The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12
Frederic, Haslkin's Letter
Have Yoursslf Overhauled.

What carry on these older y
III the great majority Of CO.
the chrooic diseases. Cen6
these diseases get stfone
upon the individual befors
knows OF any danger.
A doctor can note the signs =
earlier than the layman. But F.
he cannot always detect the -
ing signs by q casual inspeeS13
Therefore, the public health o1
Ice says that IN examination = r.
much good unless it ID CONT
For one thing, the heart and iIss
should be examined with the "a
tlsnt stripped to the waist.
10 important because by clo(i
sounds are apt to be smothS
And then, too, the material ~
. slight sound when touched ss
that may cover the faint mnys-
or hitch that means trouble.
After the general practitieI.
has made his survey. II he GEE !
defect In sight, hearing, heart ID
tion, or Me nervous system. n 80
be advisable to see a spesisll.
That 10 for the patient to dsciIss
Catching Diseases Youn1
II he learns that he is in -
condition generally except
slight tendency to nervous dor
sion, he can 30 forth chserfrI 4
the assurance that his engtnesS
working In good rhythm. and ~
bis lungs have unusual capsrH
and that all he needs is more ~
and exercise for his faded nefy~
II at the end of another year ~
doctor finds symptoms Of nv
trouble, there is at least the -.
ISOLATION that the disease kas ~,
started in the past year and ~
he stands q good chance of -.
plete recovery.
The important fact about IL.
dangerous diseases of nerves ~
organs and tissues is that in ~.
early stages they can be cured. &
Doctors have been saying q
along that there was need for -
attention to preventing chronic ~,
case and attacking it in ito ~
Atages. But there has not -
much evidence to show how ~
the need really is. There -
tables made by insurance compeS.
les. but the average indNi1ul
didn't pay serious attention a
those-unless he was turned don
% . bad risk by IN insurance a.,
pany doctor.
What showed US where we stapi
physically was, of course, the drsh
That one-third of the young mea 4
this country had some serious 4,
feet showed the enormous amo11l
OF disease and disability that =,
pie bear unconsciously. For WIN
many of the draft men knew -
had dieAualifying defects, thas
were many more who had no ~
they were not sound. And II Is,
percentage Of physical unatneu
ran this high in our young men I
would be far greater in our midi.
aged men and women. who ooflt
to be in the prime of life.
The often-quoted draft figures 3
disability have aroused some q,
probation of their seriousneGl
Some big industrial firms are N
Ing regular physical examinatiua,
to their employees so that they al
keep fit--a measure for eficiepcy.
as the firms realize. In the school
there is . growing sense Of the h
portance Of medical inspection. b
most city schools medical inspsa
ors make rounds at stated intss.
walls and teachers send out to thu
such children as seem to need ~
diagnosis. Some cities provide M
dental clinics for school childrsa
The children's bureau of the Il,
partment OF labor has car tint
travels over the country to interest
mothers in having their bahis
weighed and measured as a guila
to their physical condition. \