The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-11-30

education and take their hospital
interneship. New freshman classes
we're enrolled in the Fall Of l9il
and when the tempo Of medical
education was changed, we en-
rolled class Of freshman students
in the Spring Of 1912.
Frozen" for War Service
These students are all frozen"
for military duty Many Of them
are now in the service, but at the
present time there are a number
Of young men of draft age who
under normal circumstances would
study medicine. A great many of
these arc afraid of the cry of
Stacker if they go into medical
study now because it means they
will be in civilian occupation for
at least five years. Some Of the
more forward-looking medical col
leges have already selected and
frozen college students who will
enter medical school in the Spring
of 1913 and 1914, but that still
leaves a large group unprovided
for.
The problem is a very serious
one because it means that possibly
for several years after 1913 medi-
cal schools will graduate a very
much smaller class Of physicians
and this, added to the shortage
which already exists in military
as we'll as civilian medical man
power, will be a serious hazard.
1t would be foolish to point o 1t
this problem without having some
suggestion as to how to deal with
it. and after thinking it over, |
have the following tentative plan
to propose. In the first place,
women should be encouraged as
much as possible to study medi-
cine.
In many schools as much as 5
per cent of the student personnel
is made up by women and there is
no reason why this shouldn't be
increased to 10 or 20 per cent. l
believe the Surgeon Generals Of
fee, working with the American
Medical Association and the fac
ulties Of colleges, should select
young men who have a natural
bent towards medicine (for in
stance, the sons of physicians) and
designate them for medical train
ing.
Should Have Uniforms
As soon as the medical student
S signed up by the Army or Navy,
he is given a commission in the
Reserve Corps. But | believe that
besides this, medical students Sc
lected by the Surgeon Generals
Office should be put in uniform
and given a rank and pay COM
mensurate with their standing in
school: for example, the rank and
pay Of a private in the fret year,
a corporal in the second year, a
sergeant in the third year, a top
sergeant in the senior year and a
second lieutenant in the inferno
year.
The uniform will protect them
from the cry of Stacker" and the
pay will solve a very serious prob
lem that occurs 20 many medical
students: Of working in their va
cations in order to pay their way
through school. There are about
10000 medical students in the
medical schools in the United
States at present so that this
would not make a very serious
assault on ths.Treasury.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Reader:-When ones sputum
culture contains beta hemolytic
streptococcus, hemolytic staphylo-
coccus aureus, Friedlander's baeil-
lus, alpha hemolytic streptococcus
and a mixture Of anaerobic organ
iSms, what would you say was
wrong with the patient?
Answer: The mouth, nose, throat
and hence, the sputum, normally
contain a large number of germs.
Among them are all those you have
named. In other words, this is not
necessarily a sign Of illness Of any
kind. Nobody can say anything is
the matter with a patient from a
report such as this.