Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-15

Further referring TO the fitness of the
head Of a department In Medical
School, Prof Metzler says: 'Hs should
help TO make medicine . science and its
teaching q serious business, anG By his
behavior he should assist In the efforts
TO deprive the practice OF medicine Of
It's commercial aspects"
The election to headship must be
based upon evidence that for the past
years the appointee has been continuous
ly a close student Of modern medicine
and showed efficiency in teaching, a.
we'll as in research, in the scientific
and practical fields OF medicine"
The reader may ask what this has to
do with How to Use a DoctorT' l am
simply justifying myself for the pub
llcity that I am receiving in these ar
tlcles, since I am forced to show my
reason for being unwilling to stand be-
hind incompetent men, whether occupy
ing a Professionally in a State Univer-
Eity or not. II the Medical Department
Of State University, the clinical
branches, Is to be used as an advertise
ment for a group OF Physicians, sup
ported by the State. and run in compet-
ton against the larger professional and
social organization. while the real cause
OF disease is being neglected, prefer to
protect myself by open entagonism to
such an injustice in the name OF "'Medi-
cal Education a fraud and q farce
beyond words TO express, because un-
just and inefficient.
Thousands of dissatisfied American
PHYSICIANS lack the scholarship to pro-
I'D. a.
to the larger professional and social or
ganization brought about by the made
quate system of medical education in
vogue at the present time. Their own
work is by far more competent and effi-
Client than that of many OF the medical
educators at the present time. Let the
Medical Schools fall into line with Yale,
the Washington and Johns Hopkins Uni
versities, with full time clinical teach ers.
who are not making an advertising ma
chine 90 state University" and then
they may be entitled to use the term
ethical" II the competitive system
must prevail, will be forced TO use the
equipment at my command I will turn
on the light, from the point of view of
my rich personal experience.
Diseases are experiments made by ma
ture which great clinicians ought to try
to interpret not merely by pressing them
into facts. views or classifications found
or put UP by others. but also by original
broad views and illuminating conceptions
of their own, II they are the brainy
scientifically well-trained men whom
they ought to be. knowledge is only of
value in so far as It is useful or what
Z ;s q couNctioY, Of data called science
, or Accommodations of large collection OF
observations on various natural phen-
omena, until by the application OF persist
ent thought It is used to produce definite
and tangible therapeutic results. or is
made to become subservient to some use
full end or purpose. Efficiency is the
watchword Of the age, but II implies not
only n wide knowledge of facts. but a
breadth OF vision that will enable the re-
! latlon among the various categories OF
human knowledge to be seen clearly and
applied to the practical needs of man
kind. -.t,.rs-
Such is the function OF scientific Psy-
chotherapy, or of modern Psychiatry
and Neurology" and it is far more ef-
ficacous than merely the prescribing
of drugs or the employment OF the knife,
where special cases demand them, and
this more advanced therapeutic equip
ment should be in the ADMINISTRATOR OF
every physician turned out from our
medical schools.
At the reading OF the first paper pre-
scented by me to the Nebraska State
Medical Association at Lincoln, about
four and a half years ago, 1t was
unanimously voted that a request that
Psychotherapy be taught in the Medical
Department of the Nebraska State Uni
vesity be submitted to the Regents,
there being not a single dissenting vote.
After that the voice Of Democracy was
hushed. The olgarohy q Ia Simmons,
the former advertising Quack OF Ne
hraska, appeared upon the scene. A
censorship opposed to Science was
established. The freedom OF individual
ity was uuelled, and Democracy has
been heard no more. Since then, have
reached the Nebraska Physicians
through Medical Journal articles, pub
lished in other states, in defiance Of the
local machine, save in my discussion Of
the papers presented by others. Next
Sunday, / will tell you how to use a
Doctor. and OF what he has to offer in
the interest OF health, happiness and ef-
| ficiency (maybe)> 506-S Brandeis The
alter Bldg, Omaha, Neb.