Putnam patriot., 1923-11-30
DAYVlLE DOCTORS
 STATUS QUESTIONED
Dr. Prisque Called Twice By Grand Jury Investigating
 Diploma Mill"
Failed 10 Report Sudden Death of
 Goodyear Child He Attended

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 Exposure by the Hartford Ceurant of the alleged diploma mill' by which ! it was possible for men to obtain q physieian's and surgeons diploma ! from the Kansas City College of Physicians and Surgeons. and the sub sequent action of the Grand Jury in vestigating the status of sundry doctors praetieing in Connecticut. has i involved Dr. Raymond D. Prisque. who has been practicing medicine and surgery in Dayville for nearly year. l The doctor was summoned to appear before the Grand Jury twice this week. on Monday and Wednesday fine subpoena that was served on Dr. Prisque by Sheriff Charles A Aver, called upon the doctor to go before the Grand Jury. sitting in Hartford. and prove his right to practice medi= cine in Connecticut. What the doe | tor testified to has not been disclosed.
 Bursts Into Limelisht
 Dr. Prisque burst into the hmelight on Sunday when news story appear ed calling attention to the fact that he had not made report to the medi- cal examiner or coroner of the county, Dr. George Nj. Burroughs and Judge Arthur Bill. respectively. both of i Danielson. of tine sudden death Of a Goodyear child. Her name is Natalina 1 Garcia. nine years old. who suffered fl fall downstairs in the Goodyear school, by which she k said Co have sustained a fracture of the skull. She was attended by Dr. Prisque. The child died Sept. 21. the day follow l ing the accident
 His attention being called te the death. the doctor is said to have stat cd that he did not know that he was supposed to report sudden deaths.
 Resents Nationwide Publicity
 nr Prisqne ia anateA as saying that all this publicity is rather rough on him, but he Is only toe glad to 70 before the Grand Jury and tell ali that he knows. He spent six years i.l study for his profession, he states.
 Dr. Prisque was invited to attend the monthly meeting of the doctors of Danieison shortly after he started his practice in Dayville He has not been invited to attend meeting since that time. however.
 Although Dr. Prisque has not been in Windham county long enough to be eligible for membership in the Mindham County Medical Associa ton. one of the censors Of that or ganization said that be visited Dr. ! frisque soon after he located in Day. vile. and that Dr. Prisque would not he proposed for membership in the association
 Prisaue Examined in 1921
 Dr. prisqne was examined by the Connecticut eclectic board July | 2 and l3, 1921, and passed the examina- tions At that time he stated that he was a graduate of the class of 1921 of the Kansas City University of Physicians and Surgeons. When some question arose concerning his college training, he Is alleged to have told Commissioner Osborn over the telephone that he was A graduate of ] the Kansas City College of Medicine and Surgery In n registered letter. Dr. Osborn asked him for swor statement of this fact and in reply received a letter stating that the com- munication of Dr. Osborn hnd been turned over to the eclectic examining board by Dr. Prisque Dr. Osborn pointed out to Dr. Prisque in his let- ter that he claimed to have been graduated from the Kansas City Col iege of Medicine and Surgery before it was on the approved list of the Connecticut eclectic examining board.
 Authorized to Grant Degrees
 The Kansas City University of Phy- sicians and Surgeons, according to the American Medical Directory, was chartered in 1903 as the Central Col lege of Osteopathy and in 1917 il was authorized to grant degrees. Accord ing to the directory. it ''professes to teach medicine and osteopathy" and it is exported as not recognized by the licensing boards of forty-six states" According Co Dr. Osborn, the eclectic board did not have the right 10 examine man who came from q college teaching 0steopathy and "reg- ular" medicine. The Kansas City Col lege of Medicine and Surgery, which Dr. Prisque later claimed as his alma mater, is reported in the directory as an eclectic institution. not recognized by the National Eclectic Medical As sociation and the licensing boards of forty-one states.
 Dr. Prisque. when taking his exam. ination, gave his address as No. 35i5 College avenue, Kansas City, Mo. Dur ing 1929, his address was Phillips County. Pbiilipsburg Kan, and his card on file at the state department of health bears the legend. retired for two years on account of health '
 
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