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T1LI5 SCVKANTON TJUBUNM-SATUKDAY. UECKU1JKU 3. 1898.
LEGAL HISTORY OF
MEDICALQUACKERY
MANSLAUQIITEn, CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE AND THE LAW.
Substance o an Intel esting Pnper
Recently Contilbutea to the Medi
cal Recoid by William A. Pui ring
ton, Esq., a Member of the New
Yolk Dm.
The tmllnaiv iiiiuck Ik i oiittmt to lny
ilnlni to HontL- tiie-i Inl skill 01 knowl
edge; in the um- or niituiul muthoils or
Mtnt'(1lcx Thus 111 Wbiiliiiv. 1'QG, onu
John il. OioiiB Iniliiiiil tin Miinc U'rH
Inline ol N' "nik Unit In the fol
low Ins AM II litii it-i i tl tin' uxlstltiB
I Hltlt V II till Ct.lll' tlllMlIt 111 flit ll'llflC to
itlltlintU liv Hlmlnl uit Hit' pi'rchus"
roi M.ooo niul pulilli utlnti In tin' tntei
iiikis hy his "umI"(I null Indillllik'
lcmciH niul mil- fur the liviliophoblu
di I'linlno nuu!ii"!M." Ami u ni uiluiful
lonii'ily It hum. Hi'ii' Is the iieuli
Hon, utul It (dtalnh wfiii" ailoquiiti.'
to ihi. tin ml to livdiujiliiilii i 01 u n j
otlioi nmliiiU
"I'lixt. Tnki oin iiiiue ol tin Jiw
liolic of li eleitf bill lit 1 mill pulve ileel, ol
oillliloil to tllix illlit
"r!eeonell 'Inkv tin" fiilfi- ioiikik or
IIC'VVlV foilul tult, lit lint Im uNo ll'llll
ami jiiiH i ilnel nml
"ThliiVl . Tiiki one "iintili ol Miillijils
wlildi Ik iuimiI on Ho mii tin nl old
i upper In Ijlii? In tin iinit"t tiiith. tin
iiPliiilsiif lliiilM' I ol II lilt tile pill' t
ami licit .Mis. Ohm iiiKKslliiitH to
pither nml If Hie prison In mi mtilll in
lull kiiiimi tiiki out kidiiiioii tiiispiiuiiiiii
II tlllV, nml HI i In piopoiilun Till II t llllll III -lllllllllK
to tt OKI In "lie hum n 1 1 I llllll
tlie llllnu" of tin out hall n "Pin i of
tin above kind It to lie ll i I if not, tilt 11
n im. ill liiiiiii-iil ipi inttt of nn In-" i
mi till of the kind, till- to he Ink' ll III n
MlllHll iimilltlU of nli I
"I lie next moi Mini, lnxtlni: nil Inline
i ntlliK), it pint the f.uni im In fine 'I 111"
If roinplliil with aft' i the hi Urn, or u tun,
nml In fine the ivniptoiiH ot iniiilin will
t rfeetlinlh pit Mill itiv ippiiillinte of
illioiili i , hut tit tt r tin swnpii in -ii til
iippini n i1iii Inn mil t linini illnlt li ue
nppllul to to mliiilntsti i tin follow un,
Iz.
, "I'hlee ill lehlllK of tile vilillitlii of the i
klml liefnre mi ntliii't tl inlMil with lmir
mi ounie of i iloniel to In tnkin nt one
iltio 'I Ills on tut 1 1 x tin phvlt l.in in tl
not fenr to ailinlulslni lis the umiUoii or
tin enoin will then illffn-t thioimli tin
whole s stein of the p.itltnt neiitnille
iillKlilt inliK the puwnlill illiillt of lilt)
iniillcllle mill
"Set'onil If In folll limns tlleieifttl the
piltlont Is not inmpltttli lilleveil ml
tnlnlHtei foili malliH of pm i opium 01 one
hiniiliiil nml twcnt iliop of llipihl l.iwlu
lium "N". I! -'I he piitltnt niii-t In imtiil to
tiMilil the iim- of milk for inil ilis
nflti tnklns inn or tin fouiolmr nn ill
i ino John .l t'toiis
In the following eat an .ut fill 101
11. 1S07) iit.su! piohlliltlnp- unlliinsed
piaethc of innllelne wllh Hie piol-o
nowt'M'i, Hint ll should not 1)' ou
st' in d to loli.ii mi one fiom using or
Tpphl'lg foi the bone'lt of the sick
units or lieibu the growth or pioduet
of the t'nlted States This evceptlon
f ruined .it in ie the pilni I pie of piotei -Hon
to the Industn of home hubs tn 1
the tPiiihliius of the Tlioinsonl.in oi
biimnle siiinoi of im ilk Ine founiltd
upon the simple. nbUou. thenij that
lilllli'inl lemeillps ale Injlll lolls bei.llise
lliple nntuio b"l!ig to lemalii in the
enith, the tend to dug man iliwn
to the gi.no. while heib, hming by
natiiio nn lipwniil ikiwaul tliniht,
tend on the nuiti.ii to the advaiue
llieilt ol those lulu whose tllh'st they
peliett.ite
an' i:iu.y i'ahi:
ijl'lns nysfm oin e as popultti as
'111 ltiim sen in e, furnished ihi leading
Anicilian can- on maiiFl.uighter by
lnedieal malpi.i'tlie thai ot rommon
wealth IhoniHoi. tt! Mts lit). It
theie appealed that SiiiiuilI Thomson,
founder of the sjstim. iimkitook to
ellie "all feei, whethu black. gia
gteen or t'llll " His staph liinedios
weie "eoffee ' ho-i ailed. ' hi 11 nv gils
He." and "loni-iats ' Heing suinmon
ed on Jnniinri -', ISO'i to nllend IZa
l.mett. ill of "a i old " lie oidei d u file
built, pill I.o Pit's f,.pt i,n l stove of
hot eo.ils, wi.inptd him u, i blanket
and. with i pnwili-i given In wntei,
"puki d" him to use the simple lnn
giiago of the duy xlolenth thrice
within half nn hum. meantime .iilniln
Itif coplouslv the w ,n in coffee" He
then put l-ovott lo bed. .mil fweated
ami "puked" linn pietts steadily fm
tin pi din, the path nt gi w lug weakei
and wuikei, until, pom 'otil' lit timid
puke no mine. Then Thomson asked
"how fm down Hi - mullrine had got."
