THE CHALLENGE OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
Authors: James Stevens Simmons
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1948)

Article1 July 1948THE CHALLENGE OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINEJAMES STEVENS SIMMONS, F.A.C.P.JAMES STEVENS SIMMONS, F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-29-1-118 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMr. President, Members of the American College of Physicians, Ladies and Gentlemen:I appreciate deeply the honor of being asked to give the James D. Bruce Memorial Lecture on Preventive Medicine for 1948. It is a pleasure to attend this Convocation and to be here with so many good friends.I welcome the opportunity to discuss such a timely subject with this distinguished group of leaders in American Medicine, for I am sure there has never been a period in the history of the country when preventive medicine was of such vital importance to our national welfare and security. We...Bibliography BLAKE FG: Some recent advances in the control of infectious disease, Rhode Island Med. Jr., 1945, xxviii, 409. Google Scholar EMERSON H: The unfinished job of essential public health service, Am. Jr. Pub. Health, 1948, xxxviii, i, 164. CrossrefGoogle Scholar EMERSON H: Local health units for the nation, Am. Jr. Pub. Health, 1947, xxxvii. Google Scholar FISHBEIN M: A history of the American Medical Association, 1947, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Google Scholar FRANCIS T: A consideration of vaccination against influenza, Milbank Memorial Fund, Quarterly, 1946, xxv, 5. Google Scholar GREGG AG: Transition in medical education, Jr. Assoc. Am. Med. Coll., 1947, iv, 22. Google Scholar LEAVELL HR: The teaching of preventative medicine, Jr. Assoc. Am. Med. Coll., 1947, iv, 210. CrossrefGoogle Scholar PARRAN T: Surmounting obstacles to health progress, Jr. Am. Pub. Health Assoc., xxxviii, 1, 168. Google Scholar PARRANBOUDREAU TFG: The world health organization cornerstone of peace, Am. Jr. Pub. Health, xxxvi, 1, 267. Google Scholar , Statistical Bulletin, xxviii, 10, 2. Google Scholar REED LJ: Changing problems growing out of the change in composition of the population, Jr. Am. Pub. Health Assoc., 1948, xxxviii, 160. CrossrefGoogle Scholar RUSSELL WL: The national mental health act, Am. Jr. Psychiat., 1946, ciii, 417. Google Scholar SMILLIE WS: Preventive medicine and public health, 1946, The Macmillan Co., New York. Google Scholar STIEGLITZ EJ: A future for preventive medicine, 1945, The Commonwealth Fund, New York. Google Scholar WINSLOW CA: Poverty and disease, Jr. Am. Pub. Health Assoc., xxxviii, 173. Google Scholar WINSLOWBOUDREAUHUME CAFGEH: Uniting the nations for health, Commission to Study the Organization of Peace, American Association for the United Nations, Inc., 1947, New York. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Harvard School of Public Health*The "James D. Bruce Memorial Lecture on Preventive Medicine for the year 1948," delivered at the Convocation of the American College of Physicians, San Francisco, April 19, 1948. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHistorical Reflections on Current Preventive PracticeCHARACTERISTICS OF THE INDIVIDUAL AS GUIDEPOSTS TO THE PREVENTION OF HEART DISEASE*CAROLINE BEDELL THOMAS, F.A.C.P.The American Physician and His Opportunities for Increased Service through Public HealthPreventive MedicineA Selected Public Health Bibliography 1 July 1948Volume 29, Issue 1Page: 118-130KeywordsHistory of medicinePreventive medicine ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1948 PDF downloadLoading ...