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. b _ . _ Men-cit 30 . t instance. on Dr. Bruce's behalf. be-' fore the constables arrived. Salter Hayden. K.C.. presented the 085* of the drugless practitioners. and Daniel W. Lang. K.C.. appeared V 5.0" the Collette of Physicians and iNurtteonn. Their two sides of the Mory Mpeared to be entirely lost sight of when Dr. Bruce commenced his impassioned appeal and the spec» tators benches began to voice pro-l test. Thomas A. Biakelock (Lib..' iiaiton), Who sponsored the ill-fatedI measure. waxed indignant over Its . fate. when the committee rose. and, privately charged Chairman Croll] with being "most unfair" in his con-l duet of proceedings. Last night- Mr. Blakeloek was still consideringl whether he would attempt to make the situation an Issue before the House proper. I "Unfortunately. the represent»! ' tive of the medical profession. who) happened to he the former Lieu-i tenantoGovernor. made the mistake} . . deviating from the line of reason- l that was outlined in the bill." stud Hubert Pocock. osteopath. who attended the hearing. hut did not Actually see the Jostling of Dr , Bruce. "In other.words. the doctor did not confine himself to the merits . of the case, but took the occasion to rag the members who were ap- plying for the legislation. and to. point out that they had made misc takes in diagnoses and that he didl not agree with their methods of procedure." he said. He pointed out that "even the medical profession has made mis- takes in diagnoses. E "There was a petition signed by 10,000 people submitted with the inquest for that legislation. and these people actually were respon- . sible for asking for these rights," 'he said. "As far as we are concern- ed. we have the,right to practice here." Calla nearing Unfair. G. A. de Jardine. osteopath, also expressed the opinion that the hearing had been "unfair," and that ' "it had not been playing cricket." "I wasn't there. but as I under. stand it. Dr. Bruce was decidedly made use of by the medical men,' he said. "They presented a number . of case reports-where they got them l do not know-end proved that mistakes had been made in diagnoses by osteopaths or chiro- practors or " any rate by so-cailed drugless practitioners. These were used as a weapon against the pro. fession. "Well, a few years ago Dr. Rich. ard Cabot of Boston. acknowledged to be the greatest diagnostician in America. made a statement that in the Massachusetts General Hos. pita] with the best equipment available for making diagnoses it was found by post-mortem examin- ations that more than 50 per cent of the medical diagnoses were l wrong. Dr. Bruce comes along, and quoted a certain number of mis-, takes that undoubtedly had been', made hy smiled practitioners. . i "That was most unfair. because. there was no opportunity given to; reply to these."