The evening herald., 1917-07-07

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sible only through collective action
that the family physician appears
only when some health agency mas
failed to prevent disease.
statistics have been collected which
are said 60 show that the annual WAGE
loss IN the United States due to sick
ness il s500. .000 .o0o Tuberculosis. u
Is said. claims an annual economic
lox in this country of nearly the
same amount liad housing. bad nv
ihg. alcoholism, venereal disease, and
occupational diseases would surely add
an equal number of millions And the
same may he said of the annual lah"f
turnover. ar the quick hiring ami
firing of help ALSO Of voluntary an
sence from work due to personal sen
SONS or lack OF application.
Now. these social aud economic
losses totnling billions. ate an pre-
Ventnhle " society Ia really IN earnest
about improving i,s fundamental
health conditions.
'If We would he successful in the
improvement NJ the health aud hap
piness OF the nation, We must To be-
.gin with. reorfanize both private
health practice and public heath
practice Both must he placed on
higher plane of efficienct We must
set up adequate public health ma
Chinerv hy reorganiHing the federal
state. and municipal health work
This work must be entirely removed
from political control 80 that scientific
attainment ana spirit may pervade the
whole organization and then we may
have the maximum of coordination
and cooperation throughout this ma
chinery FOR the attainment OF Toe peg
! lcCnt efficicncl In working for puhhc
health
| What share al the 100000 900
/ loss which ~ charged To Illness II due
to unnecessary leng,h of Illness on
account of lack of diagnosis. faulty
diagnosis ur faulty therapeutics Loss
from illness can pe tremendously re-
! ducod through the csta hlishmcnt Of
diagnosIic clinics So that 100 pei ceat
OF the people may enjoy the al dntage
! at the most scientific medical ami
surgical knowledge obtainahle. Thcs"
diagnostic clinical stations would ar
/ tord to ai PHYSICIANS 300 theu dulf
Wnrk th" same facilities as would eN-
! tension courses aud post graduate
work one cannot imagine a better
method at raising the standards "'
medical practice.
THE group pam of practice. The
nruishius ut diagnosis should ho
made free 81 supplied az 4 minimum
cost So that TOO per cent of the pro
fcssiou may keep he daily contact "ith
the progress ot scientific medicine h'
taking their patient, Co consulting olru.
les TODAY, Boa large cities. "uiN 20
per cent of the profession have access
to scientific research lahuratorios
land these 90 per cent have these ad
,antages At the cosi of IN" so p"i
cent OF the public and tie 80 pen
cent of the profession
BY making diagnosis clinics ire"
or practpall, So. We viii cuoruouril
stimulate accurate diagnosis. system
atic treatment aud preventive hc.dri
work These dutgnos,ttc clint
would be under the control ~ .h'
respective health departments.
The tremendous reduction in lo.
from illness occurring through tn
operation of Industrial dispcusarl"
suggests the extension Of this pr'r
ciple to the schools lf tullium'
pins siciAus wetc placed in 'hargc r
lnll-dAy dlspcusarics i" schools MAX
ing physical examinations ut an chill
dreu. and prcs,rlhius ior then min"
aumeuts. using the public diagnosis
clinics ulr,ad, referred 90 tor CON
frmatiou ot diaEuos"- 70 similar re-
du,tion would take pla., bon lus' time
from school as has tat"u plnC" 100 I"s
time from work through IA, "pcr
alton ur nll-duN industrial disrcnsaI
ic'
Perhaps the greatest change iho
has come la medical practice has hr"
the development of ~. tIrld "t roo
dustrial hygiene o. is now taking no,
lWhole time uf thousands 90 physiHiauf
, lana il would seem that iho hrEunioi
has just been made 80 doubt tht
latter situation has been stimulate
by 'workmcu compensation nrts hn
II Is equally due to the uWaEcuIu,