Article May 20, 1905 Issue

Among the Churches

with contributions from Anna Thilo, David Swing

Immediately after the veto of the Medical Bill in Colorado in 1903, the State Medical Association commeneed to organize for the next session of the legislature; the draft of a bill to be introduced was circulated throughout the State, which was intended to put Christian Scientists and other "charlatans and mountebanks" out of practice. A special effort was made to elect members of the medical profession to the legislature, and several doctors were elected in both Houses.

The bill as finally passed is now in the hands of the Governor and will doubtless be signed in a few days, and is a great victory for our Cause, as notwithstanding persistent efforts were made to adopt amendments in the Senate inimical to our interests, it was passed with the following clause, "Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit the practice of the religious tenets or general beliefs of any church whatsoever, when not prescribing medicine or administering drugs," which excludes Christian Science from the provisions of the bill.

The law as applied to the practice of medicine, is a good one, as it prohibits the insertion or the circulation of the more objectionable class of advertisements pertaining to disease, and will tend to raise the standard generally.

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