| Show guardian of public health the doctor of past generations was a dispenser of pills and powders his ministrations began when he was called to the bedside of the sick bick and ceased when ane patient was on h hia feet again he did untold good to suffering humanity but his activities were limited the doctor ot of today does not wait until diseases grips its victim but is continually on fluty duty to ward off diseases and to protect his fellow men from illness and untimely death his motto is the oft repeated but usually ignored an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure when a per person s r i does become sick t the h a mad modern C n do doctor e t 0 r bend every a effort toward the patient 9 prompt recovery but when the sufferer has b been C so restored to perfect health the doctor is 13 not net satisfied until he h has a disco discovered v brad whence and why the sick a ness CBS came and has erected safeguards against its return to accomplish his purpose the up to date doctor leaves no atone unturned he delibes into every realm of knowledge he ponders panders every new discovery dia covery he takes toll from every department of science he accepts literally the scriptural injunction search all things hole hold fast to that which is good A modern health officer does not give all his attention to garbage collection and the inspection of plumbing of sewers he is ia a teacher of the principles of health henic he ia continually n on the watch for the first evidence of disease when disease does appear he be at once seeks for its source and if possible removes it he endeavors to prevent the trans matting of that disease to others he is IB at once a sanitary engineer a officer a detective a e quarantine of the pub teacher and a guardian lie lic welfare the success modern doctor health officers in and the modern against mans re their well fare and death mors elemen I 1 ones sickness depends largely area the prompt cooperation of and wholehearted the people an ignorant byspiel people can block their ous stubborn them to labor in efforts and cause 0 yam while an intelligent progressive and incorporative people can uphold their hands and crown their labo boig 8 etith ith success the decided increase in the average span of life during daring he past two or three generations the great decline in the death rate from almost all diseases the practical elimination from civilized countries of smallpox yellow fever cholera and the plague which so EO often terrorized our grand parents are but a prophecy cv of what is et ct to bp be accomplished for the modern science of public health |
