A further astounding acknowledgment of the imbecility of the medical practice act in the State of Colorado may be found on page 3 of the legal document previously referred to: "The statute takes no account of drugs or medicines, or any other therapeutic agency, and prohibits the examiners from interrogating an applicant for a license of any school upon drugs or medicines.” And at page 5 it says: "The examiners are prohibited expressly by the statute from examining applicants upon drugs or medicines, or any other healing agency. * * * The law assumes that they (the applicants granted a license) will not use drugs unless they are familiar with their action, or apply any other healing agency of which they know nothing." We will admit our absolute ignorance heretofore of the actual workings of the State Board of Medical Examiners. That the people have been buncoed into believing this organization a bulwark of absolute protection against assault and annihilation by ignorant pretenders to heal the sick applies no more correctly than to the medical man, who, complying with all requirements, finds the document permitting him to practice medicine in Colorado has been lowered to the dignity of a peanut peddler's permit, by rulings of a purely political body which has protection of the public no more in view than their tactics tend to elevate the medical profession. This board is continually spending public money in prosecuting people for the illegal practice of medicine and still no favorable results follow these displays of official fervor; no one is ever convicted. If the money for prosecution came out of the pockets of the plaintiffs in such cases a private individual might have some heart to protect his interests with his pocketbook, but knowing as he does that the "other fellow's" expenses are being paid by the State he hardly presumes to be powerful enough financially to buck such a game, no matter how pugnacious he may be or well grounded his position. The following shows who can practice medicine in Colorado: "Our statute recognizes that any healing science, or principle, or remedial agent, can be applied by a man who never attended a school, or took a degree, and permits such a man to receive a license; under the statute to practice as a doctor, physician and surgeon." Go to it, everybody. If the people ever needed protection in this direction they need it right now, dear Lord; and if there ever existed an opportune time for homœopaths to demand a separate examining board, a State Board of Medical Examiners, that time, dear reader, is also right now. MISCELLANEOUS Dr. C. M. Worth has located at Box Elder, Nebraska. Dr. William Edmundson has taken offices with Dr. J. Wylie Anderson, in the Mack building. Send your news notes to the editor; he will do the editing. All that is needed are the facts in the case. Dr. Ewing, a graduate of the Denver Homœopathic College, is now located in Colorado Springs and is doing well. Dr. J. W. Mastin paid a professional visit to Colorado Springs the 17th of last month. Irish? Just a trifle. **** Dr. J. E. Clayton has cast his lot with the people of Craig, Colo., and THE CRITIQUE recommends him to this community without reservations of any sort. Dr. Ellen M. Oviatt, formerly one of the prominent women homœopathic physicians of Denver, died at Okalona, Ark., Sunday, March 10th, and was buried in Denver Saturday, March 15th. The forty-third annual meeting of the Hahnemann Medical Association of Iowa will be held at Des Moines May 7th and 8th. Dr. S. W. Staads is the president, and the program predicates a pleasing and profitable meeting. THE CRITIQUE regrets to chronicle a painful accident which happened to Dr. J. D. Nye, of this city, the 7th of last month. He slipped and fell on the icy steps of St. Luke's Hospital and was out of commission in consequence for some time. Dr. L. B. Wheeler has been selected secretary of the Colorado Homœopathic Society, vice C. M. Worth, M.D., who resigned to locate elsewhere. THE CRITIQUE congratulates the society on its good fortune in selecting so capable a person as Dr. Wheeler to fill this position. Wth the February issue of American Practitioner and News, Louisville, Ky., Dr. Lee Kahn retired as editor and was succeeded by Dr. John W. Wainwright, of New York, who will move the publication office to the latter city. Under Dr. Kahn's guidance the P. and N. has been an efficient and enthusiastic expounder of scientific medical topics, and we hate to see him retire from the field, but welcome his successor most cordially. The Denver Omnibus and Cab Company has added recently to its already well-nigh complete equipment, a 60-horsepower automobile