Little v. State
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court of Lancaster county. Tried below before Holmes, J. The supreme court of Kentucky has had a statute almost exactly like ours under consideration. It was in an action brought for the purpose of enjoining the board of health from interfering with the practice of osteopathy. The title of the act which they were so considering was: “An act to protect,citizens of this commonwealth from empiricism.”
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Error to the district court of Lancaster county. Tried below before Holmes, J. The supreme court of Kentucky has had a statute almost exactly like ours under consideration. It was in an action brought for the purpose of enjoining the board of health from interfering with the practice of osteopathy. The title of the act which they were so considering was: “An act to protect,citizens of this commonwealth from empiricism.” In that case the court held that the practice of osteopathy did not come within the terms of the statute, and was not prohibited. Nelson v. State Board of Health, 57 S. W.…
1Opinion of the Court
Noeval, O. J.
Charles W. Little comes on error from the district court of Lancaster county, he having been there convicted of practicing medicine Avithout having procured a license as required by article 1, chapter 55, Compiled Statutes. He is what is known as a practitioner of osteopathy, the practice of which consists principally in rubbing, pulling and kneading with the hands and fingers certain portions of the body and flexing and manipulating the limbs of those afflicted with disease, the object of such treatment being to remove the cause, or causes of trouble. He urges a. number of…
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