The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05
CHIROPRACTIC
IN VERMONT
Caused an Extended Legis-
lative Discussion at
4 Montpelier
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
ALSO CONSIDERED
Third Measure Taken Up
Was tuberculosis
in Cattle

LlhSt blB hearings OCGhpAth must VI
the Vermont legislatures time yesterday
afternoon and evening One was before
the Senate committee on privileges and
elections in the reception room, at which
one of the chief attractions was Hapgood
of Peru in action. Another was the test
ed herds bill before the House committee
on agriculture, The third was before the
committees on public health in the two
houses, held in representatives hall, at
which the chiropractic bill was advocated
by DR.. A. B. Hender of Davenport, Ia.
the fountain head of chiropractic, and
opposed by the committee and counsel of
the state medical board.
At the last-named hearing the testi-
mony ran from explanations of what chi
ropractic really is, to the benefit derived
therefrom in the case Of sore toe. DR..
Hender talked of subluXations, slipped
artieulatious. vertebrate out of apposi-
tion and examinations by palpation. A
great cloud OF witnesses testified.
Mr.. Alexander of st. Adams, father of
the bill, engineered the hearing and City
Judge Edwin L. Scott of Barre examined
the witnesses. DR.. w. 7, Slayton, repre-
sentative from Morrisville, examined DIR,
Hender as to what he would do in case
of acute morphine poisoning what the
difference was between diabetes and
Bright's disease, between appendicitis and
peritonitis, etc, and finally what he
would do in a case of body lice.
I'D unlouse the patient" said Dr.
Hender.
Mr.. Alexander read letters from huge
portfolio of testimonials and 10 witnesses
testified to the miraculous cures by chi
ropractic. One of the most striking was
from Mrs d. w. SENEGAL, 50 Edgerton
street Rutland, who said that, but for
Dr. Gage she would not be here to-day.
Deputy Sheriff Henry Todd of Burling.
ton also testified to great benefit derived
from the adjustments, as also did Dep
uty Sheriff H. J. Slayton of Barre. Mrs
j. f. Robbins of Barre introduced her
little girl who, she said, was helpless
from infantile paralysis until the Cages
of Barre cured her, The child, who, she
testified, before beiI@ treated, could not
take step. ran around the hall almost
like a normal child.
Others who testified were Frank Park.
err of Montpelier, Clarence Stewart OF
Berlin, Mrs. Gilman of Granville, Orrin
Atwood of Waterville, j. w. Atwood OF
Randolph, Walter Clark of Montpelier
and John Pollard, who lives in New
Hampshire. The chiropraCtics took about
three hours time and the hearing was
adjourned at $3.50 until the evening.
Not content with doing a full day
work, the public hearings of committees
continued up to 10 o'clock last evening
with interest fully maintained. In rep
resentatives' hall the opposition to H. Is
regulating the practice of ehropractic
had the floor in the evening and made
the most of it. As in the afternoon, the
galleries were filed again last night,
while there were a large number of visit
ors, including many ladies, in the seats
OF the representatives, and most of them
remained until it was all over.
In the smoking room adjoining. the
committee on agriculture was going at
full speed with a hearing on II. 70, the
tuberculosis bill, relating TO the importa'
ton, testing and examination of cattle,
horses and mules Among those who
spoke before the committee on this bill
were b. c. Coombs of East Berkshire,
w. A. Kicker of st. Johnsbury, DR.. Steph.
ems of White River Junction, w. n. Cady
of Middlebury. DR. 4. H. Bancroft of
Barre. DR.. Fawcett, Inspector in charge
of tuberculosis, and Representatives
White of Woodstock, Blood of West
Windsor and Knight of Shrewsbury.
The medical men of the state had their
inning on the chiropractic bill last even
ing, and things were lively. Those who
spoke in opposition to the bill were
Dean Tinkham of the University of Yer
mont, DR., w. N. Bryant of Ludlow, DR..
+. I. Steele OF Montpelier, DR.. Guy Lou
den of Burlington and DIR. W. G. Kicker
of St. Johnsbury All of these men were
closely questioned by Mr. Alexander, the
sponsor of the bill.
DR.. Tinkham outlined briefly what the
medical world is doing to-day toward
the prevention of disease and made it
clear that he was not there to oppose the
practice of chiropractic, but rather to
advise that man who treated disease
should be fully qualified for that task.
what we need is educated men, com
petent men and carefully trained men to
apply any system Of treatment" said DR.
Tinkham.
The speaker went on to enumerate the
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