ambulance, which it offers the medical profession and those requiring such service at a very reasonable service charge, either night or day. This machine contains all the latest devices for comfort and convenience, and the service will be prompt and up to the standard usually maintained by this company. It will be worth while for physicians to look into this feature beforehand, that they may understand its merits in case of emergency needs. Mr. Glenn Q. Smith, manager of this department, will take great pleasure in giving all necessary information on application. Dr. F. A. Faust and family, of Colorado Springs, left that city the first of March for a rather extended trip to Europe. During their sojourn Dr. Faust, in addition to enjoying himself, will take in some of the larger medical centers and will, no doubt, return better equipped than ever to meet the needs of his large and constantly increasing practice. Dr. Faust is one of the homeopaths who works at it all the time and under all circumstances. The Annual Spring Clinic in Orificial Surgery will be held by Dr. E. H. Pratt in Hering Medical College, corner of Wood and York streets, Chicago, Illinois, April 2, 3 and 4, 1912. Clinical work will begin promptly at nine o'clock each morning, and continue until twelve or Medical practitioners of all schools are welcome. There is no fee for attendance, and all operations are free. Only poor patients are expected to apply for treatment. one. Between two heavy black lines, the Iowa Journal of Homoeopathy says: "The Board of Education abolished all the chairs of the College of Homoeopathic Medicine at the State University March 1st and gave notice to the professors accordingly. No notice or hearing was given the faculty that the action was even contemplated. The patrons of homœopathy over the state will see by this that their interest is not considered in the least by the State University." Thus one by one the roses fall. There are resolutions and likewise resolutions. In this issue we are printing several sets from labor organizations in Denver, favoring the National League for Medical Freedom. Not far from these may be found two, accompanied by a letter from Dr. T. DEWITT WILCOX, both highly condemnatory of the League. "You pays your money and takes your choice." It is no more likely that all homoeopathic organizations and Baptist Bible schools oppose this organization than that all unions favor it, so there you are. Word reached Denver recently from Dr. Margaret H. Beeler, the letter bearing Minneapolis, Minn., postmark, in which she signifies her intention of locating in this northwestern metropolis for the practice of medicine. Dr. Beeler is one of the many creditable products of the Denver Homeopathic Medical College, and should she decide upon this move definitely, THE CRITIQUE takes great pleasure in recommending her to the consideration of the profession and laity of the community above stated. We wish her unbounded success in her new location. Since the first of the year THE CRITIQUE has broken all previous records for promptness (?) in mailing its publication; last month was worst of all, when we were ten days late. We have always prided ourselves we were the most punctual in matters of this kind of any medical journal in the country, and will try in the future to so conduct ourselves in this respect as to regain this good opinion, if for no other reason than that it is "business." Our print shop has been simply swamped during the past three months, and we were not the only ones to suffer. LABOR UNION RESOLUTION AGAINST THE OWEN BILL. WHEREAS, The American Medical Association is endeavoring to secure the enactment of a law by the Congress of the United States, providing for the establishment of a department of the Government to be known as the Department of Public Health, the head of which department will be a cabinet officer, and WHEREAS, The establishment of such a department would ultimately deprive us of the freedom we now enjoy-to employ any system of healing we choose, and would compel us to submit to the dictation of a Government doctor, and WHEREAS, The National League for Medical Freedom has been organized for the purpose of protecting the people in one of their most sacred rights the right of every man to select the practitioner of his choice, in the hour of sickness; and WHEREAS, The National League for Medical Freedom will seek, through publicity and education, to unmask and oppose any legislation which endeavors to put into power any one system of healing and use the Government prestige, money and machinery to enforce its theories and opinions upon citizens who believe in other forms of