Show CHIROPRACTOR S. S H PERSECUTED CLAIM a THE lIE following article was prepared by V. W. H H- Pyott president 1 of the Chiropractors' Chiropractors association in n defense of those engaged u 1 i in that that profession IH Chiropractors who have been practicing their profession in inthe the state of Utah have been continually subjected to arrests for a supposed infringement of the state law relating to the healing art i 4 Just what the reasons for such arrests and arid what th the circumstances of of the problem are many people are led to conjecture only It is the purpose of this brief article to Jers tersely state the case for the information of the public A law regulating the practice of ot medicine was passed In Utah In 1898 twenty-one twenty years ago at the request requestor of or the medical men for the protection 1 of ot the public I J sa say medical men because it was they who asked for 1 r UCh auth y h legislation and not more than 1 per cent of ot the public knew anything about the proposed law until it was on the statute books About ten years after this law Wa was made th the first chiropractor made his app appearance arance in Utah Local men and amI women became interested in tn the 1 science and at this time tenths nine of ot the chiropractors h In this state tat c. c numbering sixty or more were born bornand and reared In Utah I 1 The chiropractors are re arrested for fr radioing medicine without a medical I license and just recently temporary n have been issued restraining restrain restrain- in ing them from tram doing the above The Thet t complaints are issued by the state f- f m medical board which is li compos composed d of ot medical medica menThe men r. r The question is asked Is c 1 tice the practice of ot medicine The chiropractors str strenuously maintain that it is not and as the partial Pr ot the following points are made r PRACTICE OF MEDICINE The practice of at mei medicine ine Is confined con con- tined lined to that which is taught h in medical medical medical medi medi- cal schools Chiropractic is not taught in any medical school consequently it itis is not the practice of ot medicine Medical Medical Medi- Medi cal men do not know t the e practice of ot chiropractic and inasmuch as they profess to know all that is included Inthe in inthe inthe the practice of ot how with reason can they maintain that chiro is medicine In connection with the above let it be brne in mind 5 I that medical men JIen say c chiropractic is a fake take and that chiropractors are quacks And yet t they ey want the ju judges to say that chiropractic is the honorable practice of medicine Another question Q asked is Why do not the th the chiropractors take the medical examination and obtain a a. li license li 11 cense Simply because they are not allowed d to do so The Tha medical men r require r that before any per person on is al allowed allowed allowed al- al lowed to take their examination they must be a a. graduate of a a. medical col coif lege In other words one must be a medical man before he is privileged to take up chiropractic tlc And should a medical man w who wo o has a license to practice medicine take talce up chiropractic I that license would be bo taken from him Im This is not merely a supposition but it has actually occurred many times It Js s a proposition of 01 if It they do not get the the- chiropractor in one way they will in another As mentioned d above t th the law wa was passed supposedly for the Ul o of th public Is the law now being utilized for that purpose The Tha chiropractors rs are not cutting anybody up and are not killing people with drugs rugs They are doing no harm butare hut but are benefiting by their work thousands thousands thou thou- sands of ot people in this city ro The people people peo peo- pIe are aro not clamoring for protection against the chiropractors On the contrary I J have ave In n my fIlY possession the signed petitions of ot over people pf pt this city urging tho the proper aut authorities to stop the prosecutions against the chiropractors STRONG COMPETITION The medical men are the only oJ people peo peo- plo who want this law er enforced and ad why Simply because t the e c chiropractors chiropractors chiro chiro- are in direct competition with them and are getting their patients Th They y say aay ay no but ut the facts are against them If Ir the medical fraternity were curing their patients the toe chiropractors tors tars would have hav nothing to do But nut since that fraternity is not curing their patients and arid those people are coming to the chiropractors the M. M D. D becomes enraged and tries to put the I chiropractor out of ot business Th The idea is that in the event the toe c chiropractor I is put out of ot the state then the pea peO pie will have to consult the M. M D. D So I after atter all the law layr was s intended to protect protect pro pro- the medical Doctors and if it n needs eds be to tao take away way the peoples people's rl rights prO prO-I It is the constitutional rights of every person in this state to go to the doctor of or hi his choice A law which in j I effect says that I shall go only to a I j certain doctor for treatment or to a certain grocery store for my groceries i Is il contrary to the constitution of ot our state as as well as ag the United States In Inthe Inthe the enforcement of ot this law the at attempt attempt attempt at- at tempt Is ia made to take from the people people peo peo- I pie a sacred right I have many patients patients patients pa pa- I who have been given up to die I by medical doctors and are now w well wellon wellon on the road to recovery What is the I effect of ot the controversy with them It is in effect that they are condemned to die A law which attempts to take talt takeaway I away their right to live t to obtain I r I liberty from disease and to pursue happiness belongs belong to the dark darl ages age The chiropractors have great re respect respect respect re- re for law and md for our courts court ourt but they maintain that they toey are not pr practicing c- c medicine and never have been consequently they cannot be enjoined from something they have not notor or lare are not now doing They intend I to stay right h hers here in Utah their home hom and use their every ery power to bring I medical freedom to the people of ot the state I |