New-York tribune., 1922-02-13
Bill TO License
ChiroPractors
Called Menace
Medical Society. After Ex-
tended Inquiry. AssaiIs
Measure Introduced in
Legislature by Dunnigan
Little Education Needed
Statement Says Legislation
Would Lcgalizc Prac,iiion-
crs After Il Brief Course

The Medical Society Of the County
OF New York, after an Investigation
covering period Of several months
INTO "chiroprnctic schools graduates. "
yesterday issued stntemcnt for pub
ilcatlon, setting forth grave dangers"
behind the chiropractic hill introduced
IN , 'hc Legislature recently by Senator
Dunn'gaN. Of the Bronx. 'Thcsc dan
gers menace not only the individual
citizen but the health and wellbeing of
the whole community according to the
sta atemcnt which aays further:
:. This bill. if enacted into law, would
license automatically practically all
present practitioners without regard to
any educational qualifications. 1t
would lcga!izr thousands Of chiropr0c-
tors who have spent far lcss time in
studying anatomy. physioiopy and othc r
basic scicrces undctlvinr the proper
care and treatment Of tic sick than
plumbers or carpenters do in learning
their tradcs
"Ihis legislation would open the
Hoodgatcs to graduates Of chjronractjc
schools who possess a preliminary train
ing hardly above that Of grammar
school. who have received only twelve to
eighteen months Of chiropractic in
struction and who in many instances.
have not even entered chiropra cite
classroom but have obtained their
learning from a correspondence school.
Comparison of Standards
"'n striking contrast to the low
educational standards OF chiropractic
tho practice Of medicine in this state
is open only 10 those who fulfill the
following cNacting requirements:
ne practitioner must be of rood
moral character. He must have had q
Pre-. c.mcdlcnl education sufficient to
e"aoio HIM to pass tho entrance ex-
amlNat'ons OF standard university.
iie must study medicine for four years
IN medical college recognized bv the
Regents of the state of New York. Ne
mus, then pass state examination.
I'm addition. most physicians con.
s'der necessary ut least two years'
training as q hospital intern before be
KinnIAg the general practice Of medi-
cine.
"Investigstion Of the chiropractic
schools, which have been springing up
III and Ground New York Citv like
mushrooms within the last few Years
reveals the following facts:
Inc schools may be classified into
Two general classes: First, those
Whlch arc maintained IN an entire
nui'GlNg or part Of building. with a
faculty, with classes designated as
lTeshman. lunlor ard senior, and so
called clinic. The second class Of
schools consists of those conducted by
2 chlropra ctor as an adjunct to hia
practice, having only few nupils
usually in one class
'Of eleven schools in New York there
arc ninety seven persons listed as
members O, the faculty. All have the
degree Of Doctor Of Chropsactic or
Philosopher of Chlropractic. Seven
teen are also said to have the decroe
of NJ. y.
"The ldneth Of course varies in tine
dlhcreNt schools. In some if is as
little as six months. In others TWENTY
one months arc said to be necessary
for the degree Of Doctor Of Chironrac-
tic
Requirements Not Adhered To
u The New York State Chropractic
Society, inc. purpor.s to establish q
standard course of chiropractic in Now
YORK Of at least three academic wears
comprising course of no less than
1000 hours Of sixty minutes each. At
the tenth annual contention of the So
clety heId at Syracuse, \. y. in July,
IVA 1t was resolved that after july /
VA, no part of the 1000 sixtv-minute
houTs shall consist Of credits for work
cone IN the study of other systems than
chiropractic
An analysis of tho curriculum OF
the various schools shows that this re-
quirement is not adhered to- Further
iinVestlgation has also proved that the
lecture period is not sixty minutes
long' but frequently half an hour or
even less.
a common school education is eli
the preliminary education REQUIRED fo,
entrance. In fact, all the preliminary
cdncation actually needed is the abil
'fF to read and write English There il
nfnctlcslly.a a complete absence Of nre.
l'mlnory educational requirements.