State v. Heath
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Boone District GouH.— Host. W. D. Evans, Judge. The defendant was accused in the indictment of the crime of practicing medicine without having obtained a certificate entitling him so to do. On the trial it was stipulated that the defendant engaged rooms and advertised as follows: Cancer Specialist and Magnetic Treatments. Dr..
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Appeal from Boone District GouH.— Host. W. D. Evans, Judge. The defendant was accused in the indictment of the crime of practicing medicine without having obtained a certificate entitling him so to do. On the trial it was stipulated that the defendant engaged rooms and advertised as follows: Cancer Specialist and Magnetic Treatments. Dr.. G-. T-T. Heath cures: Abscess, Anchylosis, Apoplexy, Asthma, All eye troubles, 'Brain fever, Bright’s Disease, Bronchitis, Cancer, Catarrh (nasal, throat and stomach), Chills, Colds, Constipation, Croup, Curvature of the Spine, Deafness, Diabetes,…
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
1. Physicians construction of statutes. Certain penalties are denounced by section 2580 of the Code against those who shall practice medicine, surgery, or obstetrics in this State without first having ob-' tained and filed for record the certificate required by the chapter of which that section formg a paiq._ Section 2579 defines who shall be deemed to be practicing medicine as follows: “ Any person shall be held as practicing medicine, surgery or' obstetrics, or to be a physician, within the meaning of the chapter, who shall publicly profess to be a physician, surgeon or obstetrician, and…
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