and, l.uMlt Indicating his tin ft, the
ipiack said Hint the mi die lue "would
Minn irit down nml uiiscuw his im
M'l." On the tbhd di the patient
"lost his mind ami went into couwi
sions, ' w blih condition In-inl until Hie
eUhth iluj lauuan HHb ulun he
dl'd
The coffee ploiid In he a ihi'iiitlon
L
DR.'PlERCE'S
Favorite
PRESCRIPTION
Makes weak women strong
and sick women well.
me great
TmpferanceRem.eqy
of niurBhuHemnry and the bnrk of the
Imyherry limlii the powder vvhh lnillnn
tolmcio or Lobelia Inllntn. There win
no evidence Hint defendant had killed
any one cIfo, on the control y, theie
wan le.stlmoiiv of benellt In one cine
ft oin hln ttcutmeut The court then
fore, did not nut liliu to his defence,
hut, nilliiK that tin rcnitiiieinweiiltli hnd
failed lo imilte out n tnse even of
iiiiHicliniHliiei c limited the Jury lo this
cited U"ieiicil, li"Mitul le.isonuble
doubt, lot his I Iff by ilefenditlt'n tin
nkllful tieiitmeiit. Hut theie could b'
no tiHiliter unless the tiil'oner vviii
wllfullv n;tnidle.s of his Hwlul dutj
mid dfu iniinrd on mischief, of whlih
theie tins no pi oof, on the continiv
bin Intent uis to line Neltliet ootlld
theie be ui.insliitiRlitei , fin. although
defendtiiU'H iKtionnae vn vtiy ap
parent neveitlli'li H, If he lionestlv in
timlpil to iHlle, he niulil not be Ktlllt
of that cilme on net mint of death lin
HXpectedl ciihiiIiib fiom bis tleiitnieiit,
unless u wan engaged In an unlawful
it, mid thi'ie wan no law In Alnnsa
I'luisittH loihldilltiR any man, honestly
llltetlillllK' lo line lrolll pleserlbltlfr for
a Mlik man with the Intter'B consent
Till: LAW l.AIO DOWN
The iiiurt i Hid l.oiil Hale nil all-
thin Hy foi the proposition Unit It a
plMslrl.m, whethf! Ik eiwed ol not
Kilos ii pi i mjii a potion, without mo
intent of doiiK llllll all bodily hint,
but with Intuit to Hire m ineiint a
illstase, and, lontiai.N to the i p-cta-tlmi
of the ploxlelau It kills him, he
is not Hllllt. of millilei ol miillMlllllKll
lef " uiiil, llfl III ill HKl kill down this
l'iw fm the i line
"The death of a man. kllUd b Mil
untatllN IoIIiiwIiik a intdii.il pieM.iip
t lull imiliot be niljililneil a lelonv In
Hie pnt piei tllilnif, unli'j-s he, how
wi Uuoiaut of iiKdli.il cileuie 111
ritlelal li.nl so nun h kimwIiilKe or
pinli.ihli Infoi'ii itlnu of the filial tell-
be le.ihoilllbh pliHlllileil b theJUIJ to
be the efleet of obstinate, Wilful in.ih
iit ss at the hast ami nut of un lion
lent liitentlini and expectation to uue"
The ttiiii fiuthei -aid that If the
solh Hoi -geni nil had piotd, as he
Iplomlsul to do in ills opening Hint
J'honifoii had killed otheis by his
tleatmeill It would hae In ell left to
the Jui to sj wluthei on the whole
iildeiue thei would sustain the
i lunge of m.iu1aughtpt which they
might Jiistiv hae done if the bad
found that diletidant acttd fiom 'ob
stinate uishness and foolhaidy pie
stimiitinu. ulthough wlthoui Intent to
do Loielt bodll liaini ' foi It would
not hae In mi lawful foi him again to
admluistei a medicine of which he had
latal txpuieiiie" I'pon this ipason
ing Tliomson was acnititted nml bis
tae having pioietl as a pieeeileni a
stioiig Hhlekl for lnanshiughti ring
chailntaus. lij establishing what lias
lit en Hilled the humane American mle
as i ontiah'ted with the stilet iiilc ot
i omiiion law It Is will to state suc
cinctly the leasons win he escaped
conviction 1 (l) because there wim
no statute In Massachusetts piohibit
ing medical piaitlie bj the ignoiant
mill unlliensed, (.( beiause theie wis
no in oof that Thomson (a) knew bis
tuatment to lie dangeioiis or (b) had
an olhei Intent than to cine In good
I faith
i nothi:u tasi:
In IM.: the iiuestlon aiiise in New
Ycuk, upon an application for u bill of
dlsioiei), hi Mimh r Davidson (a
Paige "soi whetliei ll was slandeious
lo lne sulci of the complainant that
he was gulltj of nialpitutiM' as a i ali
tor docioi am! bad killed a woman la
Sdioharle Davison not being licensed
to jnactlse, tlie touit laid that Inas
nun h n.s he might be gullt of man
sluugliter, for that leason, if tlie pa
tient died nndei hlrf tieutment the
winds might be slanderous
It thus appeals that em atceptlng
the benign uile of Thomson's cae.
