State v. Pratt
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Smith, J., entered October 4, 1913, upon a trial and conviction of practicing treatment of the sick without obtaining a certificate from the state medical board.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
Appellant was convicted of practicing a mode of treating the sick known as suggestive therapeutics, without having a certificate from the state medical board. The appellant’s brief is devoted to an argument seeking to establish the unconstitutionality of the law under which the complaint was made and conviction had, especially attacking *97that provision of Rem. & Bal. Code, § 8400 (P. C. 333 § 27), included in the words, “or any other system or mode of treating the sick or afflicted.” The whole section, so far as pertinent, is as follows:
“Any person who shall practice or attempt to practice, or…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. GreinerWashington Supreme Court · 1911
3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. BonhamWashington Supreme Court · 1916
- State Board of Medical Examiners v. JordanWashington Supreme Court · 1916
- State v. PrattWashington Supreme Court · 1916