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Probably no subject has given rise to so much acrimonious discussion and bitterness of feeling as the efforts of physicians to restrict the practice of medicine to certain individuals or to certain classes. This problem is apparently no nearer permanent solution than it was fifty years ago. The proceedings of our state associations show that every year the adoption of a new medical practice act or of an amendment to the existing medical practice act is among the subjects discussed. At every session of the state legislature, bills creating new practice acts or amending existing laws, and special bills providing for the registration of osteopaths, chiropractors, naturopaths, drugless healers, mental healers and other fantastic sects occupy a considerable share of the session. There is no other subject on which the medical profession in the last thirty years has expended an equal amount of time and energy. Yet, in spite of
JAMA – American Medical Association
Published: Sep 23, 1922
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