which, as we shall see presently, was
111 stated wheieier a statute makes
the unlicensed pinetice of medicine a
nilsdimenno! ir death lestilt fiom the
tieiitnient of a non-licentiate ho Is
Ktillt of manslaughter at least, no
matter how honest hUc Intent This Is
the rule of common law and of the
Nt w Yoik penal code which delltm
ns manslaughter the killing of one hu
man being bj the ad, procurement, or
omission of anothei without design to
effect death b u person engaged In
c illumining oi attempting to commit
a misdemeanor allotting tlie poison or
pnipeit elihei or tlie poison killed oi
of another
In 1M1 the tase of Itlco s The Stale
(h Mo 101) was decided in Mhfioutl.
Ulce, a Thonisonlan, nuclei took by the
same methods used on l.oiett to cute
Mis Kcitbp of sciatica She had not
In en mi well foi joins as when be be
gin to tioat hoi, and was within s
weeks of giving blith to hot foul Hi
child I'nder his iijstun she fell into
piomatuie labot and died within about
ten clavs n,. was convicted of mini
slauglitu but the appellate coin!
adopting the iu!e in Thomson's i use
the fm ts In lug substantially the sumo,
level sod the judgment
AX IOWA r.si:.
In lssl another case uioso, in Iowa,
Stale s SchuU Ci'i In bJS) SchuU
tioated ,v ,lck woman by noupuncturo
and an In Hating oil. occoidlng to the
iijstem of IIlii Haunscheldt, who,
having bioii much benefited by the
bitlngs of .small Insects, .sought to give
the world foi a tntiHldeiatinn, a slmu
lacium of his oxpeileiue. Defendant
admltleil that lit did not know the
composition of the oil, that being
naunsobeillfs seciet The patient
died Schul claimed that If he 'had
not boon Interfeied with he could have
helped her. and produced twent -three,
wltiiefaes to testify that Huunsihcldt
Ismus, us admlnlsteiod by him, bad
benefited them. SchuU was lonvltted,
but the appellate court leversed the
Judgment, following tlie cases of
Thomson and lllce, and expies.sed this
c one luslon "The Interest of society
will bo subset veil by holding a phvsl
clun civilly liable In ilumagos for the
rouseciueiHos of his Ignorance, without
Imposing upon him tilmlnal liabilities
when he aits with uood motives and
honest Intentions " Tlie adoption of
thlrt theory by the New York statute
rif 1 S 14 enabled eiuackeij, In the words
of Hoaidesley J, to boast Its trium
phant mid complete) establishment by
law ' nialley vh Mogg. 4 Den CO). Ann
the people of Iowa. Instead of udhei
lug to It, have passed, slnio the Scliulz
case, a law foi bidding mpdleal piac
tlc to On unlicensed
unvnnsAi,
Notwithstanding these acceptances
nf the nils In Thomson's cae b other
linlsdlctlons as sound law, tho su
preme court of Massachusetts, vvheie
In It origlnuted, has lnco held, in
Commonwealth . I'lerco (138 Mubs,
163, A D 1S8I), that tho atcuiacy of Its
report wast doubtful and lis law open
to criticism The facts In Tierce's caso
were thes'e: Defendant held himself
out as a physician, Theo vvo no
more, law In Massachusetts! to pi event
him from so doing In 1881 than theie
had been to prevent Thomson's like
pretension In 1S0O, Uplng called to a
sick woman, he caused her, she con-
centime, to be kept for some three days
swathed In llannel underclothing, sat
urated with kniosene. Ciulor this
tieutment she died In gieut mlseiy.
