| Show Editorials by the Pe PeThe Peo Tl The following letters may ay express opinions exactly opposite to thos tho the editor of TH THE TELEGRAM This paper does not stand back of ot tl th found below We Ve rather enjoy receiving letters differing with ou our opinion C for rA in disagreement there is progress LETTERS MUST BE BEV BEVON 1 ON SS ONLY cP ONE E OF THE PAPER MUST NOT CONTAIN MOR MOI WORDS AND MUST BEAR THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE THEor or they will not be considered If the writer does not wish his name nam 1 his wish will i be r respected if he will make it known on his a available 11 M 1 i letters will be immediately destroyed unless the they are accoma a SELF ADDRESSED A STAMPED ENVELOPE PE FOR RETURN ABOUT HEALTH OFFICE February I 24 24 1916 To the Editor of The Telegram Dear Deai SIr Being Being a a. subscriber to your youri i paper of course I have taken note of the discussion of ot the qualifications for health commissioner of ot Dr Stewart and Dr Paul I think the people took good care of that when they elected our mayor mayr with such an overwhelming majority knowing if it it ithe he ha was elected that he would be at the head of the public safety department as has been the custom since the commission form of government As As' Asa a health commissioner commis commis- is an appointive Position and not an elective one I think the head of the department should be In a position to know and andt t choose the theone one best fled fied to rill fill the position Knowing that he is responsible to the pUblic for the or ot that department lection the selection selection se- se of the head ot of any department Is a serious matter and the one responsible responsible re- re for it sh uld be considered capable of selecting one with if whom he can worle in harmony o best arid with th results for the public There al always always al- al ways will ce be ch Changes in the heff e IS when new officials take talce office and all fair minded this and why people expect expect ex- ex such terrible disaster disaster ter is looked for or if the head board of health I ia retained pf ot the is quite difficult to or changed there does understand as in the capability not seem o of ot the much two p physicians difference so 80 far named flamed in E connection I with th appointment A As As' the fh voters voter by their vote last fall the man f selected best I qualified to name our health I and are paying him n a of salary a to year do this a and a oth other like iv work and take the h responsIbility of nf th same I believe he shoUld liven be given a t. t chance to earn cam his money Very o S truly yours tI H El S. S r P. P L i It t 1 f f J Salt Lake Telegram Dear Sir Sir Sir-I I am a a. subscribe TELEGRAM and saw anto an anto nd to the mineral exhibit a at i Diego Cal Cat exposition I If 11 exhibit committee wants t td pret pretty y collection of ot the Ut UtI Utah I have havea a a. cabinet of over over 5 1 specimens from the stat which I would b be glad t treasonable treasonable t. t reasonable figure The ore in this cabin w more values values' than the pric I in order to help our stat stal contains very ery valuable 0 cabinet Is now 1 placed laced in I Iville ville bank and can be s sany se seany sw swany any time I II I also ha hay the first ti t from the state of Utah t ton m mon on the first lots things in the cabinet j Yours truly W W. T Spring I Salt Lake Cit City Fet Feb Editor Telegram J I Dear Sir Sir Sir-I I herewith Inch inc in lr lrI I article I would like to s sI sq see your Friend of the I In regard to the e praetors from the state I Ito have the matter discuss to It seems to me that the thol l la unjust and discriminating a tam tain branches of medical pr not enough in regard to son praetors limit their practice J treatments They received an education the requirements of a gene geneall generall genera gener all those I have known or 1 0 of or have practiced nothing b treatment of ot the spine Tl I dabble with surgery IJ therapy and can do no hi hat nar system of ot treatment It seer seen s en Continued on ff Ige EDITORIALS RIALS BY PEOPLE Continued fr from m page 4 to persecute these people while charlatans charlatans charlatans char char- and fakirs are given permission to ply their nefarious practices upon the public To practice medicine I think that all will agree that even four years is ia Insufficient to have a thorough knowledg knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge edg of medicine in any of Its branches I could never understand why osteopaths osteopaths osteopaths paths who have had several hundred hours of work In all departments more than are taught in the regular schools were barred from some states while the very states which enforce those restrictions have their main streets strewn with signs signs' of those ch charlatans who have absolutely no knowledge of medicine at all The chiropractic system can do no harm they do not pretend to treat I cases in which drug treatment Is indicated In Indicated In in- j so as long ong as they adhere strictly to their own system and do donot donot donot I. I not pose as doctors they should be allowed to practice I have known kno many cases benefited and cured by that system when regular physicians had given the cases up as hopeless There is a great virtue in the manual therapy system being recognized by many excellent physicians The regular regular regu regu- lar physician does not have time to treat his patients besides he has not been tr trained in that line and does not understand it but some of f our most prominent doctors do recommend manipulative treatments where they find that drugs are absolutely useless I am not a chiropractor myself but I Iam Iam Iam am a graduate osteopath h have ve also taken medicine in connection with my work and I have lave seen excellent results In clinic experience with manipulative treatments for such cases as infantile paralysis post paralysis and any number of nervous ailments I could easily furnish clinic records from Los Angeles showing how pa- pa i pa patients a- a have been greatly improved Chiropractors also h have ve accomplished wonders right here in Salt Lake City with their manipulative system which is derived directly fr from osteopathy I Ido Ido Ido do not believe there is a case on record where a patient has been l lolled killed by either system so I want to see fair play Give the chiros a chance providIng providing providing pro pro- viding they limit their practice to their system solely Ia Wa system of elimination elimination elimination elimina elimina- tion Is Instituted make It a general cleanup for for those who have not had hours in medicine at least equivalent I to four years' years work of the regular tem Clean your main streets of all practitioners' practitioners signs and advertisements advertisements advertise advertise- ments anything that is worth doing at atall atall atall all is worth doing well The law should be for the masses and not for forthe forthe forthe the classes and there should be no discrimination made for anyone who can pass the medical examination suc suc- DR E. 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