The Status of the Medical Profession in the State of York (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Eclectics they secured the same chartered rights as the other societies. There is little doubt that at this time the homopaths aided the eclectics, believing that, by forming an alliance with them, they could prevent the regulars from in any way curtailing the corporate powers of either body. For obvious reasons an alliance of this sort could not be very long main tained. The homoeopaths, as a rule, were educated men, while the vast majority of the eclectics were not. There was, however, another cause that tended to isolate the eclectics from the educated profession, and this was their code of ethics. Following the example of the regulars, the homoeo paths adopted a code that was a verbatim copy of the American code, with the single exception of the consultation clause. The eclectics, however, adopted a code which in every important respect was the exact reverse of the American code. In their code they stated that it was proper for medi cal men to hold patents on surgical instruments, to advertise in the papers, to invite laymen to operations, to practice with secret nostrums, etc. Such practices most medical men regard as eminently improper, but this did not alter the fact that these men were in the eye of the law fully as regular as the very elect. This position they never would have obtained had it not been for the existing feud between the regulars and the homoeopaths.

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