RT Journal
T1 THe emmanuel movement as seen by a clergyman
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1909
FD February 20
VO LII
IS 8
SP 640
OP 641
DO 10.1001/jama.1909.02540340038007
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.02540340038007
AB The most recent invasion of the field of medical practice is found in the widespread adoption of the Emmanuel movement by ministers and religious teachers of various denominations. An unusually timely and rational estimate of this movement from the standpoint of the clergyman is an article by Rev. George A. Gordon in the Congregationalist for February 13, under the title "The Practice of Medicine by the Unfit." Dr. Gordon defines the practice of medicine as "the treatment of human beings, in a pathologic condition, as the subjects of physical disorders and diseases."After relating his experience with Eddyism and emphasizing the utter ignorance of the followers of this cult of even the elementary facts of anatomy and physiology, Dr. Gordon says: "The most recent phenomenon is the emergence of the preacher of religion as a medical practitioner, his wizard wand being psychic force. Here again the interest is great and