Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-22
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weight Of speoiaiism, vrammed into
the tired brain OF the student body The
general advance In medical knowledge
should render the appreciation of the
concept OF tho patient as "a whole in
dividual more thorough. more complete
than ever before That such appreoia-
ton IL actually less must be due in part
TO the dominance OF specialized branches
in teaching during the clinical years.
The concept OF the whole individual
should dominate medical teaching not
oniy in the fundamental, but also in the
clinical years. The true relations for the
whole should never be lost sight Of for a
MON Ont."
The above quoted remarks, being the
promises upon which this physicians
address was based, clearly indicate the
correlation OF scientific Psychotherapy
with Modern Neurology and Psychlatry.
II may be Of interest TO the reader 20
know that the writer of the above re.
marks. IN the capacity OF Chairman OF
the Section of Nervous and Mental Dis
eases OF the Sixty-Ffth Annual Session
OF Tho American Medical Association,
was one Of the number OF 81. Louis ply
scians who. seven years ago, gave me
the following unsolicited letter:
I'VE take great pleasure in expressing
our profound appreciation OF the SUI
perior intelligence and professional worth
OF Or II. s. Muuro's teaching in Psy-
cho-therapeutlcs, and feel that no ply
stefan who has his own interests or those
OF his patients at heart can afford TO
miss the benefit VI his instruction"
! II IL further interesting to note that
The ct. Louis University, Of which this
Head OF the American Association OF
lNeurologists and Psyehiatrists Is one Of
It's faculty, Is only a. In the Flexner-
Carnegie Classification. while our a ~
of Nebraska no more Compares to II as a
whole. so far as the professional educa-
ton that Is being furnished to Us medi-
cal students is concerned. than Mexico
would compare to the United States as
Civil Government. In one the motive
is TO prepare men for the most efficient
service: In the other It seems to be to
prepare them for beias efficient floecers.
A greater species OF injustice was never
palmed off on body of defcnseless
men than the Flexner-Carnegie 'elassi-
ficatlon" of medical schools. as conditions
here in Nebraska will illustrate.
For instance, why should the path
ologlst Of the University OF Pennsyl-
attention to Neurology give me this I'M
solicited expression, among other things
contained in his letter: II do not thinl
your claims are excessive, as | can from
experience substantiate all that have
heard YOU say as TO the efficacy Il the
measure as an adjunct in Therapeutics
while another Learned CD university
professor Of Nebraska" in reference to
L. t,I hNy ma at lincoln
l<o the State Association, should be %
disturbed by it as 10 beleh forth: His
paper was the biggest piece Of damn
rot / ever heard; sucn paper should
not be allowed on the floor of the state
society" He said this In reference to
the same paper that caused the unanl-
nous vote of the state Medical Assoc
citation requesting OF the regents tina
Revolutionary be taught in the Medical
Department OF the Nebraska State Uni
versity, and the paper, as II was pre-
scented before the state association, now
stands as the first chapter of the thirc
edition OF my monograph on Psychic
therapy, OF which the reviewer II
the bulletin OF tho John Hopkins uni
versity ended by the words; Sound
common sense 10 the keynote Throughout
ing his study TO an isolated subject Il
restricted I'm his conception OF the com
poslte individual in relation TO his en-
yironment-specialism carried to the eX
tremel
have thousands Of such commend
atory expressions from physicians Of
high standing to say nothing Of thu
favorable reviews Of my monograph BY
II TnnrnaIa Of tho Limited
states. In view of these considerations
make no hestancy in saying that tn
Medical Department II the University
Of Nebraska. as It is now organized.
n disgrace 10 ethical medicine, beeaus'
retaining on its teaching staff. alonI
with competent physicians, some who's
personalities are not I'm keeping will
what we would expect to find !
n low grade class &c" medical school
10 say nothing of an institution deserv
ing 10 be rated "a H." such as tn
Johns Hopkins, Harvard Medical School
the University OF Michigan. and Wash
; lngton Universities. with which school
II has equal rating in the Flexner elias
sification. modified to suit the ina
chine gang in the American Medica
Association. Even II the school was ru
I'm the interest OF the entire medical pro
fesson, and that OF the state OF Ne
: braska, instead OF being an advertiser
machine for an organized team sue
, faults In it's organization are inexcusabl'
The remedies applicable TO the ind
yidual are of equal value as applied
a diseased institution. or 10 other par'
sitlc process. In a paper that pr
sented by invitation 10 the meeting
, the Alienists and Neurologists of th
United States for the discussion Of mer
tai diseases in their various phase
: under the auspices Of the ChicaBo Med
!, cal Society. July 10. 1914, 1 used the 70
lowing remarks: I'VE are no longs
= satisfied TO treat merely symptoms b'
seek to find the pathOgenic cause, be
designated, microbic. parasitic, socia
= chemical, occupatlonal or psychological
since there is no actl IN without reaction
and all manifestations of living plenon
ena refer 10 one and the same realit
4. e., an organism In function. Niewir
e man from the standpoint OF evolution
e airy monism. the treatment OF ment
y and physical diseases cannot be SEPT
p rated. Mental diseases, so-called, al
). frequently merely the expression Ct son
pathological condition, such as specit
, Infections, administration, prevents
Il educational influences. abnormal intern
IL.