New Britain herald., 1923-11-09
HUMAN BODY NEEDS
 ANNUAL INSPECTION
l. Pulen Advises Yearly Test of
 Important Organs ,
By RICHARD c. PuLLEN (Supt. of Health Department).


 There is at the present time na-
 tion- wide campaign to encourage < everyone to have a yearly health
 examination by his family physician.
 This work is sponsored by the Ma tional Health Council. United States
 Public Health Service and the Amer
 ican Medical Association. The fact that these organizations support it is ample evidence of the value of the movement. However, suppose we
 reduce this thing to a common sense
 basis.
 When a person buys new auto
 mobile he gets with it, in the major ity of cases at least. an inspection card which entities him to monthly inspections of the car for q certain
 period of time. The owner knows that by having his car regularly in- spected he will guarantee satisfac- tory performance. Any difficulties will be found early and will be taken care of before the whole machine has been so damaged as to require re- placements of parts. This proceeding is only common sense. It is eyentu- ally cheaper to have the car regu- iarly inspected than it is to neglect 1t and have serious troubles. If there is a loose wrist pin in the motor the motor knocks and continues to do so until the trouble is. remedied. If it is remedied at once the owner then has car which runs quietly and performs satisfactorily once more. If a spring leaf breaks the owner knows that he must have it fixed i'm mediately or the result will be completely ruined spring. This process of inspection carried on with an automobile keeps it in good run ming order. Now just think this over. The intelligent owner Of an automobile. which is a piece of ma cifinery, keeps it in good condition by preventing troubles from growing worse. Suppose the owner neglected the car entirely. It would become useless in the course of time. Sup pose it does become nseless--the owner then can buy a. brand new car. And there is tho rub. You can buy a new automobile but you can't bny yourself a new body. If you go 'foilh ahu H'Sifti pHs stchi utlf"S III your own body they will become ! worse, and if you keep letting them go you will eventually become u ! physical wreck. Now what can you do3 If you once become d physical | week and VIC may say. have gone ! beyond recall, you cant go down 10 ' q garage or some similar institution . and buy a lot of new parts for your- st If. It cant be done. Your only 1 salvation is 10 prevent physical de. , fccts. If your lungs arc going had aug have got to take care Of your aClf to prevent eventual serious lung trouble. Now in order to take care or yourself you must know what is ! wrong. and how can this knowledge be gained? There is only one way and that is through physician's r>amination. There are number Of tiauascs which, if discovered tn their early stages, are easily cured, hut which if lcrt without treatment be- como incurable. II ia certainly Of value then. to know what is wrong, ir anything. and to take care or yourself accordingly.
 Thc slogan adopted by the Na. tional Health Council fla the cam. paign for yearly physical rNamina- on your birthday" and this is the slogan wc wish 10 adopt. One Of th, grcatct assets ia life is health. You cannot do your best work If yon arc not healthy. For this reason we