Show ADVANCE OF MEDICINE dr charles H mayo world renowned surgeon of rochester dmn is quoted as saying that medical knowledge of the underlying der lying causes of disease has advanced more during the last 25 years than in the preceding 25 centuries this is a strong statement but if the doctor had gone back a few years farther to include the discoveries of walter reed and others in connection with infectious diseases it might be accepted as literally true recent advances in surgery have been even more remarkable than those in medicine and have been tremendously aided by the xray X ray improved anesthetics and more effective means for the prevention of infection there are still many diseases which have so far baffled all efforts to control them but in the light of the accomplishments of the recent past it is reasonable to expect that these too may ultimately yield to human science and skill the late W L george is described as having been a zealous worker in improving conditions among women anyway he married three of them |