Conservative Treatment of Intestinal Occlusion by Internal Electricity.

Abstract

regulars all have more or less recognition by the intelligent laity. They certainly differ very materially in the principles of inter¬ nal medicine, which is surely a very important matter, so that, for regulars to officially endorse homeopaths and homeopaths to endorse regulars, as will practically be the case with this proposed Board of Examiners, we will have an exhibition of acknowledged bankruptcy of medical principles, because to the physician, the focal point of all medical knowledge is ther¬ apeutics. It is proposed that opposites shall officially endorse and recommend opposites to public favor ! Now, my sugges¬ tion, made to the Chicago Medical Society, was that the avowed object of the proposed bill would be secured by the several schools simply co-operating along the lines common to all, and which would include everything in the usual medical curriculum, excepting internal therapeutics. This would pre¬ serve self-respect all around, while the diploma of a "recog¬ nized" medical college, which is to be a prerequisite for ad¬ mission to the State's examination, would be a reasonable guarantee of qualification in internal therapeutics. That other States have omitted this feature can not be an argument for the same fault in Illinois, unless it is good reasoning to say that because others have been weak and foolish we should be weak and foolish also. Men holding opposing principles can and should respect each other's honesty of opinions, and for the very same reason they can not afford to unnecessarily compromise their principles, especially their professional prin¬ ciples, for any purpose whatever. "High potencies" are either correct or they are monstrous mockeries.Respectfully,