healing; now, therefore, be it hereby RESOLVED, That we, the members of Denver Musical Protective Association Local No. 20 of Denver, Colorado, do announce ourselves as opposed to the establishment by the Government of the United States of a department of public health, and do further announce ourselves as in sympathy with the National League for Medical Freedom in its efforts to prevent the establishment of such a department. Denver Musical Protective Association Local No. 20, (Signed) P. J. DEVAULT, President. (Signed) F. J. LEIBOLD, Secretary. Journeymen Cooks Union No. 18 of Denver, (Signed) A. J. TRANEL, President. (Signed) W. YOUNG, Secretary. Denver Teamsters' Local Union No. 108, (Signed) M. J. CANNON, President. (Signed) BoD PETERS, Secretary. Denver Bookbinders Local Union No. 29, (Signed) CHAS. E. DUFFY, President. (Signed) R. Y. HARRISON, Secy. Carpenters and Joiners Union No. 55, (Signed) J. W. WAREHAM, Pres. (Signed) TOM RODDY, Secretary. Horseshoers' Local Union No. 29, (Signed) S. J. CARMODY, President. (Signed) J. F. WELSH, Secretary. *** NOT FAVORABLE TO N. L. M. F. THE CRITIQUE, Dear Sirs: Please find enclosed copy of certain resolutions which may be interesting to the readers of your publication. The one protesting against patent medicine has had the effect of cleaning up the advertising columns of three religious publications. The other one has done much toward placing the homeopathic physicians of New England in the right light on the question of the League for Medical Freedom. It seems to we cannot give too much publicity to the fact that we, as homoeo me pathic physicians, have nothing whatsoever to do with this Patent Medicine-Christian Science-Humbug Producing League. Yours truly, DEWITT G. WILCOX. BOSTON HOMOEOPATHS: At a meeting of the Boston Section of the Homœopathic Medical Society, the following resolution was offered and unanimously adopted: "Resolved, That we, the Boston Section of the Massachusetts Homœopathic Medical Society, in session assembled, declare ourselves as having no allegiance or sympathy with the League for Medical Freedom; that we are opposed to its methods and aims, and we further protest against the use of our name as a school by the said League for its propogandistic work. "(Signed) WILLIAM A. HAM, Secretary." THE BROOKLINE BAPTIST BIBLE SCHOOL, BROOKLINE, MASS.: At a special session of the teachers and officers of the Brookline Baptist Bible School, held Monday evening, January 29th, the following resolution was offered and unanimously adopted: "Resolved, That we, the teachers and officers of the Brookline Baptist Sunday School, in session assembled, do protest against any of our Baptist publications carrying patent medicine advertisements in the columns of any of their religious publications. We especially protest against the appearance of those medical advertisements against whose proprietors there has been issued a fraud order by the United States Government. "(Signed) MILDRED S. THIELSCHER, Secretary." 坐坐 ** RESOLUTIONS BY DENVER HOMEOPATHIC SOCIETY. It having been the will of an all-wise Providence to remove from our midst our beloved brother and fellow practitioner, DR. WALTER JOEL KING, and realizing that through an infinite mercy nothing does happen which is not for ultimate good, be it Resolved, That while we deplore the loss of one so highly esteemed, and miss the continued pleasant association of the past, we humbly acknowledge our submission to the Divine will. DR. KING will always be remembered as a conscientious physician, an upright and honorable man, a kindly gentleman and a staunch and true friend of homoeopathy. His memory retains a warm place, cherished in the hearts of his associates. Be it further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be read at the next meeting of the Denver Homœopathic Medical Society, spread upon the minutes and also copies be sent to the address of his parents, Dr. and Mrs. E. H. KING, and his wife, Mrs. WALTER J. KING. (Signed) L. B. WHEELER, It having been the will of Divine Providence to call away the wife and companion of our fellow practitioner, DR. CHARLES N. HART, be it Resolved. That we extend our heartfelt sympathy to him in this, the hour of affliction, and send to his address this message of condolence. Be it further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be read at the next meeting of the Denver Homoeopathic Medical Society, spread upon the minutes and sent to THE CRITIQUE. (Signed) L. B. WHEELER, (Signed) WM. R. WELCH, (Signed) H. T. Dodge. It having been the will of Divine Providence to call away the wife and companion of our brother practitioner, DR. JAMES M. WALKER, be it |