A Doctor, a Bigamist, and a Fleeing Quack
A medical man practicing without a license flees Vancouver for Seattle after his double life is exposed.
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E. A. Tripp, M.D., M.R.C.S. of London, has fled Vancouver for Seattle. He practiced in Vancouver for six months without a license, in defiance of the British Columbia Medical Council. Before coming here, he stopped in Kamloops, and while there he married Miss Annie Catherine Logan, daughter of John Logan, of Enniskillen, Ireland. A few days ago, she received a letter in the post office from his other wife in England. She left him at once and went to live with relatives. Fearing exposure for bigamy and for illegally practicing medicine, he skipped town. He had hundreds of patients, all of whom say he did them good, and some express a willingness to follow him to Seattle if he will treat them there.
“He had hundreds of patients, all of whom say that he did them good, and some of whom express a willingness to follow him to Seattle if he will treat them there.”
Medical licensing boards are still the primary defense against those practicing without credentials. While Tripp's patients were willing to follow him across borders for care, modern standards have largely standardized the qualifications required for safe, professional practice.
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