Show Health Education At a recent meeting of the British Medical Association held heldI in London Lord Dawson of Penn I president of the association outlined outlined outlined out out- lined some necessary advances in medical practice which are rich richin I in appeal to the la layman an We re recall recall recall re- re call that Dr Cabot hasl has always l In his lectures at the Harvard Harv Harvard Har Har- v vard rd Medical School urged his students to remember that their patients are not cases but people peo peo- pic Lord Dawson emphasized the dangers of too exclusive attention attention attention at at- to the physical and biological bio blo- biological logical 1 sciences remarking that the patient has a personality environment environment en en- and occupational influences influences in- in all of f which are essential essential essen essen- in a c clinical study And it is isa isa isa a pity that so many mony medical men still fail to understand the importance import import- ance of such advice as the following followIng follow tollow- ing from the great British physician physician physician cian Pervading these problems there Is a fundamental error of thought thought namely namely that disturbances disturbances disturbances disturb disturb- ances of your mind are under your control and are therefore your fault whereas disturbances of your your body are not under your control control control con con- and are thereby your misfortune une This false doctrine of control control control con con- and all the perversions of the doctrine of free will with which it has long been entangled is responsible responsible responsible res res- res- res for much faulty thinking and human suffering Self-control Self can be bought too dearly or sought where it ill He added that the process of education essential es essential essential es- es to the patient was such that we need a new type of in institution In- In distinct distinct from hospital health hostel hostel hos hos- provision provision namely namely a tel It would prevent disease In untold measure and would be supporting self-supporting and even profit profit- able The good of the people demands education in matters of health Would it not be possible for the medical faculty of a university university university uni uni- to include among its functions functions functions the provision of proved health he lectures when such are demanded demanded demanded de de- de- de I by the districts within the area of its influence In this way I sound o d- d dd educational d standards would be maintained maintained fads fads and fancies avoided The objective of such teaching should be health with only incidental or illustrative references references ref ref- references to disease The result would be gre great t. t savings of illness and therefore in a few years of expense The The Churchman |