Thero wuh evidence In the case that In
some Instances similar tientinctit by
defendant had lesulted favorably, but
nlsn that In one It had burned and
btlfiteted tint tloHii, ns In tlie copb of
deceased. Defendant's totiuset at trial
uskeil the rourt to c hinge, following
the i tile In Thomson's case, that tie
fetidunt could not be convicted unless
It were ptovoti bojioiid leiisonable
tlottbl that death lesulted ftom Ills
tteulmeiit and that he hud such know
ledge or protlable lufniniatloti of the
filial tcndeiH'j of his ptoetcilptlon as to
Justify the Jin j. In ptPHlinlng that
death was the iffcct of Ids obstinate
or wilful lecklessness, ami not of an
honest Intent niul expectation to tine
Tills ieiiiest was lefused. ilofellillinl
wun convicted, ami his innvlttlon uf
III mod bv the appellate mint who, by
llolmes ,1 , said that the language of
Thomson's case lolled upon b ilefetid
mil vl. that 'to iniistltute nuiii
slatlghtei the killing must have belli u
i ousociueliie of some unlawful ut t
Now theie Is no law whlih ptohlblts
any man fiom pi escribing foi a sli k
poison, with hlfl consent. If he lionest
lv Intends to uue him b his pitscilp
I on" was ambiguous nml wrong. If
It mi ant "that the killing must be the
i onseiiuenie of all at t which Is llti
1 infill fm Independent loasons apart
fiom Its likelihood to kill' 'Such"
loiitlniitd the mint. ' inu.v ome have
been Ihe law, but tor a long time It
has been lift as ftlll.v, and latteil. We
inn mid. mtiih mine wlllluglv, loiog
nli il that a mm miiv loiumlt iiiuidoi
hi iiianslaughtt i bv doing otlniwlse
law fill acts leiklessly. us that he inav
bv doing at ts unlaw nil foi Independent
lei.sons, fiom which death at e idelilal-
h i ii-.ui ? ' Tlioinson's case It mi
said did not Intend to lav down new
hi , hut cited and iiit.iul to fo'lo v
Loi.l Hale vvhoni It had takt n ' n lit
el. lib, since hid loictshlp ildiultttd Hint
utile pi'lsollH might make themselves
liable b leckloss c nuiliii l il 1' 0.
4TJ) ami wny not a pliv-lclun us we1' '
Tin: tuim: stand kd
s to w hat i oust It litis c llnil mil iic k
siibsiinitlalh thai the stamlaid Is not
galigtd bv the uctoi's belief oi idea of
ilangel, but b eninniiiii irii'i ItMifis If
the thing done "I-- geiuialb siippnstd
to be mill ei sally liaimless and
iiiilv a specialist would foiosee that In
a given laselt would do damage, a poi
son who did nut foit"-celt and who had
no winning would not lie hold II ible
tni the bin in The tf-e of the
thing must la dniigfinu" accoidiiig to
i omiiion expel lone e at bust to tlie ex
ti nt that theie Is u manifest and ap
pieelublo ilmnio o h.iim tiom what H
done In view i libel of tlie in tin's
know lidi oi of his conscious Igmn
unce roimiion X!n lent i- Is
neeessiiiv to the man of oidinatv piu
deili'e. mid a man who assumes to act
us i he defendant did must have It at
his im i il The di fondant knew
he was U'-'ing keiosc no The Jin. v have
found that It was applied us the losult
of foolhaidv piesuniptloii ot gtoss ntg
lli,pnce and that Is enough
Indeed, If the defendant had known the
fatal toiulincv of the pi esc ilptlun, he
would have bei n peillouslv ne.il the
line of nun del Tlie inlo laid down In
this niefullv reasoned use mpst com
mend Itself to piudent men toi It lenl
Iv ainountii onh lo this that If one
unveised and unskilled in ineilliiil sci
ence and piuctlce undoilakes nevoi
theless the cilie of a n.itle nt, and In
so doing uses lemedics m adopts a
tieatmeut vv bethel positive in nega
tive ought to make no dlffpic me fiom
which Unit' Is a manifest ami applet I
ible chance ol haim uti oi tllng toioin
innii expel lone o he shall In. hold llab'e
foi his lecklcisnius and riiall not be
excused b the inline one o of Ids intcn
tlop And toitnlnlv whui pint of the
tientment ndopted is tin exclusion of
piopoi treatment this s jijst us h.u in
fill ns If poselv liijiiiiniis methods
won adopted It Is Just as mm h homi
cide to inuhv death bv staiv.itlon by
keeping tood fiom the victim, as to use
an at live poison
CJIItISTIN S. u:.wi:
How docs this pilnclplo npplv to
('hilstlnn silenio' "faltli iuip, ' m
.UlJ oiu'Ulle tiealmei't of the sli k
that b npiiiitlng stioiuiv on the mind
mio lostoie the lost ociiiillliiiumV Is
the inn suit of aiiv of those niothoils
"pi.u tlie of mi die Ino: '
While the onllnaiv quack who as
h im bee n said, pietunds onl to extia
oiillnuiv human skill oi knowledge. P
tlioioloie, genu ally hold to be a piai
tltlonei of medicine t'liilstluii si lent-l-ls,
who "o fmtliPi and nroteml to
Ptoeilli' tin lniie divine Inteiveutlon
b thill pia.veis contend that In thus
ofloilng to heal the slik, although foi
hlie, thej nie not practltiug modipliu',
but obseivlng lollglnus tltos and nre
Hit refine pioiictecl in theli pi ni tiros hv
constitutional safegii.nds Wi aie thus
nought to i onsidei what is the 'pinc
tlie of midliitio The answii to this
