The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-06-22
RODMANURGESTHA
HIGHER STANDARD
Be DEMANDED
New Head Of the American
Medical Association Espe-
cially Concerned at Work of
Low Grade Surgeons.

thy Evening Herald lensed Nifel
san Franciaco. June 22.-Dr. w. l.
Rodman OF Philadelphia. the newly
ticcied president of the American
Medical association. who delivered his
inaugural address al today's session
~ the annual meeting Of the associa-
ton, introduced hlz address with ref
crencc 10 some OF The cvilr In tue
surgical profession.
IN every community he said,
men pre- operating who have no righI
10 iase human life into their hands.
Taia does NOT apply to the general
practitioner. who. In an emergency,
and 20 the best 81 his ABILITY oper-
ntes In an attempt to save life. but 90
those Who. for gain, undertake that
v hitch should be done only by the
akiilful surgeon. Surgcry Is a special
science. extra hazardous IN its nature,
and hence tho public has n right %
demand Of the surgeon the very high
est physical. mental. ami moral equip.
ment.''
In the eradication OF this evil of the
Incompetent surgeon, Dr. Rodman
said that the American COLLEGE OF sur
gcuns. which was organized only two
years ago. was TO be heartily con-
gsntuiatcd upon the progrcss made.
THE positive stand the college has
taken on foc-splitting alone more
than lustshcs its existence" he said.
This evil has become intoierable,
ana a wave Of protest i rlsins
throughout the land which should,
and We believe will. %oyerwEslm she
Offenders.
let us at once apply the axe 20 the
root. make this ncfarious practice
Impossible. and drive from the sursi-
cal temple those who dcnie h..
referring 90 the efforts which the
association mad made IN the elimina-
ton of patent medicine frauds. Dr-
Rodman said the nuht had involved
LEGAL proceedings which the a~ssocia-
tion was ~combatiug vigorously, but
mat x was interesting to note that
concerns with new preparations for
the market were coming 60 b e@9"-
cations oxporfs 20 endorsement.
The ,uuru OF pharmacy and hem
1atry nov had Ga its laboratories three
chemists who CAV thclg whole time
10 testing such medicines, ana the
work had culminhtcd IN the issue al
a book entitled. Useful Drugs,
which "a number of the best schools
nov uge as a. textbook.
81 rcmuna' he said. nor theepro-
fession Ca set les ban ON all prop'i-
etary medicines lf the only informa-
lion |conpernins them comes iron.
those aho manufacture and sell
them
A point on which Dr. Bodmnn laid
great stress wac secondary education
LEADING to- che medical profession
The reforms Which the association
he'd fought for in medical schools haa
been so Ear brought about that the
standard required was now as hlsh 's
n should be for all OF the schools oi
the entire country.
"An irrcducahlc minimum has p'eu
reached. ne said. "and 10 should ne
honestly euforcod-that ls, as soon ar
b can lc. There b. Of course. no
limit 10 the maximum that airy nlshl5
endowed n exceptionally cir'unl-
stanccd institution may adopt Tor u
self.
lie said that the ranks Of b medl-
cat schools had bccl 80 thinneh M
a third of the schools were now non
Nu combat ana l NhF
mark time for "a while ANA give
those Institutions which have nP-
prn,chod the nriug line at "a douol'-
quick speed "a chance TO eaten tn,'i
breath
put the problem of secondary cd
uration for the medical man h'
thought was handicapped py To-" his"
"a cultural standard Alih"u-. d
course In bIolop,. chemistry ana PM
ics was agreed upon as n pre-rePul
pe tn tho study OF medicine, the SUI
iert. were not taught satisiaot"'"S
lad tbc nigh schools and colieses sen
orally.
''rhercfnrc for tho present "i l'"A'
ID must nc taught largely boy the mca-
i-at schools. cor there must ne, az N"'
nrcn suggested ny distinguished e"u-
r.torf. \ rcuiranEcmrnt of the cur
ri.ula Of high schools, 80 ihot they
SIM embrace 70 course in the q
whilh wiz De acceptable 60 medical
slhools. This We believe, is the Ne''
bcsi %solution Of the problem
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