The New York herald., 1921-06-07
WOULD HAVE PRESS
Use MEDICAL NEWS
DIR. Murray Suggests Sunday
Papers as Good Connecting
Link With the Public.

BOSTON, June 6.--Use Of the Sunday
newspapers az connecting link between
the professional physician and the lay
man was suggested to-day by Or,
Dwight Murray OF Syracuse. y. r.,
speaker Of the House OF Delegates Of
the American Medical Association.
Physicians should take the public into
their confidence to larger degree than
they have in the past, DR.. Murray de-
clared in an address at the opening ses-
sion OF the House OF Delegates meet
ing here in connection with the annual
convention of the Medical Association.
The speakers stand was upheld by DR..
Hubert Work Of Pueblo, president-elect
OF the association. who said achieve
ments in medicine had been hidden from
the public because there had been no
means OF displaying them.
Medicine should be advertised said
DR.. Work. '1t should be popularized.
Much work should be done by the health
authorities along these lines. State So
ceties should have paid secretaries who
can give their full time TO the work and
the American Medical Association should
have a staff Of paid secretaries to do or
DR.. Murray suggested first the estab-
lishnent OF a lay health journal in
which the medical profession would
give medical news for the layman.
dealing pa rticulsrfy with preventive
medicine. social hygiene. medical sur
vey Of industries. medical legislation
sanitation, communicable diseases and
the like.
Another plan which might be fol-
lowed in case this was not feasible, y
DR.. Murray said would be to appoint
editors and create a demand for a
medical feature section Of the 800 great
Sunday papers in this country, taking
a different subject or different phases
of popular subject for each issue"
DR.. William J. Mayo of Dorchester,
Mimi, told the Boston Surgical Society
tonight that animal experimentation
had become one of the foundation stones
OF progress and had resulted in gifts
OF inestimable value TO huma nifty" He
warned the surgeons, however. that If
they wishes TO continue this work they
must protect the dog from "the wanton
experimental"
DR.. Mayo's address was delivered be-
fore an award was made to him Of the
first gold medal struck in memory OF
Dr. Henry Jacob Bigelow. noted Boston
surgeon, who died in 1890. This medal
is to be given periodically by the So
cicty for contributions to the advance
nent of surgery
THE activities of anti-vivisectionists '
Dr. Mayo said. seriously threaten The
continuance OF these investiga tions
which are of such paramount importance
to the nations health. II is undoubtedly
true that opposition TO animal expert =
mentation has been brought about by
physicians themselves. For at least
1000 years the dog has been mans
friend and compa nion, and the practice
OF buying stolen family pets at small
prices for animal experimentation has
alienated the public. Moreover, the
medical profession has been derelcL il
permitting unframed men to do u,i-
necessary animal experimentation with
out supervision, work which has been
OF little or no value.
"By pursuing policy Of honesty ana
faithfulness to a trust animal experiment
tation can be carried on without serious
objection. IF it is the wish OF the medi-
cal profession to continue this work i.
must not furnish market for the thief
and II must protect the dog from the
wanton experjmentcr."