AMERICAN HEMS.
HJSTUAI.IA.H A.SO S.Z. CAIII.K ASSOCIATION. TIIK VOLSTKA D LAW, ATTACKED BY PHYSICIANS. (Received this dnv at 8..'10 a.in.) NEW YORK, Nov. 19 ' A vigorous attack on the Volstead law has been made by KW leading physicians of New York, headed by Dr Lambert, Dean Emcrietus o! the college of physicians and surgeons of leading New York medical school. Physicians have begun an action in the F.ilcial Court against the provisions of the law. which interferes with physicians prescriptions containing whisky, which h limited to a pint per patient every .ten days. They chim that many lives have Item endangered through this provision, which physicians arc constantly violating for the sake of human life. They declare the \ nlstcad law is one of the greatest interferences with the medical profession, and will take a ease to Enilcd States Supreme Court.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 November 1922, Page 3
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140AMERICAN HEMS. Hokitika Guardian, 20 November 1922, Page 3
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