Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-10
Physician and Sociologist Dis
cuss Matter at Annual Meet.
ing of National Association
at Washington Today.
I special Correspondence 10 The merald1


Washington. May g-A physician
and Sociological discussed tue tuber-
Culosis problem today before the
ninth annual meeting of the National
Association for the study and Pre-
Vention OF Tuberculosis. each from
the standpoint OF his profession. Each
acknowledged the value ~ the other y
work, but insisted ;hat fundn mental
"a his own profession WAS best
equipped Ia deal with the problem.
The papers were presented hy Dr
William charles White. medical III
rector 81 the Tuberculosis League Of
Pittsburgh, and John u. Commons.
of the Wisconsin Industrial rommis-
sion. Professor OF political economy
I'm the University 81 Wisconsin
"One of the burning questions ~
the day" said Or White. lis wheth-
.er tuberculosis is a sociological or "A
medical problem. THAT such discus
sion goes On probably proves that IL
be- both We are seeking To discover
" the sociologist should employ the
doctor. or the doctor empty the So
cial worker. or viii the lime come
when all doctors and nurses viii be
social workers, and all social work.
ers. doctors OF nurses
ION the long pHth hN which our
present knowledge has come. all the
milcstones are doctors liippocrates.
Bayle. Laenncc, Morton. Nillemin.
Koch. TrudUau. and many others No
social worker 80 far as I know, has
contributed any great advance.
The social worker may be called
the drum heater before the door Of
The booth lie shouts TO the pro-
gram ready prepared. He shirts hts
work from tuberculosis to child ny
girne. soriHl diseases. and associated
charities. ar rosdily as the stock com
panN actor changes his play. and yet
that man has no message who h too
fastidious To- beat the drum nt the
door of his booth The reason for
The social worker in tuberculosis viii
be- found IN the exclusion of tuhrr-
culosis from the general hospitals ana
other places OF medical teaching and
the consequent ignorance Of doctors
and nurses on the whole question of
this maiady as "a public health prob
! lem, The doctors that do know md
more ready response 90 their teaching
among the intelligent laity than
among the profession There is now.
however. healthy movement go rec
turn this seventh OF tie worlds sick
ness to iis proper place IN the hos
pital and medical school
"The majority OF the problems In
connection with the tuherruiOsis
question. such as immunity horedity
I
I lus. cure. food values etc. are med
teal In their nature, and must be
solved hy those of medical training.
The social side OF the question comes
down to more ana better food and
better living conditions.
"Thc physician" said Prof COM
mons. starts with the individual
The socioiOgist starts with his insti-
buttons. The physician looks on other
| individuals ng sources al pUntnEiOn
OF infection. The sociOlEis, looks on
them ~ owners Of property. The
one secs them as physiological units
the other as possessors Of power of
of intangible properly, which We call
opportunity
'"ruherculosis and occupational
] disease. safety ana sanitation. infant
/ mortality. hours Of lanOr OF women
and children these are some of the
| fields Of ncientinc research aud gov
! crnmental administration where tho
physician and the soriOlogist meet
/ Here the physician must get beyond
! physiOlogy. contaEion and infection
and deal with the institutions OF
property. the family ana the state
! that make environment what u h.
| Here the soCiologist must get int,
physiology and pathology, n he would
not go wrong ~ dealing with instiiu'
lions
THE difference shows itself In ad
ministration Compare board al
T, health with a bureau OF labor Wher
IA board Of health determines thai
smallpox or diphthefia h afoat u
| rides over each property right ant
personal right of the individual u
marks OH dead line of quarantine
II becomes policemen, calls ont th'
militia. doclarcN marital law set