794 HEALTH—PRACTITIONERS OF MEDICINE. [ART. 43.
certificates for like causes; no such certificate shall be refused to
any such person because he or she may belong to a different
recognized school of medicine from any member of said board.
1888, ch 429, sec. 8.
46. Any person practising medicine in this State without
complying with the provisions of this sub-title of this article, or
who shall advertise himself to the public as skilled in the treat-
ment of any particular disease or injury without first having
secured and recorded the certificate of the State board of health,
or who shall, by writing, printing, or any other method, publicly
profess to cure or treat diseases, injury or deformity by any drug,
nostrum, manipulation or other expedient, without having complied
with the provisions of this sub-title of this article, or who shall rep-
resent himself as being authorized to practise medicine or surgery
in this State, when in fact he is not so authorized, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than
five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in jail not less than three
months nor more than twelve months, or be both fined and
imprisoned at the discretion of the court.
Ibid. sec. 9.
47. Any person filing or attempting to file as his own the
diploma or certificate of another, or a forged diploma or forged
affidavit of identification, shall be deemed guilty of the crime of
forgery, and on being convicted thereof shall be punished by
imprisonment in the penitentiary or house of correction, at the
discretion of the court, for not less than two years, or by a fine
of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred-
dollars, or both, in the discretion of the court.
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