Eastman v. State

The appellant challenges the validity of the act regulating the practice of medicine and surgery, and on this challenge arises the principal question in the case.

The police power of a State is very broad and comprehensive. It has been variously defined by the courts and text-writers. It is, said one of the courts, “that inherent and plenary power in the State, which enables it to prohibit all things hurtful to the comfort, safety and welfare of society.” Lakeview v. Rose Hill Cemetery Co., 70 Ill. 191 (22 Am. R. 71). “All laws,” says another court, “ for the protection of the lives, limbs,…