The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-06-20
SURGEONS give
PUBLICBENEFlT
OF. KNOWLEDGE
Public Meetings Arranged to
Drive Home Methods of
Prevention
MEETING IN BISMARCK

The coming public meeting of the
American College OF Surgeons to BE-
held at 8 p. m.. June "a, In the Audi.
torium, shows that this society has
the good Of the public at heart, ~.
cording to Franklin H. Martin, NJ. D.,
Secretary.General OF the organization.
DR.. Martin. who is to speak at this
meeting, sent the following statement
to the Bismarck Tribune. "The Ameri.
can College of Surgeons is a society
Of five thousand surgeons of the Unit.
edoStates and Canada, who have al
lied themselves in this association for
the purpose 6f improving the service
which they are rendering to their pa.
tie6ts. 1t comprises only part Of
the one hundred and forty thousand
doctors Of the continent, who repre-.
sent profession which has always
endeavored I'd command the respect
Of its people by serving them faith
fully and h0norably. LIT,
The surgeons of the American Col.
leEe Of Surgeons are putting forth
every possible effort to make better
surgeons of themselves: to aid in pro.
viding better training for the special.
lists In medicine who are called upon
to do surgery; to discourage unnec-
essary surgery by insisting upon q
thorough diagnosis before an opera.
ti0n Is attempted; to encourage physi.
7 clans who desire to become surgeons
to take q practical training in the art
Of surgery with surgeons Of recog.
nized ability before operating indie.
pendently upon their fell0wmen and
women; to encourage the establish
ment and maintenance Of well-equap
ped hospitals in which the surgeon
will have every facility. for determin.
ing the ailment of the patient; hos.
pitals with safe nursing, with appa.
ratus for the thorough examination
of patients, safe sterilizing outfits,
proper operating room facilities.
honest and competent management
and medical staff.
The American College of Surgeons
believes that the best surgery that
can be done by the most expert dag.
nostician. in the safest environment
that can be secured, Is none too good
and that every man, woman, and child
is entitled to the very best surgery
that can be obtained.
The American College OF Surgeons
believes that there Is no state in the
United States. or no Province Of Can
ada that cannot furnish the very SAT-
est kind of surgery for its citizens II
the medical profession and the citi'
zens of such states and provinces will
get together and cooperate In helping
each other in this problem.
The American College Of Surgeons
believes that this is a problem that
interests laymen and medical men
alike, and the medical men cannot
work 1t out alone.
The American College OF Surgeons
is now holding a meeting In Bismarck
in order to get together In this state
the surgeons, eye specialists, ear,
nose. and throat specialists. obstetri'
clans, and gynecol0gists who are In
sympathy with their program, and In
a square.faced talk with the citizens
in your state, this association is en-.
deavoring to work out some plan by
which everybody who Is interested
can cooperate with the medical pro-
fession In helping It to make the sur
gerry OF North Dakota as safe as It
is anywhere in the world"
: Not only will citizens Of Bismarck
attend this meeting in large numbers,
but large contingent from Madam
is expected as we'll. The program oi
the meeting printed below will show
the elninently practical and worth
II, hila aiahiocfa IN hn taken I'm.