quel j inus't elepend in nmst illstunies
upon the winds ot the statute and tin
peeullai cii tumstantos of tho case In
the New Yoik caso of Smith v Lane
(.'1 Hun. C3- A D 1SS1) plaintiff, tip
parentlv a niasseui, sued foi agieed
lees which defendant lefused to pn
on the ground Hint plaintiff, not being
licensed to pi in the medicine, could not
ioco or compensation fen Ills tieutment,
which, as the opinion of the eouit n
tltos, consisted entlrelj of manipula
tion with the hand It was performed
bv nibbing kneading, and pies-me"
Thp loin t said
DnriNiTivi:
The piactlce of medicine Is a pur
suit ven gcueinllv known and under
stood and so also Is that or surgeiy
The funnel Includes the application
ami use of medicines and iliupvc for tho
Mil pose of cuilng. mitigating, or alio
vlatliur bodllv dlsen.ses, w lille tlie
functions of the lattei me limited to
manual opiiatlons, usuallv peifoimed
bj surgical Instiuiuonts oi nppllancos
To nllow lucompi tout en un
qiiitllttpcl poisoiw to adnilnlstei or ap
plv iiuillcul agents, or to peifoini sin
glial ipoirttlons. would be highly dan
gerous to the- health ns well as tho
liven of the poisons who might be
opeiated upon, and there Is leason to
bBlluve that lasting and suilotm in
Juiles as well us the loss of life have,
boon pioduccil by the tmpiopei use of
medical ugents ami suiglcal Instru
ments or appliances It was tho ptn
pi.ee and object of the loglslatuie hy
this act to pi event a continuance of
iloletellous piactlces of this natuie,
and to c amino tho uses of medicine
and the opeiutlons of suigeiv to a
eliiss of pei sons who upon examina
tion, should be toiind competent and
qttulllled to follow those puifesIonal
pui suits No such dungi'i could pos
sibly uilvo fiom the lieutmeiit to
wliluh the plaintiff's occupation was
iiilllliied While it might bn no benu
lit, It could huidlv bo possible that It
could lesult In liHim or !njui
"And lor that leusou no necescslty
existed for Intel fe lug with tlilH pur
suit by any action on tint part of thej
legislature. It may be that credulous,
persons would be decolved Into the
pinplovtnent of the plaintiff, nnd In
that manner subjected to Imposition.
Hut It was no pint of the purposes of
thin act to pt event persons from being
made the subjects of mere Imposition."
Klther the Italicized words arc
superfluous or they contain an Impli
cation that If the treatment, In the
court's opinion, hnd been capable of
imislng Injury like Improper medical
tieatniint, the Judges would have
iliifsMed It In the same categoij
oTiinu di:kinitions.
In Kastmiiii vs. Slate (10 N. H 7),
an Indiana cuoe, the court said, on the
other hand "It Is the put pose of the
stntttte lo pi event persons who do not
possess tlie ppcessniy qualifications to
piactlce medicine oi surgery from In
lllitlng Injitiv upon the citizens by
iiiidettaklng to tl t at dlseiims, wounds
and Injuries ' And again- "Tlie state
has nn Interest In the life and health
of all Its eltlreus, and the law unelei
examination was fiained, not to lie
stow favois upon a paitlcuhir pinfes
shin, but to disc bin go one of the high
est c In t li m r iiu, Htatt'-tliat of pro
tecting Its citizens fiom Injuty and
haim" In People vs I'lilppln (70 Mich
the defendant was held to have
plartisid im dli Inc. on pioof Unit he
held himself out as Di W W I'lilp
pln magnetic healer ' had utlempted
to cine tlie sick mid In the case of a
ehlld'rt cli nth had cei tilled the iiillse
to he 'c.iukel. sole mouth Dlliatlotl
of illseuft . June '! lo Jul) .'2, 1SS7 " In
llibtiu vs Simpson (.Mi Maine lsl). a
i lull vount who gave leinoilles was
said to be pi at Using lllidlellie So also
In NeKon vs ll.il ilngton (-' Wis t'H)
And In New Yoik. Do Leon who pre
sullied leu a e hlld diawlug Its hoio
si ope mid giving some ihubaib, im
tonvlctiii of Illegal piactlce of ineill
tlne The adinlnistiatlou of electilcltv
has also be-on hold to constitute' medi
cal pun tli i Davison vs llohlmiiii ( S7
Mo App Tod.
The Ohio statute piovlibs that.
"Anv poison shall be legiiiilnl us piai -Using
nit 1 1 it I nt- oi suigoi), vltbln the
intoning of thlri ait, who shall append
tho lettus M D oi Mil. to his name,
or fot a toe pi esc ilbo dllec I, or i nom
ine nil foi the use uf any poison any
ding oi inedliliie oi other agency foi
the tieatmeut, line oi lellef of liny
wound h.u tine, oi bodllv tnjiiiv, In
tlrmltv. in illsensi ' That seems oij
bioiitl. but In the i list of Eastman vs
State (0 Ohio, Doc ."hi), it was hold, In
.lanuniy. ivi" that a 'giaduate of the
frc hool ot osteopatliv of Kitkvllle,
Mo,' was not practising medicine bv
km ailing and manipulations, using
wily his hands and no medicines. The
iciuit cited Smith vs. I.nne. and held
that the wolds ' niij other agent v
weio too vague and weie limited by
the panic tilat wolds 'chug m uiidl
i Ine "
The Now Voik statute dotn not eh -line
medical piactlce. Such u di mil
lion was f i amid In the diafl of the
