and I believe that the doctors themselves are responsible more than any other class for the opposition to the laws they ask for. When lawyers and men of other professions desire a change in the law they Avork for it. We, as a class, do not. During the sitting of the last session of the Mississippi Legis¬ lature this matter was more forcibly impressed on me than ever before. The code commissioners had inserted a section in the code which they proposed to the legislature for adoption which made

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... e secretary of state the examining board for osteopaths. By paying the fee of $10.00, osteopaths desiring to practice their art or profession could do so Avithout any further exami¬ nation. There were only ten to twelve osteopaths in the state. How they succeeded in getting their ideas adopted I do not know. As one illustration of their efforts and the lack of efforts on the part of physicians, I was told by one of the state senators, a prominent lawyer, ex-confederate soldier and experi¬ enced legislator, that he had received about forty letters asking him to support the ostéopathie section and only three asking him to vote against it. There were at that time about ten osteopaths and about 2,000 physicians in the state." Dr. Kendriek's proposed remedies for the above conditions are: 1. The medical profession must agree fully beforehand as to what it wants. 2. This action must be endorsed by all county and district societies. 3. Every member in the state must see to it personally that lii s senator or representative receives complete information regarding the bill and that he is urged to support it or to con¬ demn it, as the case may be, as a measure of public policy and for the good of the people.