“ANYONE WHO LIKES CAN PRACTISE MEDICINE”
MAGISTRATE DISMISSES PROSECUTION AGAINST UNREGISTERED “PROFESSOR” INVERCARGILL, To-day. Frederick Webb, styled “professor,” was charged at the Police Court this morning that, 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. G. Cruiekshank, S.M.. said: “There is no question but that anyone who likes can practise medicine. No one who has the power or skill to help suffering mankind should be prohibited from practising his skill. An unreg istered man is quite recognised and has a legal status.” The word ’’professor” had so deter iorated in meaning, continued the magistrate, that it could even be ap plied to a man who trained dogs. Any man who put an advertisemetn on his door like that displayed in court by the defence could not be taken for a doctor. The case was dismissed, counsel for the prosecution being allowed the right to appeal.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 230, 17 December 1927, Page 1
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