The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-10-06
REJECTS HEALER
OF CRIPPLES
BECAUSE OF JEALOUSY CANNOT
AID THE WOUNDED SOL
DIEItS.
OFFERED SERVICES FREE
II. \. Barker, Who by Bone Manip-
ulatiOn Has Effected Remark
able Results.

London, Sept. 3O.--1. a. Barker,
the noted bone manipulation, who has
cured hundreds of cripples and de-
formed persons, has been refused
permission by the war Office to relieve
the sufferings of wounded soldiers.
In spite of conclusive proof of
hundreds of cures, in spite of the tes-
timony of DR. Walter Whitehead, II.
G.. Wells, Lord William Cecil, Rear
Admiral Mark Kerr, w. T. Stead and
many others, and simply because he
has not had the standardized medi-
cal training and is therefore an out
slider to the old fashioned practition-
ers. the British War Office turns
down his generous and patriotic Of
fer.
Mr.. Barker, in an interview. said
to me:
at is purely a question of jealousy.
You in America can hardly realize
the immense conservation of the med
ical profession in England. I have
not had the training cOnventiOnally
accepted as necessary and although
Dr. Whitehead, president of the Brit
ish Medical Association, has written
a pamphlet in which he heartily en-
dOrses my methods, and many others
of the profession personally give tes-
timony OF the cures | have made,
yet I can get. no public recognition.
And | am not allowed to serve my
country. / have offered to give up
my private practice, at great loss to
myself i'm order to relieve the suffer
ings of those wounded in the war.
have shown that not only can | rem
der fit for military service men who
would otherwise be rejected, but /
can also save the British govern
ment half million pounds $4,000
300 a year in pensions"
asked him if he had done any
thing for the soldiers in his private
practice.
Yes he said. "They came to
me and pay big fees for the work |
offered to do for the government free
of charge. And l have physicians
come to see me to be cured of bone
troubles. Yet these same medical
men refuse to give me public recog-
nition."
Mr.. Bankers case has come up in
parliament and even there he met
the same fate. Sir Arthur Markham
cited the case of a young soldier
whose knee was injured by shrapnel.
Although for months he received the
best attention the medical corps could
give him, and was for sixteen weeks
in different hospitals under the best
army surgeons he got no relief. He
suffered intense pain from his knee
and had to use a cane constantly.
Finally he went before a medical
board cinsisting OF seven doctors, was
operated on and discharged from the
army on pension. Some time later
he went to Mr.. Barker and was put
right in five minutes, walking across
park Immediately after the opera
tion without the aid of cane and
suffering no pain. In a short time
he was as strong as he ever was.
The British papers have publish
ed recently, many letters protesting
against the treatment Mr.. Barker has
received. Public opinion is being
aroused over the case. Mr., Barker
said recently:
Il am the only man in the world
using this method. That is a tre-
mendous thing to say but il is new
ortheless true. And just because l
am the only one doing this the medi-
cal profession. for reasons of med
ical etiquette. not only refuses to ac-
cept me or my work, but has persuad-
ed the war Office that. not having had
their training, | am unfit to treat
wounded soldiers"