The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-10

work. War plays mob With every
thing. We think we have plenty
Of this, that and the other thing.
only to find that we do not have 1t,
and we set up fuss.
The Army Medical Corps has
estimated that about six doctors
ore needed for every thousand men.
This only includes those physicians
who are needed In the medical care
Of soldiers In the camps and hos
pitfalls and the number does not in
Guide those who must be assigned
% 0eld and base hospitals or to
serve ct the front.
Tremendous Need
Since an army Of Ave million and
= navy Of one million men Is con-
templated by the end Of 1912. the
0gureS on the number of doctors
needed loom very large indeed. The
estimate Is that minimum OF
thirty thousand and a maximum Of
tixty thousand doctors will be re-
6uired by the armed forces.
In addition to this. eleven to
twelve thousand dentists will be
called to care for the mems teeth.
Five thousand dentists have al
ready been called into military
service. In former wars, doctors and
dentists have worked separately.
Now We have the necessity for ia
dial and plastic surgery teams. con-
61G*ing Of q dental surgeon and a
ge0er1) surgeon at the various
army Hospitals. to work together in
restoring destroyed tissues about
the face and head.
Thus We can see that there is
going to be q very severe drain on
the civilian supply Of physicians.
There are now only about one hum
dred and eighty thousand qualified
physicians In the United States and
oil our possessions.
Many Of these have retired due
20 age and infirmities and nearly
four thousand die each year. What
r. to be done about It? This year
about $500 young physicians and
refugee doctors from foreign coun-
tries were licensed to practice.
AC0I0 ~ SVoAC DVCtVA
Through the great increase in
medical college enrolment and the
speeding up Of the courses. the
number Of new physicians should
increase by about Is per cent in the
next four years. AS Q result of all
this, you Of the civil population are
going to have difficulty In obtaining
the kind Of medical service you are
accustomed to.
!, You will not be able to call a
doctor for every little ailment or
cut or bruise. Instead Of having
ypuy doctor call at your house. you
Win be compelled to see him in his
pface when ct al possible. Only in
severe illness can he call at your
house. He must save tires. gasoline
and time. He may have priority in
tires and gasoline but not in time.
Personally, / have just waited
week for red tape to untangle and
allow me To obtain badly needed
tire. II we have two cars, only when
neither has tires can we obtain any
more. Persons In sparsely settled
communities will suffer most. can
only warn you not to try to treat
yourself from the drug store.
Do not postpone seeing the doc
Tor for slight troubles till they be-
come severe but 80 to his Office.
Also. ct least one person In each
family should take training In first
aid. % - to care for minor injuries.
Over ten thousand physicians have
3ust attended the annual medical
conventiofi 1t Atlantic City in June.
This includes two hundred from
Latin American countries. Some
thirty Of these spoke on the pro-
gram. The entire situation Is in
6lcative Of the need Of cooperation
"a the part Of both people and pro-
6eooion that the health Of the coun-
~ may be conserved.