The sun., 1919-05-11

edge, we stand appalled,. No one man
can comprehend all of the knowledge
in his special field to-day; and the best
that any man can do in the medical
profession is to take pride, as lawyers
do, in knowing who knows, so that
their best services can be utilized in
behalf OF the patient"
Indeed, as experience proves, q per-
son may be getting off cheaply IL he
spends only 5000 in finding out what
is the matter with him. Circum-
stances may oblige him to travel from
city to city in search Of correct dag
nosis, and this migration, with Incl
dental hotel bills and the like. may
tut this pursuit of relief beyond the
reach of the millions Of our citizenry
of moderate means. In fact, the pos
sible costs might discourage the seeker
and leave him to fall a victim to
disease that otherwise, IL correctly
diagnosed and treated promptly. could
be eradicated.
Two years ago DR.. Charles H. Mayo,
one of the famous surgeons of Roch-
ester, Mimi, speaking about the SER
vices Of specialists, remarked that only
benefit by them-the rich. because
they could pay the price, and the
poor, because they could count largely
upon that expert aid in the name OF
charity. This left, as DR.. Mayo pointed
out, our vast intermediate class to go
without this needful guidance-relying.
instead, upon an average or mediocre
service or to burden themselves with
financial obligations Of an embarrass-
ing or prohibitive measure. As he saw
1t, the solution lay in the creation OF
a new order of medical institution,
[. e.. the diagnostic hospital.
But credit for initiating the really
practical movement to this end be-
longs to DIR. NJ. Joseph Mandelbaum
OF New York city. and his efforts In
this direction took form some years
before DR.. Mayo's pronouncement.
Happily, the persuasive force OF his
arguments won to the cause, advo-
Gated by Dr. Mandelbaum, some of the
most brilliant Of the members OF the
medical profession in the metropolis.
among them such men as Drs. Abra-
ham jacob. Robert T. Morris. Thomas
B. Satterthwaite and about a thousand
other local physicians. Through their
appeals and the aid OF certain public
spirited citizens Of other callings a
fund of a quarter OF a million dollars
was raised to build and to equip the
New York Diagnostic Clinic.
Society Twelve Years Old.
Properly speaking. the clinic is the
logical outcome Of the purposes which
caused the founding twelve years ago
OF the New York Diagnostic Society,
| which, in 1916, was Incorporated I'M
der the laws OF the State. AS presi-
dent of that society. DR.. Mandelbaum
urged early and late that efforts be
made to focus the varied talents of the
| organization and to crystalline this di-
versified knowledge through collab-
Grafton which would have its centre in
clinic or clinics to which physicians
generally could send their patients for
prompt and expert determination of
| the nature of their ailments and the
several causes which might be con-
tributing to those bodily disturbances
The New York Diagnostic Clinic is
designed to do away with many of the
difficulties that up to now have con-
fronted the general practitioner-it is
the milestone. SO to speak, in a new
order of procedure in the art of hear
ing. From now on specialists repre-
senting the various subdivisions of
medicine will associate themselves for
common purpose. and through their
expert group diagnosis methods. will
enable the patients attending physi-
clan to secure reliable data upon the
| case and thus lead to a more correct or