The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-12

have the degree of M. ID.
81 hope that this decision, which is
in accord with all previous practice,
win be maintained, and that the de-
gree d. O. will not be recognized as an
equivalent, as is desired by the osteo-
pathic physicians. -
Should unwritten practice send quail |
fed osteopaths into the U. 8. army and |
navy as privates when every effort is
being made to obtain physicians, and |
at time when the army and navy are
thousands of physicians short of the
requirementsa Is the osteopath to be
denied the privileges of the selective
drafts If so, in justice to himself as
patriot, he is entitled to publicity of
the facts of the situation. If he is
not in active positions of medical serv-
ice, the fault is not his own. 1t is due
10 an arbitrary enforcement of an I'M
written practice.
The osteopathic profession has striv-
en- constantly since April 6, 1917 to do
its mite. The osteopathic bill mas been
in the hands of the house military
affaira committee for over year Hon.
Frank l.. Greene of Vermont is mem
Der of the committee to which this
Hill was referred This committee has
pigeon holed the bill. 1t has agreed to
the action suggested by the surgeon
General "Unwritten Practice has
Full sway. AS recently as September
| IS, 1918, member of this committee in
| answer to citizen of Vermont, who
had written in behalf Of this bill,
! closed his letter with the sentence 81
| ,rO,lJ ha I'D 90 let
YOU on the other side He would be
proud, indeed to enlist this citizen of
Vermont to oppose osteopathy s plea
for war service! The osteopaths have
Informed the, committee that their
methods are une1celled in the treat
ment of paralyses, neuroses, which are
SO frequently manifest following
wounds and operations, and many
acute and accidental conditions. The
case of Signaller Skeyhill of the Aus
tralian army has been mentioned to
illustrate the osteopath s appeal. Skey-
hill was totally blind from she'll shock
received in the Gallipoli campaign in
December, 1916. He was pronounced
hopelessly blind by noted specialists
N Egypt, France. England, and Aus
,ralia. In May, 1918, he was complete
y cured while on the operating table
OF a Washington, d. c., osteopath. An
adjustment of a partially dislocated
vertebra in the meek, during the first
treatment, removed the veil from be-
fore the eyes of this young man. The
osteopathic profession will be the
means of restoring health and happi-
ness to thousands of veterans, who
l.4 49, I
. abled
Should unwritten practice stand be-
tween the recovery of your son, broth
er. father, or friendl This unwritten
practice has come down from remote
: time before The advent Of osteopathy
> The osteopath should be permitted to
minister by the side Of the qualified
Doctor of Medicine-each supplement
ing the work of the other-both work
| ing to alleviate suffering, to restore
usefulness, to promote efficiency.
Upon personal solicitation by an os
teopathic committee last spring, thu
surgeon general agreed to commission
+. osteopaths who would pass the eIami
!. nation of the medical reserve examin
! ing board. During the following few
G days-before the word was sent broad
$ east to the professionalism invent,
n osteopaths passed the required mediea
Q examination. What happenedi Tn
) surgeon general reseinded the order
; and refused to commission the mel
o who had passed the tests. =" A sera
V of papers An action quite kaiseristi
!, for free America
Il The Dillingham; bill does not as
e for special privileges for osteopaths. |
= merely provides that osteopaths b
permitted TO take the same examina
s tions which are submitted to the. doc
d tors of medicine. Osteopaths who sue
s. cessfully pass this examination will b
IS sent to the medical reserve officers
T training camp and receive commission
}, Osteopathic colleges require student
q to have at least high school edueatio
y as preliminary qualification to gal
y admittance; they require four years Q
N nine school months each year; they re
= quire proficiency in every subjeC
!, taught in the best medical colleges, e,
= cept materia medica, which is give
: minor consideration; they require 6
y many, and in many instances NOR
u hours of lectures to complete the
:. courses, than are required by the stan'
ard class "a medical colleges tt
, medical college student is placed in
10 deferred class that he may eomplet
- his training; the osteopathc eolleg
student is sent TO the trenches. MI.
osteopathic colleges be closed for wal
Of students7 There are millions of o
toopathie patients and friends of I'll
United States who answer ono!
They request osteopathic treatment IL,
only for themselves in private life, bl
for their relatives in the e. s. arm
and navy when afflicted by disease
casualty, the treatment of which, mo
nationally would be met by osteopath
methods.
There are about twenty FIVE doeto
of medicine in the United States to OF
osteopath. There is room for each al
every physician who can qualify. Gre
in medicine should be subordinated,
creed has been in religious endeavo