Show 11 I t Necropsies II In the great I medical centers centers centers cen cen- of at the W world Iq where doctors from fron far 31 countries s' s stake take postgraduate work the mat material rial is plentiful By Br law the patient upon pon entering a hospital for tor treatment con consents to the performance performance performance per per- of or a necropsy autopsy upon his his' remains mains r in case of a a. fatal fatali i issue u Necropsies teach doctors how to treat disease diset Good doctors are eager to make postmortem postmortem postmortem post post- mortem investigations because of of the valuable information so so a acquired The easygoing snap the diagnostician the theman man who calls every ailment aliment grippe a cold general debility change of life old ohl age or some som equally meaningless name seldom name seldom r requests quests a necropsy Knowledge doesn't interest him He can put it over by mere tact affability and front A sure ure sign of a comp competent physician I. I clan cian is a request for the privilege of or orI I ert a postmortem I Lion Hon A sure sign of an intelligent I II I educated cultured family is prompt consent to sU such h investigation There are are t two tiO iO sound reasons for having havinga a necropsy in every instance First the direct good that may come to other mem members ers of the family from knowledge obtained Second the benefit conferred upon human humanity It in general In countries countries coun coun- tries hie and in cities where necropsies are most frequently made there medical medical medical medi medi- cal science is always found most efficiently efficiently effi effi- applied There are classes in which it is al almost almost most impossible to obtain consent to todo todo todo do a necropsy the necropsy the uneducated superstitious superstitious superstitious super super- immigrant rant classes classes- One may obtain consent by means of ot a bribe but what a shameful thing that is There Is IR something something- noble in the re request request request re- re quest a great many sufferers make that the doctor shall perform a ne necropsy necropsy necropsy ne- ne for the benefit of or the family and society What Meat a contrast between such and a curt re refusal refusal rei re- re by some r representative of ot tho the i family less Jess endowed Every Enry ones one's feelings are entitled to toI respect Yet Yot this should not make it tt I difficult for the doctor to ob obtain the necessary consent No Xo one has any I 1 reason to resent a doctors doctor's request for forI privilege to perform a ne necropsy J Tie He Ties I is s doing an admirable thing an nn urt- urt I pleasant task f for r the general welfare Even Ev-en though the consent cannot be I gracefully given the doctors doctor's good Intention Intention in intention In- In must be conceded The family may well find gratification in the I dge that the family doctor is a atrue atrue atrue true man of science a man who never I gets gels through studying who never feels quite sufficiently informed I |