Show That Body of yours by JAMES W BARTON al D ask your doctor questions IT IS certainly encouraging to physicians to see the interest that thai people now take in keeping well or rather keeping fit your doctor will tell you that he has a number of patients who come to him once or twice a year to be thoroughly overhauled they have already learned that they save their health and considerable money by visiting their dentist twice a year and believe that the rest of the body should receive the same attention thus the doctor finds after making a complete exam examination nation eyes cars nose throat heart lungs blood pressure blood urine outlining diet sleep and exercise habits and explaining the results that the patient wants still more information after the examination Is complete the patient goes to his pocket and takes out a sheet of paper on which are from five to twenty fhe questions about himself that he wants the doctor to answer some of these questions seem very simple almost foolish in fact but the average doctor remembers that he has made a special study of the body its workings and its needs and that his patient however intelligent tell igent has been too busy fit at his hia own line of work to think or study much about his body thus the up to date physician who Is really interested in his patient and not in his patients ailments only explains or answers all questions in simple language ea easily S ily understood by the patient naturally aurally tu rally in answering a patients questions the doctor must know how to acquaint his patient nith his true condition without alarming him thus showing him tha way to live safety safely and happily the days are ion long past when a doctor feels euls it to be u unprofessional onal to talk freely to ills his patient for as dr diaries charles mayo alayo of the mayo clinic says any physician who does not take his patient into his confidence Is simply not up to date so when you go to your doctor to be overhauled think about anything thin that may be affecting your health a slight cough losing or increasing weight frequent head colds frequent chills frequent gas attacks attacks of diarrhoea constipation sti pation headaches or aches anywhere in the body dont be afraid or ashamed to write these things down and ask your you r doctor about them why more mental patients are now cured A ALTHOUGH the number of mental cases Is increasing and number more than half the total of patients in all hospitals nevertheless the new methods in use to restore mental balance may more than keep up with this increasing number As you know the number now being restored to health Is about six of every ten entering these mental institutions in former days daya a patient entered with a history of being sullen and quiet or noisy and quarrelsome and he was treated with suspicion by the head bead physician right down to the lowest employee about the institution ile he was closely watched and was given little freedom ills food and rest were supervised but that waa about all what do we find now dr W C Q menning er in the journal of american medical association states that a patient ente enters rs a mental hospital not with symptoms but with problems what can be done for him it Is not sufficient that he be made physically comfortable rest and freedom from responsibility alone will not satisfy his or mental needs deeds ills his problems must be studied intensively solving the problem can be worked out in two ways first by making ills his surroundings pleasant or more agreeable than what he has had at home or elsewhere and second by a series of friendships scientifically arranged during his bis stay in the institution ution from the moment a patient enters the hospital fin an attempt should be made to provide hirn him with surroundings roun dings suited to his needs need s and wishes to adapt the institution alon to him rather than adapt him to the institution scientifically controlled friendship Is regarded as the chief factor in the process of recovery thus doctors nurses orderlies everybody around the institution make it a point to be friendly and do everything possible to make the patient understand that they are anxious to see him get well you can readily see how different this Is from the former methods where the patient was given food rest and a little exercise ex dally daily as nothing more was thought necessary copyright service |