STYLED A PROFESSOR.
MEDICIAL PRACTITIONERS ACT. A POLICE CHARGE DISMISSED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Invercargill, this day. Frederick Webb, who styled himself as a professor, was charged at the Police Court with not being registered under the Medical Practitioners Act. He practised medicine under a description implying that he was especially qualified to do so. After a lengthy hearing, Mr. Cruickshanks, S.M., said there was no question but that anyone who likes can practise medicine. No one who lias the power cr the skill to help suffering mankind should be prohibited. from practising his skill, and an unregistered man is quite recognised, and has legal status. The word “professor” had. ao deteriorated in meaning that it could even be applied to a man who trained clogs. Any man who put advertisements on his door like that displayed in Court by the defence, concluded the magistrate, could not be taken for a doctor.
The case was dismissed. Counsel was allowed right to appeal.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 2515, 17 December 1927, Page 5
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