act of ISS7. but stile ken out because a
i ei lain suiateu who died shoitlv
iifttiwaid, ili lai nl that it would in
elude an icceiiiili healer who had
savnl him 1 1 inn the giuve The delln
Illon wus vloldecl to save the bill
The Neliiusku nietllial ui t dellnos as
a pint tltloni l anv one "who shall
opeiate on, oi pioless to heal, oi pim
el Hie loi oi otheiwlse tit at all pll -scal
ol mental ailment of auolhei "
TAITII (MTKi: AT ISSUi:
I'nih'i this statute- anise in ivi tho
case of htllte vs ItllsWell (4U Neb oS)
The dtfiiiilnut chtiigecl with unlawful
pi in tit e ot inoilli ltn , t mimed to be a
Chilstliin Scientist giadunted fiom
the Motaploslial college of Mis Maty
11 CJ IMil) of lioston Defoudiiiit
cilioiotl tttlmonv to lutes wiought bv
him in eases of ihcumatlsm, tattle
snake bite pneumonia, and scarlet
fevti Hit Inst In tho case of n child,
foili veais old Wv testified that In
eighteen miiiilh he had tieatod about
one bundled poisons, of whom only
two had died. The ncuuacv of his
diagnosis wii.c not In Issue He testl-
Ilel Hint the text-hooks ot the C'hiis
tlan Scionee ihuich uie the lllblp and
Mis I'ddj s woik SpIoiii and
Health" He denied that in a medical
si use he tit alod phvslcal or mental
ailments, saving 1 undoistnud with
Cod's laws, and not mortal man's"
ijiiiHtloiiid as to the privilege of p.t
tleuth oi patents to call In medlial
aid, he said "We believe that i-vpiV
one lius a light to uxpiis.s tlioli wish,
antl it l-i nlwavs undeistood that if
tht.v inetor sijine other tieatmeut, or
sumo other mode, or some cine c Iso to
aid them, It Is their pi iv liege. We al
wajc, do that It Is taught Hi our
text-books Wo novel give nnv meell
ilue, that Is entirely contiai to the
teaching ot Chilstlan Scloncp " And
his counsel said "The defendant, and
those of the same faith with him, be
lieve as ii matter of conscience Hint
the giving of medicine is a sin. that It
Is nliiclng faith in the powei of mii-te-ilal
tilings, whli li belongs alone to
Omnipotence To the Chilstlan Scien
tist, it is as much a violation of the
laws of Ooil to take dings for the ul
lovlutioil of hlllfollllK oi the uue of
disease, as fm a Methodist clugvjnuu
to tako the name of his (Jod In vain to
lelleve his ovpiw i ought feelings"
Iieing asked If ho took pay fiom bis
patients be said "As a lille I do
not We toll them wo leave the ques
tion to them and Ood . . Jesus
foh tho labniet Is worthj of Ills moat,
and vie expect that those whom wo
spend our lives for to lenutneinte us
foi It If they are not willing to
pan with the sacrllloe themnelves,' It
Is not oxpected that those should reap
the benellt " Considering that defend
ant described his tieatmeut ns one of
of prayei , this Intimation that the an
swer to piayer would he contingent
nn tlie paviuont of the scientist's foe
nppaientlv seemed lather blasphemous
to the court, who very aptly cited two
eases fiom one of the science's text
books, the IJible the foimer, that of
Simon the soiceier deported In Acts
vlll 1S-JJ, to whom Peter isiild, "Thy
money polish with thee, because thou
hast thought that the gift of Ood may
lie puiehased with mane) ," tho beiond
that of tlehiul (J Kings, v S0-J7), set
vain of Kllsha. who finding that his
muster had giatultuusly cuied of lep
losy Nuuman, tho rich Syrian, thus es
tablishing a piec cdent for dlpensary
abuses, remurked, "as the Loul Hvuth
I will uiu after him, and tako some,
what of him," and In tho end took not
onl n fee but tho disease Upon these
piecedeuts tlie Neluaska couit i tiled
thus
ANOTHim TniAL.
The exciclse of tho nit of healing
foi compensation, whether exuitcd as
u fee or expected as a giatultv, cannot
bo rhiNsed as un net nf vvoisblp. Neith
a is It the pcrfoi intuit o of a leligious
dutj, us was clulinod In the dlbtrlct
cniiit" They futthor said- "The oh
Jeet of the statute Is to piotect the
utlllcled f linn tho pietMislons of the
iBiiiuaut ami avaricious, and Its io
visions aie not limited to those who
attempt to follow beaten putlw and es
tablished usages" This, It will be no.
tioed, Is very illffoient fiom tlie view
ot Ihe New York law token In the New
Yml' case of Hiulth vs. Lane mid tho
Ohio case nf Hastman vs, Stntn (uu
pi a), us well is from the latest cusc of
3 WHAT !F
iMAXINE Wi
ELLIOTT
SAYS:
"I am a faithful believer in
JOHAW HOrFS
MALT EXTRACT
It improves my appetite and
digestion, ancl
g healthy color to
IIIWlll'5 HI tlAI I M 11 Inspector, Chicago Hoard ot Health, writes! "I lime been acquainted with the
iJUIMlUiS HI. llfti-L, ftl.U., JOHANN HOH"S .MALT UXTRACT for gome time nnd have prescribed It frequentltr
In mv practice. In 5totv convalcscttncc, alter acute itMtann, I have found It especially valuable, nnd have been well
pleased with the results." EISNER A MEHDELSON CO.. Solo Aacnfm. Mew York
"mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm'
the Kind Slati V Mvlod HO At 7."!).
