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A PRACTICAL MONTHLY JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES.

HIRAM CHRISTOPHER, M. D., Editor.

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Following is the full text of the measure now before the New Hampshire Legislature to govern and regulate fraudulent medical practice and the so-called Christian Science or faith cures: (Medical Record)

SECTION 1. No person within the limits of this State shall treat, attempt to heal or cure any other person or persons by the so-called Christian Science or faith cures.

SEC. 2. If any person shall treat, attempt to heal or cure, or claim or pretend to heal or cure any other person or persons by either of said methods, and shall directly or indirectly accept or receive any money or other thing in payment for or on account of such services, or directly or indirectly accept or receive any gift or reward therefor in any form, such person so offending against the provisions of this act by so accepting or receiving such money, gift, reward, or other thing, shall be fined sum not exceeding three hundred doliars ($300) for each and every offence, and half of such amount to be given to the complainant, and the other half to the State.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

There is no conflict between things that do not touch on common ground. Religion is based on revelation; science, on facts discovered and arranged by men. The one pertains to the spirit of man; the other, to his animal organism. If the science be that of medicine it pertains to the relief of the body from morbid processes, states, or conditions. Religion has direct reference to man's spiritual needs and ailments. The Christian religion does not invade the domain of science, nor does science invade the

domain of religion.
one and the same thing.
divine power is not an

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The two things are too distinct to be mixed as respects The cure of disease or organic imperfections by invasion into the domain of medicine. When a miracle-working power cures disease by an effort of will, and this alone, the deed lies above and outside of the domain of science.

These things being incontrovertibly true, the State can have nothing to do with any so-called Christian Science that may essay to cure disease by religious means or processes. It cannot recognize any such means as any part of the remedial art or science, nor can it permit such so-called science to enter the domain of a science that has for its object the relief of morbid afflictions of its citizens. The State cannot object to men or women praying to God in behalf of the sick, but it can and ought to forbid that as sole means or pretense of a means for the cure of disease. The Miracle Worker has not authorized any man or woman to expect or hope that he will set aside the physician whom He has providentially ordained for this work, to take the case into his own hands at the instance of any man or woman, however pious or godly he or she may be. He has not made prayer a remedial ordinance, as far as we know. "The prayer of a righteous man availeth much," and if every physician were a righteous man it might be that oftentimes he would find that the statement was true in a particular case. He may aid, and possibly does so oftentimes, but he does not supersede the physician. Hence, the so-called Christian Science is not only a misnomer, but well nigh a blasphemy; a deceptive and injurious thing which the State ought to positively forbid, as an outrage on both religion, science and common sense.

DR. ERNST FINGER,

the subject of our cover illustration, was born at Prague, in 1856. Having completed his medical studies in Prague and Vienna, 1878, he was appointed assistant in the clinics of Hebra and Kaposi; later, in the clinics of syphilology and venereal diseases of Zeissl and Neumann. In 1885 he was made Docent of Syphilography and Dermatology in the General Hospital. In his numerous contributions to the literature of andrology the most typical and gratifying characteristics have been independence and originality of thought and teachings. His work on "Blenorrhea of the Sexual Organs" stands today, the best work on the subject as yet written in any language. He has developed the "double-glass urine test" to a degree of practicability and accuracy that has won for him the greatest reward of all lovers of scientific diagnosis and rational treatment. Few American medical pilgrims to Vienna fail to attend his clinics, attracted not only by the practical and useful information there to be gained, but also by the gentility and affability of the universally esteemed teacher.

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THE ENSWORTH COMMENCEMENT.

This Institution held its Eighteenth Annual Commencement on the 14th inst. in the Music Hall of the Y. M. C. A. building. A large audience honored the occasion. Dr. Willis P. King, of Kansas City, was the chief speaker and gave a very entertaining address. Dr. King is no obscure person in the profession nor in the State. He has, indeed, a national reputation both as a surgeon and a physician, and as the author of "The Country Doctor." Any one who has not read that book has missed a great treat, and one of the best cures for indigestion, hypochondria et omne genus that is to be had. It is not a drug in the market nor in the shops, but a a psychical remedy of the first class. The audience discovered something of what the doctor is capable in the address which he delivered, on the special invitation of the faculty.

