SOME PROBLEMS CONFRONTING THE PHYSICIAN IN THE EXAMINATION OF AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS
Authors: Lowell S. Selling
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Article1 August 1941SOME PROBLEMS CONFRONTING THE PHYSICIAN IN THE EXAMINATION OF AUTOMOBILE DRIVERSLOWELL S. SELLING, M.D., PH.D., DR.P.H., F.A.C.P.LOWELL S. SELLING, M.D., PH.D., DR.P.H., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-15-2-265 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe history of medicine has demonstrated over and over again the alertness of the physician to meet new problems. When firearms were introduced into the art of warfare surgeons rapidly learned new technics of saving life. With an increased use of machinery in industry, industrial medicine and surgery have shown a parallel development. But strangely enough, in dealing with the medical aspects of the traffic problem, there is a detectable lag.The real problems set up by the existence of the motor car have not been apparent until the last 15 years. Surgery has met the particular emergency set up...References1. SELLING LS: The work of the psychopathic clinic of the Recorder's Court, University of Michigan Official Publication, 1938, xl, 31, 206-214. Google Scholar2. SELLING LS: The physician and the traffic problem, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1937, cviii, 2, 93-95. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Resolution from the Section on Ophthalmology, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1925, lxxxiv, 1743. Google Scholar4. : Visual standards of motor vehicle operators, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1938, cxi, 716. Google Scholar5. Control of Automobile Drivers' Privileges in the United States, Legislative Bureau, Chicago Motor Club, Chicago, 1938, pages 4-7, 15-31. Google Scholar6. SELLING LS: Is the hit-skipper really a coward? Public Safety, 1938, xiv, 6, 14-15. Google Scholar7. SELLING LS: Personality traits observed in automobile drivers, Proc. XIe Congr. Internat. d. Psychol., 1937, Paris. Also: Jr. Criminal Psychopath., 1940, i, 256-263. Google Scholar8. SELLING LS: Mental pathology found in automobile drivers, Jr. Criminal Psychopath., 1940, i, 254-257. Google Scholar9. SIMONIN C: L'Automobile homicide, Librario J. B. Baillière et Fils, Paris, 1931. Google Scholar10. Visual standards for licensure to operate motor vehicles—a preliminary report of the Special Committee, read before the Section on Ophthalmology, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1937, cix, 61-B. Google Scholar11. Visual standards for operating motor vehicles, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1938, cxi, 716. Google Scholar12. SELLING LS: The psychological approach to the traffic problem, The Scientific Monthly, 1937, xliv, 547-554. Google Scholar13. SELLINGCANTY LSA: Apparatus for psychophysical testing of automobile drivers, Jr. Michigan State Med. Soc., 1937, xxxvi, 283-284. Google Scholar14. SELLING LS: Abnormalities of the eye and their significance in traffic court cases, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1939, cxiii, 994-997. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. Committee to study problems of motor vehicle accidents, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1939, cxii, 2164. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Detroit, Michigan*Received for publication July 18, 1940.(Presented in part at a meeting of the Noon Day Study Club of the Wayne County Medical Society, Detroit, Michigan, April 4, 1939, under the title of "The Function of the Physician in the Examination of Drivers").From the Psychopathic Clinic of the Recorder's Court, Traffic Division, Detroit, Michigan. Series T, No. 17.†From: Smash Hits of the Year, The Travelers 1940 Book of Street and Highway Accident Data, Hartford, Connecticut, The Travelers Insurance Company, 1940, page 3. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 August 1941Volume 15, Issue 2Page: 265-275KeywordsFirearm injuriesHistory of medicineSurgeonsSurgery ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1941 PDF downloadLoading ...