Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-02

HaHlllS the various subjects PRO
Nlded'-now listen to this, gentle
men, provided. that said examina-
ION In the subject of surgery shall
&c -what:- shall be equivalent to
10 inc examination required by the
state or Maine board Of registration
oi medicine, Of applicants for regis
tration by it. in said subject" That
(. is what it provides, that no osteo-
path, after this bill becomes a law,
! can practice surgery unless he or she
submits to and passes an examination
equivalent to the examination pro-
Nlded by the State board Of medicine.
ou have not been told that, have
you You didn't have that informal
ton, gentlemen. did you when you
voted yesterday? And it further pro-
( vldes,-let me read it to you. it furth-
er provides that no person hereto
/ fore registered by the board of os-
teopathic examination and resistr;i-
ton shall be permitted to practice
surgery without passing said exam
! nation in said subject" That was
| not told to you, was it? You were
tod, gentlemen. that those who had
their certificate now, if this became
law could practice surgery. That
| IS what you were told. 1t was not
person under this act can practice
surgery unless they take the same
examination taken by the regular
medical student provided by their
! own board of examiners, and no per-
son now practicing OsteOpathy can
practice surGery without taking the
same examination.
l VIII take up one other part of this
concerning which gross misrepresen-
tatlonS have been made. You have
oeen told that under this act osteo-
paths could use drugs. the impression
being given that they could practice
! medicine. that they had free rein. and
that they were not qualified for it.
What does the act provide? The
original act, gentlemen, left the door
wide open and the medical profess
slon' although present before the
committee, raised no question at that
time. But your judiciary committee
closed the door and insisted on this
new draft and insisted on these
words being put into that draft:
such certificate shall entitle the
person to whom it is granted to prac-
| tlce osteopathy in any county in this
state, i'll all its branches as taught
| and practiced by the recognized
schools and colleges of osteopathy.
but 1t shall not authorize it's holder
! TO administer drugs, except so far as
necessary in recognized surgical
technique" They cannot use drugs
except as IS necessary in surgical
technique. oh. how magnanimous of
this great medical profession to be
willing to agree that some other
school Of thought can practice sur
gerry but refuse to them the right to
administer. an anaeSthetic allow
| them to perform an operation for APP
pcndicitis but deprive them of the
right to administer ether, AIagnani-
nous. You know, gentlemen. it is
absurd, it would be ridiculous to pass
an act by this Legislature giving the
right to the osteopaths to practice
surgery and then deprive them of the
right of using an anaesthetic in con-
nection with it. And that is all they
are permitted to do. They cannot
use drugs to any other extent than
that. The bill says so in SO many
words. But YOU have been told dur
ing the last fortyeisht hours. gentle
men. that they could practice medi
cine, use drugs. 1t is unfair.
| DO YOU realize that at least one
| third of the citizens of the State of
Maine today are employing when
they are i'll those other than members
of the regular medical profession
one third? And are YOU going to de-
! prive that one third of the right to
! employ whom they please.
! The committee ais" lnsisted-lt was
not in The original blli nut they INSIST
Cd that II Inc word doctor or iT'
was I" h" used, that the word "oSteo-
| path must he used IN conjunction WIN
| 1t, 50 that II YOU We're I'll ana wanted