The Class Valedictory was delivered by George E. Eye, of Robinson, Kansas, and was creditable to himself and the school. There were thirteen graduates, all young men whose abilities and attainments warrant the belief that they will, in time, make their mark wherever they may cast their lot: David C. Adams, Alva A. Archer, Charles F. Byrd, George D. Crothers, George E. Eye, Perry P. Fulkerson, Joseph H. Grable, Walter J. Hansen, Wm. T. Little, John Mayer, Charles Ott, W. F. Schmidt, Wade Sperry and Edgar A. Hanna.

THE ALUMNI BANQUET.

After the exercises were concluded, the graduates and their friends were tendered a banquet by the faculty at the Furst Cafe, where the good things were disposed of with a relish, The toasts were appropriate to the occasion, and the responses showed the good feeling that prevailed.

SOCIETY OF THE SURGEONS OF THE ST. JOSEPH & GRAND ISLAND RAILROAD.

The Society met at St. Joseph, Mo., February 21st, 1895, with a good attendance. The following papers were read and discussed:

Some Errors in Ophthalmology, Barton Pitts, St. Joseph, Mo.; Chloral Hydrate, W. R. Pennington, Beattie, Kansas; Rupture of the Diaphragm; Report of Two Cases, E. S. Garner, St. Joseph, Mo.; Enlarged Prostate in Railroad Men, S. Murdock, Oneida, Kansas; A Board of Medical Examiners. vs. "The Diploma Law," Daniel Morton, St. Joseph, Mo.; Antiseptics, E. M. Glessner, Wilcox, Neb.

All these papers elicited a good discussion. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted:

Resolved, That it is the sense of this society that the present unsatisfactory status of the medical profession in the states of Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska demand the earnest consideration of all thinking physicians, and all friends of humanity.

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Resolved, That in our opinion the Board of Medical Examiners properly constructed, offers at present the best solution to the correction of the evil of permitting incompetent men to practice medicine.

Resolved, That each member of this society is earnestly requested to use every influence to bring about the creation of such a Board in the above named states.

The next meeting of the society will be held at St. Joseph in July.

THE MISSOURI STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY.

This society will begin a three days' session at Hannibal on May 21st. The President, Dr. J. M. Richmond, of St. Joseph, Mo., has been at work for many weeks upon the programme, and it will appear in an early issue of THE HERALD. Hannibal is accessible to a majority of the profession, and the meeting should be well attended. It is to be hoped that the mistake of last year will never again be repeated, viz: to select such an out-of-theway place as Lebanon. One or two errors of this kind will destroy the best organized society. A summer resort is an ideal meeting place, but it should be centrally located and easy of access from all parts of the State. Northwestern Missouri should send a strong delegation. We urge our readers to attend and enjoy not only the scientific but the social features of the occasion. Following is a copy of a circular received from the committee:

MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF MISSOURI.

The thirty-eighth annual session of the Medical Association of Missouri will be held in Hannibal, commencing Tuesday, May 21st, and continuing three days. In order that the programme may be arranged and printed and distributed throughout the State a week or ten says before the meeting, we ask and insist that you send the title of your paper to John H. Duncan, Room 409 Union Trust Building, St. Louis, Mo., on or before May 1st, 1895. Those who desire to read papers will bear in mind that the title of their paper must accompany the name of the essayist, and that they must be in the hands of the committee on or before May 1st in order to get a place upon the programme.

J. C. MULHALL
A. L. FULTON

J. H. DUNCAN

Committee on Scientific Communication.

MISSOURI TAKES THE LEAD.

The present Legislature has made itself renowned for wisdom and scientific knowledge by recognizing that nondescript, so-called Osteopathy, as a branch of the healing art. Henceforth, what folly may not be expected from that august body?