| Show IJA LAW A AND AD D ETHICS ETHIC i rr l Dr Stewart head of or the health det department de de- u t of the city has hns been acquitted ac ac- lC- lC q quitted by the rite board of oC censors of oft t the Salt Lake Medical society He c t had be been n charged l wll un unprofessional P al conduct but it ita a Is 8 stated b by the tho bud bod body nom named e d th that nt ho by has not be been c n t Sul guilty of or violating the ethics ethics of the profession X L 1 Yc Yc but he has been bean 6 guilty guily uIt 3 of violating vio vio- Latin lating g gIf the law tan of or the stated state of Utah If I that makes nn any differenced A practicing physician h had d been S cale called to treat a a case casc- of or scarlet fever ar J and ha had re reported A the case to to the health department as he was ryas required l 1 c ed b by law to do o. o He eau caused ell the house to be placarded giving notice t toy o 1 the public that such a case was In that a ce lat rouse house anti and the quarantine regulations ns attached The law enacted for fOl the protection n of the public declares In n terms that the flag lag shall not bo 10 taken down 1 by an any person peron for a a period perIo of ot twenty one days and that no tto person teron i F f afflicted with wih scarlet fever may leave t. t r the quarantined premises until unU thel the l I quarantine period is terminated either either eith eith- Ith- Ith b of the twenty one I er cr by expiration o days das or b by the consent of or the attending attending attend attend- ing hIE physician Dr Stewart tool took down the rite nag lag las and antl lifted the quarantine lne That Tha may not be a n violation of f r ethics but it clearly is a a violation of law r Doctors are a trifle little different from the rest ret of or us The Tho law late t recognizes their profession and makes It t a punishable pun pun- r o offense ff en s for fOI an any one to ahem attempt P Pr t r Its Is practice no m matter lter what his learning learnIng learning learn learn- ing or power poser to heal unless he subjects sub sub- b jests himself himsel to rules and antl t regulations t tj j t which the doctors themselves have hove 4 J r fr framed am ed and tt which are in no sense ex expressions ex- ex I 1 l. T P torsions of the JH people ople o of the state Because they aro arc so hedged with adv advantage ad- ad ar- ar v vantage and amI so helped with statute n r co and d under r li the pubis t J aua 1 It ll- ll ob- ob is recognized Occasionally t a ti 1 man like Dr Stewart rises above I the necessity or of obeying the very rules j the people have ha e permitted his fits profession S y 7 c y lion sion t to m make l e and does docs himself what t i r tY lt would mako make him very ery angry i if another another another an an- other man plan not pan not not a a should doctor doctor should do Because Dr Dl Stewart Is It health lh ot- ot of officer b by no means removes him from the tiro general body od o of the people amenably amen- amen ably to law He ha had no more right to tear teal down that Hag flag fag and ri raise e that quarantine than had a miner from Park Parl City or a a peddler from ham Iun If J as head of the city health department he became com convinced con that l the rho attending physician h was gas wa mistaken en tn and antl that it was not a case cae of or orI I scarlet call t fever r at all al he by would surely sureh J have bare had no In so convincIng convincIng convincing ing his professional brother And under under uner un un- der er the law late that attending physician tray may may till lift IC the quarantine That hat Is 15 Isone Isone one of or the laws Ians the public has ha framed from fram ed as the doctors drew It Il I. I It I has not 1 given sl en the rest of or the public a n higher high high- R I er opinion of or the profession nor a better beter respect for the law to havea have hao a health arrogantly dist disregard e- e gard sard the one and defy efy the rho other Dr Stewart Is wrong |
