Show THE ihn DOCTORS ARBI PRE PREPARED PARED fortunately for the welfare of the american Amei ican people the american medical profession was pre par pailag I 1 ng for 01 war long before the bombs fell on pearl harbor since june 1940 the journal of the american medical association points out the medical profession has haa been intensively a engaged in standardization of 0 military medical procedures encouragement and promotion of scientific military medical research find and enrollment of medical personnel more than physicians have entered military service and over have given their services without charge to the selective service boards additional dit ional thousands of 0 qualified men of medicine are associated with the army and navy medical corps the public health Ser service vicel and other governmental departments of a military or quast quasi mit tary nature the doctors have shown the highest type of patriotism on their shoulders falls the vast responsibility of keeping the military and civilian populations mentally and physically phy scally fit they accept that responsibility without reservation they know the material reward wil x be small their principal rewards will be in the knowledge of a vital public service well done dona the american fighting forces and the american people at large are rem receiving lying a kind ol of medical service unrivaled on earth no other nation enjoys higher standards of health and and in no other nation are the requirements laid down by the military services so high the health of our people Is one of our greatest weapons the doctor will play a decisive role in the winning of the war |