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ANING THE HOUSE — BY B. J. PALMER
an association. They went to the legisla years will duplicate the past seven years,
ture— notice the analogies of the state we will have seventy-five more go out.
We will have sixteen more come in. W e
ments just made— and asked fo r statu will have, at the end o f fourteen years
tory regulations for licenses to practice issued a total o f 167 licenses; 150 will
Chiropractic on a basis o f three years of have gone out, leaving 17 in the state.
six. The legislature, in their class Qpin-
ion, said to the Chiropractic class: “ It is Under the former common-law prac
our opinion that three years of nine is tice of Chiropractic in the state of Ne
necessary, not three years of six, to make braska, as compared with the present
you intelligent, competent and qualified regulations of Chiropractic in Nebraska,
to do the things you intend to do.” The which served more sick people? What
legislature passed a regulation of three are the chiropractors in Nebraska fo r ?
years of nine. What are the excuses of Chiropractic in
Nebraska— what are the excuses of a
The bill went into effect on July 1, Chiropractic examining board in Ne
1915, at which time 135 licenses were is braska? What is a Chiropractic license
sued by examination. Of the 135, 105 fo r? What excuses have they for exist
were graduates of a two years of six ence? Is it, that they might have a less
standard. Time went its way, as time number o f chiropractors in Nebraska
from year to year ? Is it that they might
has a funny way of doing, and at the end prosecute better trained, more competent
of seven years, or on July 1, 1922, during and qualified chiropractors than they
the interim of seven years, there have were, who are trying to serve the sick?
been just sixteen licenses issued by ex (F or the record proves that out of 135
amination in Nebraska, and in the period getting licenses by exemption, 105 were
of those seven years seventy-five licensed graduates of a two years of six course.)
chiropractors have left the state of Ne Is it to brand the better men as crimi
braska. Figure it out. This leaves 60 nals to sustain a higher educational
and 16, or 76, in the state of Nebraska, standard? Or did they go in there origi
when it should be 135 and 16, or 151. nally to help the sick to get well ? If that
be true, are they today reversing their
Here is comparative value of statutory excuse for existence ? What are the
regulation and the value of common law facts; what do the figures say?
rights. Previous to the formation of this
association in the state of Nebraska, chi THE ISA TURNS THE TIDE BACK
ropractors were practicing under com-
mon-law rights o f a new science which T HE l£4 was formed seventeen years
ago, to do one thing. The chiroprac
was of service to the people. There ex tors every year were practicing at com
isted, at that time, a medical act, which mon law — practicing by the right of
was a statutory regulation of medicine. being of service to the sick— practicing
The statutory regulator began to prose by right that the sick wanted them—
cute the common law practitioner, the needed them— that the sick were o f the
chiropractor. The chiropractor, being opinion that Chiropractic could be of
free, at common law; being prosecuted by service— that Chiropractic adjustments
medical statutory regulation, wanting re would get them well; and chiropractors,
lief from the statutory prosecutions, accepting the call of the common law,
went to the legislature and also asked went in and practiced.
for statutory regulation to get relief
from statutory regulation of the medical And then came the chiropractors who
men. They secured this statutory regula asked fo r a license. “ There shall be no
tion. With what effect ? I h a v e just Chiropractic in this state unless they be
shown you a period of seven years where under Chiropractic statute,” and so it
there has been an average of two and was.
one-half come in per year and in the
same period ten and one-half have gone It eventually became painfully evident
out in the state of Nebraska. Will time that the Chiropractic statute was serving
make any difference in the next seven no other end than to curb the progress,
years? Assuming that the next seven
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an association. They went to the legisla years will duplicate the past seven years,
ture— notice the analogies of the state we will have seventy-five more go out.
We will have sixteen more come in. W e
ments just made— and asked fo r statu will have, at the end o f fourteen years
tory regulations for licenses to practice issued a total o f 167 licenses; 150 will
Chiropractic on a basis o f three years of have gone out, leaving 17 in the state.
six. The legislature, in their class Qpin-
ion, said to the Chiropractic class: “ It is Under the former common-law prac
our opinion that three years of nine is tice of Chiropractic in the state of Ne
necessary, not three years of six, to make braska, as compared with the present
you intelligent, competent and qualified regulations of Chiropractic in Nebraska,
to do the things you intend to do.” The which served more sick people? What
legislature passed a regulation of three are the chiropractors in Nebraska fo r ?
years of nine. What are the excuses of Chiropractic in
Nebraska— what are the excuses of a
The bill went into effect on July 1, Chiropractic examining board in Ne
1915, at which time 135 licenses were is braska? What is a Chiropractic license
sued by examination. Of the 135, 105 fo r? What excuses have they for exist
were graduates of a two years of six ence? Is it, that they might have a less
standard. Time went its way, as time number o f chiropractors in Nebraska
from year to year ? Is it that they might
has a funny way of doing, and at the end prosecute better trained, more competent
of seven years, or on July 1, 1922, during and qualified chiropractors than they
the interim of seven years, there have were, who are trying to serve the sick?
been just sixteen licenses issued by ex (F or the record proves that out of 135
amination in Nebraska, and in the period getting licenses by exemption, 105 were
of those seven years seventy-five licensed graduates of a two years of six course.)
chiropractors have left the state of Ne Is it to brand the better men as crimi
braska. Figure it out. This leaves 60 nals to sustain a higher educational
and 16, or 76, in the state of Nebraska, standard? Or did they go in there origi
when it should be 135 and 16, or 151. nally to help the sick to get well ? If that
be true, are they today reversing their
Here is comparative value of statutory excuse for existence ? What are the
regulation and the value of common law facts; what do the figures say?
rights. Previous to the formation of this
association in the state of Nebraska, chi THE ISA TURNS THE TIDE BACK
ropractors were practicing under com-
mon-law rights o f a new science which T HE l£4 was formed seventeen years
ago, to do one thing. The chiroprac
was of service to the people. There ex tors every year were practicing at com
isted, at that time, a medical act, which mon law — practicing by the right of
was a statutory regulation of medicine. being of service to the sick— practicing
The statutory regulator began to prose by right that the sick wanted them—
cute the common law practitioner, the needed them— that the sick were o f the
chiropractor. The chiropractor, being opinion that Chiropractic could be of
free, at common law; being prosecuted by service— that Chiropractic adjustments
medical statutory regulation, wanting re would get them well; and chiropractors,
lief from the statutory prosecutions, accepting the call of the common law,
went to the legislature and also asked went in and practiced.
for statutory regulation to get relief
from statutory regulation of the medical And then came the chiropractors who
men. They secured this statutory regula asked fo r a license. “ There shall be no
tion. With what effect ? I h a v e just Chiropractic in this state unless they be
shown you a period of seven years where under Chiropractic statute,” and so it
there has been an average of two and was.
one-half come in per year and in the
same period ten and one-half have gone It eventually became painfully evident
out in the state of Nebraska. Will time that the Chiropractic statute was serving
make any difference in the next seven no other end than to curb the progress,
years? Assuming that the next seven
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