.ETON: Well. that is all
| right, but | don't have amy idea it viii
| prevent them, because they have used
| medicine ever since they began the
| practice in our state and I don't belieYe
! that this bill will prevent thenl.a n5r
! prevent them from doing minor sub
| gerry, which they, do.
] Nh. HERS EY: / cannot assume that
/ they will break the law sys=
Mr.. MOELTON This is just simply
an entering wedge, and in two years
| they will be here amending their law
| allowing them to give drugs and to do
surgery. 1t is the practice of medicine
| and should be regulated TO that extent
Mr.. RICHARDSON of Penobscot: Mr.
| osteopaths are liable to be asking for
| the right to give drugs and practice
surgery. they would then be regular
physicians. practically so. and as / un-
derstand the senator from Hancock, he
| has no objection TO osteopaths having
| representative on the medical board of
| the state. To me that is a ray of light.
As | understand ii further, homeopathic
have no right on that board. l under
stand he would not object to their hav-
ing a representative. And while he
does not object to that. l understood
him to say that the time was too short
TO prepare such bill as would admit
them 1t does seem 10 me that there
| is ample time for that, and on the
broad spirit of getting together ! would
suggest that the matter rest and that
the doctor prepare such a bill, which
| understand him to say he would not
object to-
Mr. PATTEN: Mr. President, fear
that the senator from Penobscot mis-
understood me slightly. I said this,
that when the cult of osteopathy had
become of sufficient Importance in the
state in the scientific standpoint that
they should be examined in the practice
of medicine,--the time hadn't come
then our old registration bin should be
rewritten and they have a representa-
ton ON the board. | am not the Judge
whether they are there today or not.
do not represent here the twelve hun
dred physicians in the State of Maine:
| simply represent myself and the few
that I may have talked with
very evident that the senator from
Hancock, DR. Patten don't purpose to
have the registration board say that the
osteopaths can practice medicine dur
ing the next two years, as he has been
given an opportunity to draw that bill.
Therefore, in order that the osteopaths
may be protected during these two
years, and the public be protected.
| really | can see no reason why the re-
| port of the majority of this committee
| should not be accepted. They do not
ask recognition They ask protection
| from one another and the public surely
has the right to that protection
MIR PATTEN: Mr. President, / move
| the previous question. | don't think we
gain anything from this discussion.
Mr.. COLBY: | move that the vote
| be taken by yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER: The
majority report of the committee was
ought to pass in new draft" The mi
| nority report was ought not to pass"
Those in favor of accepting the minor
| ity report, Ought not to pass" on this
| bill in the new draft Will vote yes"
| and those in favor of accepting the new
draft, or in favor of the majority re-
port, will vote no"
Mr. COLE; | am glad to state that
am paired with Senator Boynton in
this matter. Senator Boynton will vote
yes, i will vote with the people and
Senator Boynton will vote otherwise
The secretary called the roll. Those
voting yea" were: Messrs Allan
Chase, Clark. Conant. Emery, Flaherty,
Hagerthy, Hastings, Mansfield. Morey,
Moulton, Murphy, Packard, Patten.
Stearns-l5. Those voting may" were.
Messrs. Allen. Bailey, Burleigh, Colby,
Dutton, Hersey, Jillson. Reynolds,
Richardson. Smith, Walker, Wing-f2.
Absentee: Mr.. Maxwell.
Fifteen having voted in the afflrma-