the id, d in Minnie Island last .Inly upon
Hies- facts Dclt niliillt undoitook to
tin i one Hub of milaila mid one
Vatiulinn of Kilipi bv nppaientlv eli
KiiKluc; in slle nt piavei and bIvIiik
them iinmphli im on I'hilstlan Science
He imlvtil ll Ice of , lull K-lVO no
tin dlt ino nude no examination or
illaKtitixN lie testitled tint he did
not .ilttmpt to out c i1le.ie, had no
Know leeltte ol inetllilne oi sin gel , and
that ills onh method won "puivi'i and
effoil to ontoui.iKo hopefulness fin all
who i ome to him In public oi pilvate.
nnd wlritevei ilKeuses ihov may Im
agine thov havi " The eouit bold,
iltlng Smith v- Lane that In the .lb- '
seine of diagnosis "H c llptiop of,
leiiKilles, or surgical inethods theie
was no iiHillcul piuitlee 'l'he ullg- I
getetl that 11 Chilstlan Science Is1
u. n Hie n" niedli Ine then us n m hool
It Is entitled to lecognitioti bv tho state
home! and thai It would be absuiil to,
hold nml"! the Ithiuli
Island statute
w blih foi bhls illscilmliiatlon against
mtilli.il schucMVi that loiiuiienioll'i
loulel bo in est ilbed vi hiell nieinbeis of
a piitliul.ii school could not ooniplv
with since that would bo not lo dis
i tiliilliate nub but to pmhlhll Ami
the coin t distinguished the cases ot
c lali vi ant plivsh l.ms upon the
gioiind that the uiu the defendant!!
had pi esc i Hit d medicine and piufo-wd
to line din lists Tlioie seems to b
fallat v in the Imputation hy tlie tout
that anv tduiallonal itiiuiiements .n
n tiiliilltloii of n e .Ileal He elite ate pio
hlbltoi upon nnv pel soiiit except tlioie
who aie unable to niruilie an oilucii
Hon and It Is quite piopoi to exilllde
such poisons fiom the tanks ot phj -sic
Kins
COMMON' SllN'Sn
The I'uc-stlon Is full ot ililllt ull
I'viiv one admits tho power of mental
ImpulM's In in iv nus cIImp.isos. admits
nntiiii''H healing fence that so of tun
lints without any attendance nt all.
anil admits Hi it it would be wrong to
fm lilil all utoiiise to nnv aid. But this
mm ll being conceded, me we to nilmlt
nleo tint nnv p-ison should be entitled
to take iliaige of the sle K morel be
lalihe he pieieni'ri to act uniler icllg
lous beliefs niul to abstain fiom uslnR
tho-e icniedles and methods mrlved at
by i-tuilv niul investigation' Ato wo
to punish the plivslcinn who fulls to
lopoit vcllow and bf.ulot fevom, dlph
tiieiKi, nml ntbi i contagious dls-iidois,
and allow n pn on who bonst.s his lg
nrii.iiicp of modltal and tanltaiy
(clinic- to 1 1 c tit and coneeul such
cubes' Tho cliiH-tlaii Sclontlnt. In hii
madness en wot so, savs that tbete Is
no disease but only fear en los of ic
l.itlon to Uoel, which he 111 hU blas
plioniv undiitaKos to lostoie, provid
ing In Is paid for his services What,
then, 'v oiilcl his death ce i title ate bo.'
W011I1I It be that .limes was petmun
cstly i-cared.' What would his lepoit
of a contagious illhcniisn bo.' That
111 own has a panic, which Is likely to
spioad '
In tlie ease of Itc.v Holds vs United
States C.h I' S It'i, A 1) 1S7) the sil
pietne coin t of the nation applied
common m-iiso to this pioposltlon, that
the name nl uliglon tnav bo iiried to
tlciiik i-ithir Hist or Impoitute De
feniliint a member of tho so-called
Chui eh of Jesus Chi 1st of Latlei-day
Salnis being indicted for bigamy,
pleaded In defonco that the penalty
Imposed by his church upon lis male
mombois who lulled to praitise poly
gano when c licunistuneoa would uel
nilt" w.w ' duninntlon in tho life to
come" N'o such tiienilful penalty
hangs over a Chilstlan Selontlst who
nbtalns from his Intuitive pincHies.
The htipicme eouit said In lteynolds'
case "Luvvh tue made for the gov
ernment of unions, and vvhllo thej
cannot Intel feu with mote religious
belli f and opinion; they ma.v with
praotltc-s ' Can it lie seriously con
tended, naked tliu point that a civil
ised nation may not law full) suppress
human saciHleos mid the Indian cus
tom of suttee, liecausi their votaries
claim leligious aaiutltui tberefoi , or
pol)gamy foi tlie same reason"' To
sufloi such things, It was aiiHweiod,
' would bo to make tlie piofessod doc
tilm of leligious bilief stipeiior to the
law nf the land und In often to per
mit eveiy cltleii to become li law
unto hinifcclf f!ov eminent could exist
only In name under nuch tliium
fituiues" These wise words of the
com t upply evni to lioiust beileveis,
whom wit may lespoct. oi, at leust,
sympathUe with, even In their delu
sions. Hut If the defence of mllglnu
were allowed lo the extent that tlie
eeieiitrics claim, the deudl) uln of ly
ing would become even more preva
lent than ll Im. am! the dangerous
(lasses would go nvei In u body to sol
distant religion
AN' nNClMSII casi:
Tlieio was an Ihiglish cusu In isos,
Hog s. Wagstaffe 110 Coxh Ci Caa.
