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Show I ;tfncipks Applied Viioperaiive Medicine Lecturer I . ' ' f - ' ' A ' , tlx' 'tlltiiK'luriit or thf .society's (a dimes. A s.vwty .s.'t vhn; this "pur" )hm would not utily tv v( Mv. value to the iiwiuWt. tuit would Ilk" jwiso K' of MUHl Vtllu,. to tlu , . sici.ms with whom the various nuun-N-fs wish to riMitiict. I "The frumers of tlu Cooperative Health Associations are taklnK iUt jVunte of the time tried Kooluhle .Principles which Inive been tlie 'foundation upon which the ureat cooperative ventures of the world have been raised The first really successful consumer Cooperative C. V. hans I ',"""IU L' iwentv-eight weavers in the dreary mill town of Koohdale. Enlutul. back In 1844 it has taken a year before the store opened lLs doors for these workers to save a pound apiece out of their scant earnings to make that first cooperative capital of less than $130 1 -A -,vo Co- . ;;, on n- k , . of fourth jwjwreJ r s f V.iioh 8 A v,'1 County ... t subject .'eat to our a declared . S. D . P1- H v Ui&K f ; se student cconl- ft -f the very Vj..i.-a to the l is composed it if spirit of J ;j C.rcise'ves 7 r '.at the sake , ' t .? preval- ;;s p.-sctice of A j 2 uv.e very AS1 : ie jvpXation A v-cve medioii'.e A, . ti::i in its op- "i-i.- on a T A x ci Eiies its CJ - pwserves f zy 2 Its p.-iva:e I j .' a steadily ? A :: :' doctors by i 1 the free n :vrie 'r vj: &e Coop- ' i :::r ar.d in Y-s. of course. : :-The , ! (f . : sm to Apaiga or. l - pre-! s--s. contracts ; )- i ccur.rv as- '-;::the cixtor .: 7jVJj---tscoUects ; 1 ea out of I ' - ;:sp:uvls are I h: isa reserves d for u'unws mm jrnr oi saving nnc planning niut talking together nboul the kiiul of world they wunk-d. the worked out. one by one, the simple rules for running their store, which are known Knhiy In ninny languages as the Hcvtu'.A'.e Principles. "In the purchase of ten and oatmeal oat-meal aivl flour that passed over the counter, the people of the world were given a new way of operating business busi-ness and of furnishing services to themselves." "The Rochdale Principles have been of necessity altered to solve this new medical service problem, probably something like the following: follow-ing: "First one vote for each member; r.o proxy voting. "Second epert membership. "Third service on a cash basis. "Fourth -cooperative and medical education. "Fifth political, religious, aid racial neutrality. "The purpose of these principles are democratic control within the health society ar.d the creation of a s;.er.i whereby medical services may be obtained at the lowest possible pos-sible cost to the members, commensurate commen-surate with a reasonable service, ar.d. at the same time, furnish a fair remuneration to physicians," Dr. Warbasse concludes. |