Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-08
How To Use a Doctor.
AN.AprrAL TO THE SCHOLARSHIP OF AMERICA.
CHAPTER II.

~ were tired OF merely repairing broken
parts Of the physical machinery. diseased
'end products" OF results, and that we
preferred TO serve the people when dis
ease was In a durable stage, however
essential surgery might be when peces-
sary. that we might give them cure for
the present and prevention for the future.
We feel that a Physician has right to
be honest and TO render intelligent, eff
cient and sincere professional service,
just as we demand OF the grocer. tue
dairyman, the jeweler, or any other blislv
ness man. and ! gave a list OF questions
which the patient could ask the well
qualified physician, most Of which would
Indicate symptoms OF functional nantes
tations OF disease
The functional manifestations Of dis
casa are always associated with patho-
logical bio-chemical changes. or meta
bolic disorders. as we'll as abnormal psy-
Geological Manifestations, which are the
fore runners OF a majority OF the diseases
that exact death toll OF a million and
half human lives in the United States
every year These diseases or condi-
lions leading TO inefficiency. weakness
morbid anxiety, unhappiness. gross path
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nosis and treatment long before people
generally seek aid from a physician, be
cause we have not taught them TO re-
alize the necessity Of consulting the we'll
qualified physician in time To render
them the most efficient. professional ser
vice. In fact. how many physicians are
qualified 20 diagnosticate and to treat
disease IN this early and durable STAGE
Why should practice medicine In Omaha
for five and half years without a sin
sic death from disease. while over nine
thousand peaple have died during that
periodY fy..t
There is . reason ana I win explain II
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At rhe present time. as in the past,
the Hospital and the experience derived
from the Hospital treatment OF disease.
Is the unit Of medical education" THIS
idea has been recently championed by
Sir William Osler. formerly OF this con
hnent, but now, Regius Professor Of
Medicine IN the University OF Oxferd.
England''1n the Hospital only. or mostly.
pathological epd products. or gross ply
seal pathology, are diasonstieated ana
treated. he mature disease. or "ripened
fruit" has already arrived This
know. not only from my own observa-
ton OF Hospitals In all sections Of this
country. but from the actual reports
printed and sent out by the Hospitals
themselvss
Sir James Mackenzie. one OF the
worlds most renowned physicians. takes
the stand recently that the present
method OF Instruction teach physical,
signs only. or AT least chiefly. and the,
herein they are defective from the view
point Of the practical .physiclan, whose
work Is in the interest OF his patients.
\ His teaching Is. asi the editor OF the
New York Medical journal points out
Feb. 2st, 1910, that disease IL usually
well advanced when It Is productive OF
physical signs. and that II should be the
physicians endeayor TO learn how 10
make diagnosis Of a disease when Il Is
In its incipiency- Is. before, organic
changes have taken place. with the con
seauentr appearance ,.of physical signs
10 the ahaence. ~ which he is at loss
70, know how 10. treat the patient or to-.
make diagnosis. .,.. s.e.
This view point Just now being ad-
vanced by this great london physician.
and the truth in II being emphasized by
the Editor OF the New York Afedical
Journal, one OF Americas most scIen
talo physlcians. IL In harmony With the
IDEAS that / have beer teaching and
preaching TO the Medical Profession for
the past fifteen years, by pefsonaI lee
tares. by sboOk now in its tiird edition.
and by "a Medical Journal 'articies, writ
ten daring my five years residence in
Omaha, ana. published In leading Medi-
cal Journala IN the United States, ali OF
which have been strongly endorsed and
sustained by leading scientific physicians
and medical journals.
BY making application OF scientific
20 relieve. correct, or re-en-
tablish fapctloHal efficiency, by methods
which have been recognized and accepted
BY all scientific physicians. / have been
abe % practice nedicine. for five years.
pr more In Omaha without a single death. 4
save one suicide who. positively insisted
that she had no desire 70 get well. n
will never risk my reputation by accent
ing another such patient. but we only
learn by experience.
That the instinct OF seif-preseryatio
under our competitive system OF medical
edpeation3 has prevented our schools
from eauipping their graduates 20 treat
functional. mental and physical dIsor-
ders In their incipiency. 30 as to proven,
their developing into gross pathology and
falling into the hands OF those who do
slve large Profits from hospitals. Is. no
doubt. the cause OF the slowness OF our
pedieai schools 10 step forward IN pace
Win the knowledge now available and
make practical application Of Il In the
treatment OF functional. mental ana
physical dis9rders. which, II neglected.
Pre- sure 70 result in gross physical man
hestations Of disease. such as make
surgical operations necessity. Their
neglect is the frequent cause OF thou
sands OF unnecessary deaths from both
accidents ana disease. and OF insanity
suicide. murder. and defective offsprinF
as well. when taken In their early
stage. such as when a patient can 20 70
p physicians office. these conditions
which lead 10 the development OF the
more serious manifestations OF disease.
81 which over sixteen hundred Omaha
people die every year. are easily cured
by appropriate psychological. Iphysio,
logical and physical agencies. applied 10
Heighten the psyeho-physioai potential
tties Of each Individual patient as re-
Nuirements demand after a painstakine
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