The Supreme Court, of the corporate United states, decides Dent v. (Virginia enclave of) West Virginia, affirming as lawful the prerogative of the States to restrict access to the medical profession (obtaining a license to practice.

       NOTE: The appellant in this case, Frank Dent, was of the “Eclectic School,” a group that practiced commonly accepted medical procedures of the day.  But Eclectics refused to practice the now discredited therapies of drugging and bleeding.  Furthermore, Eclectic medical schools were training women to become physicians.

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