530), wheieln parents wote chaiged
with manslaughter of a child because,
pursuant to their religion us members
of the "recullur People," they nog.
lectod to piovldo medical attendance
for It, in a cnBu of acute Inflammation
of tho lungs, lustiad they anointed
und pia)ed over It. The cotltt charged
Unit If they had let the child starve
for want of food, tho case would huvu
been different; for every one leeog
nUes the need of food, Hut It was not
gives a
the skin."
Ihe same w lion the iiieston was one
of lilt die ill uttond.tiii e- ten art to that
uphill lis tllfftietl, mid ho loud to the
Juiv I nun the genei.ll Uplslle of Si
.fumes v I4-'"i those wolds upon
whleli Hie Human chuic-h tests tho
dot tiine of eMieme unction, and the
Mormons und "l'ecllliill People'" lost
Hull doc tl Ino of lu-alltig the idcK bv
anointing and pui)el old), wotiN
w blih the loiuned anil sensible eoin
nienlntoi, Adam ClatK, foitibl) mgues
to be an ehoi tatlon by the aperitif to
Ubo tho ot ilium v Unsiein lomedy. oil,
ns well as piavei, in tte.itlug the sliK.
The Jury aciiullted Itciently In a lIKe
east. Hog. vs Cook, they convicted
He) nnd doubt then- are very honest.
Intelligent, cultivated peisons who be
lieve In the ellleae) of Chilstlan
Si lone and faith cine Among some
twont) cases of death uiiiloi mull
tieatinent, Ine Hiding ifn-ci of contag
ious diseases, Hie w liter has noted the
names of suih persons It Is equally
true
that rtome "'Intelllgont poisons"'
no fad' too otraordlnniv for
' tint!
adoption Tho wiltei Knew- of a most
slu end antl cultivated woman who
consulted Hi Sing Sing pilFon as to In-
vestment In stocks an ' asttologoi '
convicted not onh of illegal medical
piuctlce but of abhoiieiit oilme It Is
saitl that whole vuuiloolsm pi o alls,
cultivated people lonsult Ha pilest
er.es, aftei the fashion of N'lcodemus
Ami when St .lohn Long, pi luce ot
eiuacKs, was coin It ted of manslauglite
at the Old Halle) (4 Car and P MS)
nincing the twenty-nine patients who
tewtllied to the excellence of his tieat
meut weie illvois "ladles of qualll) '
headed b) the Maichliiiieos of Ormontl,
than whom, "live i canity, mil) n cluth
ehs could be better able lo form a
sound opinion In such a case
Tin: LAW'S LIMITS.
Hut nothing Is moi e false than to
sn) that medical laws forbid the piac
tlce of Chilstlan Science, faltli cine,
MHldoo. vitapath), or any other
path)' or tult. Thubo laws piovide
onlv, at most, that no peiison shall
piaetlso mcdlilni' who has not pursued
a "out ae In medical stud) Theie is
nothing in them to pi event any licen
tiate fiom practising as he pleases
There Is nothing to prevent a nia.siur
without llceiiice from washing and rub
bing a man, If he tontines himself to
that Hut there is no reason why un
qualified peibons should be ullowod to
ptclpiid to euio diseases, by their pre
tence? depilvc the hick of the benefits
of si lence, and )et escape the Just c on
Requoneos of their Imposture' The
whole ease ot these people who eleslle
to eatn a livelihood h) Heating the
sick without any adequate prepaiatlon
tbeiefor thiough study and investi
gation vvhh summed up in the gio
tefcque falsi hood, circulated by vv.i) ot
petition to the New- York legislature
of 1SS5 for the iepo.il of the medical
law, which said
The law depiips fiom piactlslng In
this state poisons who nic gifted with
tho power of healing by the la)lng of
hands, thiough the piesenco and Im
liu ting of vital magnetic fence, mid
otheiwise. Some of these poweis are.
natmal to the piactltlonor antl cannot
be Impaited oi inci eased but oie like
ly to be limited or lmpaiml b) the
cnuise of citudy roqulioil by medical
colleges" Could anything be mote
absurd'' The natural powei to boa!
dlseast Impalri d by the acquisition of
knowledge concerning disease' And
)et theio weie those piepaied to be
lieve even that so title Is It tenia) as
Weak Men
Restored
Or No Ex
pense for
Treatment
A course of rcanc-d'.ea the marrd of medical
iclcnce and Apiaratuj Indorsetl by pliklclntu
will bo sent ON TKIAL, WITHOUT AI) ANtE
I'AVMEXT. If not all we claim, return tUeu ut
our oxpentc
MLN WHO ABi: WKKK, BIlOKtN H0WN,
DISCOUHAaKD, men vhotuffcr from the rffe-cts
of dleac, overworl, worry, from follies or ex
cesses, from unnatural drttlnitveilDcss or lacU of
development of an) portion of the body, failure
of vital foncs, unfitness for marriage all tuili
men Bliould "come to the fountain head' for a
Kientlflc method of marvellous power to vitalize,
dovelop, mtore and iustaln. On request wo will
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deception.) Address
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6omMiCMii(erlltbl(, saonttalr,re;iilstln( midlolcf. Onlr baralaaatM
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It nuiv be a qiiostlotl of policy
whelhti Chilsilau scientistH should be
piosecuted, whet hoi elniip mart) rtloni
might nut stieiigthen them Hut theie
seems no good leason as matter o,t
law whv thov should not be punished
for the e-vll thov actunllv do. prohibit
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