El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-02
MEDICAL LAWS OF TEXAS HARSH;
m FAVOR OF ONE SCHOOL

TEXAS has roc-ribbed medical law It forbids heal
ing Of any sOrt-unless the healer has certificate
from q recognized medical college" The applicant may
have assisted the suffering; may have healed the manned
and the lame; may have done much good and harm
yet he cannot practice in Texas because Of the ronelad
laws the statute books.
However successful he may be in the Of disease,
healer has defence IN the courts Texas she
not licensed to practice medcne-and to get license he
be graduate Of medical" college; holds the
state board Under the law. graduate Of such school
is not askedhow little how much he she has done
do for suffering humanity; all he needs is diploma
from "a recognized medical college, The uonTaduate may
before the board and bring along strings Of Of
reliable people tesyng that they have been benefited by
his minisraonsyet he can't get permission to practice
There those who think medical trust" is IN the
saddle Trust no trust, many people wonder why only
practitioners OF certain schools are permitted to practice
while those Of other schools who give relief without the
administration Of drugs can't permission practice
Scores of states in union recognized these other
branches Of healing but Texas still adheres to the old
der Of things.
When the law was drawn did no harm and was, per
haps necessary the protection OF the people The schools
Of ehroprace and oseopshy unknown at least so
little known that they cut small figure IN the affairs Of
the nation and its suffering people There were many
qusck doctors Of the medical school and the law vas
drawn, It is explained, 20 eliminate them 1t prevented
going to some "quack' school for few
months and buying diploma and practicng, for It left
with the state board the matter Of recognizing whether the
diploma from "a recognized medical school" OF not
This well and good. It had purpose and it might
still stand far medical practitioners are concerned but
it should not in this day and time be permitted to bar
from practice the practitioners Of other schools many o.
whom done wonderful things IN e11ecng cures and
giving reef-in many after the regular physicians
had failed to get results.
The law, however It stands eliminates any and al
who do not have certificates from recognized school
of medicine The oseopzth and the h0msopath are ex
cepted but secure the right practice only by accepting
the dictates Of state board made up almost wholly OF
"od schooI' medical practitioners.
Why should the law bar any class Of practitioners when
they are known be giving results IN the alienation Of
pain and suffering and when there evidence or int
nation that they endsnger life OF health9
Fair minded people do not ike prosecutions. They do
not Ike 10 class Of prosecute another class
particularly when both classes seeking the end
only the methods being different 1t smacks too much Of
the Inqusition; much Of the dark ages when religious
bgots put death all who differed with them. Today we
have religious liberation IN Its brosdest Why not
medical toleration2 Why should the medicine gvers OBJ
ect to the Whe adjusts the spine messages the
muscles? Surely the objection is not IN the interests Of
the public for the public been hurt by such prac
tiee- Then in whose interest is It?
It IS well for men think Of the other fellow but its
starting trouble when he thinks Of the other woman
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An empty tin can viii always be found around pile
Of rocks If one looks around little
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When man finds barber who suits him he is willing
to compromise On everything else
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Every new split in the Democratic party reveals the
oountsnanee Of Col Bryan.
No CONSUMPTION act seems necessary enlist candi
dates.