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f ■ / ■ r- '■4‘ ' .7 ■*» ‘ .i**** THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C. / ' . THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1932| YOUR HEALTH InfornatioQ From tJie South Carolina Medical Association To Help In tlie,Battle Agraiitf!t Disease ■ilP ^ ^ ^ y 'SF' THE EDUCATION OF A DOCTOR Sitting in my office today I heard the telephone ring.'Ficking up the re-‘ reiver I safiS*, “Hello,” and an excited voice came over the wire, “Somebody bas been hurt in an accident, send a doctor quick.”jTherey wasn’t any call, for a particular doctqr.«. just “a doc- ■ tor. Such an occurence is an every day affair with physicians the country over and yet as one considers all that is involved one cannot but wonder. Why should the public place siuh von- fidence -in the medical profession as to accept any member of that pf jfes- eion with utmost faith? Why d» the men and women of this rountry have S'oeh trust in the doc tor a of today? Is it justified? If not the public "h >ul ' certainly l*e warned of Iht-ir cntr/er In ancient and me|diev 0 times an i in some less advanced eountrirs toda> all that a man needed to “do busiru . as a healer of the sick wa.^ a c;inij)le announcement to that effect. Training and qaal.fixation meant nothing. There was no difference in the eyes of the law and of the man of the street between the quack and the Wf'll trained physician. •Men who were interested in the pubrir 'welfare and tn tbe staTT^hrrd5' ^i|t^-Egnjaf2i2igii/aiej2iaf2fagjr^ifeiafeiaiiaiaagiaf2fi^ ■/ •rj of the medieal'profession realized that changes would hove to he made in or-^ der to protect the public apd the med ical profess’»)n from the urv.-crupulous practices of these self ann</umed healers. A shyster lawyer is danger ous but he is nothing compared with! the quack healer who holds human, h'e in his hands.. i t’ha'ges were gradually marie—j against ‘trong <»ppohition until today in th;.« country definite r.-quirements have been laid down by medical and, legal bodie^ which a man must mens-; ure uj) to acceptably before he cam catty the degree of doctor of medicin^ and practice his pndession. These p^- qtirtnu have been made primarily, f r the oioteclion of the public^ and for that rcasoti h juld la* of iriterc‘-<t a d .onccon to every intelli^mt mati a d woman in the country./ W h a t a re the i c*q u i re nye n t s ? 1' i rs I. he mus: have an .M. Ih degrc'e. Sec- o !vl. h * must jiass the examinations o^ ti.c- b- ard of ihedical examiners in j th*' .'tate in v hich he^w i hes to prac-' tiie. Ia*t us consider what this meins i:i sinitde Kngfish and not jn that i highly tec hnical and long wotided jar-i gott lot vvhk'h })hysirians are famous. In order to se cure an .M. I). deg.ree' a man must be graduated from a rep-', utable hiedicad school. To enter niecli- ] cal^chci d ri tnatt must have completed tMc^'ears of college work, some mevl-i ical ( hools requite a full colU'ge de-; j , lulling his c(»Tlege years he‘||j b-arns the fundamental principle-s of physics, chemistry .atfej biol.tgy wh' •!'. I iir<‘ siy c 'scntial in medicine. { Ills loeiiminaty work compl- ted. h enters the halls of a medi'a • If *h(»ol • wheii for four veais'he stiulic.s U' hard f< w men jire t c-cjuirecl to s*;) 1\. He studies the human body in minute detail Ixilh with the naked eye' and under the microscope. He studies the various ur^'atts an<| .system.® o' th > body and barn,® of their a:-!; »ns. H - studies the- scuuico of bailoria ‘and learns the way in which gcuins grow and spread and cause disease. He stud ies the science of drug^.-^, their uses, their dangers. He works in the lalvir- atory and learns the metiiod of spec ial tests. He is ta ight how to examine patients. He studies disease in all it® a>j»ects a.s Jt is (MK-rtuntep^-d in the fields of general medicine, general surgerj ind the diffcrenl spc*ciallies.|! He te irn the f indamental principles if lieatmenl. hour yer.is of .®tudv and he re-eives hit M. It. =b*gree but his education is fo: ■ ot/dvio. t)ne. tv.n nr ihiw yearsi fre spe nt as int* rne in a hospital where he -•■ive.-^ hi. apprenticeship a.® a practitioner. ‘A-nd finally, ready to hang out his shingle, he mu.'‘l pass the r’gid examinations required by law of the state board of medical examiners. •From what has In'cn .'aid it can easily be* seen that there are few men in this country who, as a gmup, are «s well. qualified to carry on their chosen woik as are the physicians of today. Protected as they are by the •tandards of the medical profes.sion and by the laws of t)ie stale, the pub lic is fuPy* justlticd in placing their trust and confidence in that man whose name is doctor and whose de gree is M, D, ¥ ¥ - 9 ¥^ Here s Fun For and T arget Set ANYONE BRINGING IN A NEW SUBSCRIPTION OR A RENEWAL TO THE CHRONICLE CAN WIN ONE. HOW TO WIN ASET To each boy or girl, mother or father * bringing in a one- year renewal or new subscription to The Chronicle, we will award free one of these Archery Sets. My, what fun the kids can have with these sets. Get your neighbor to take The Chronicle for a year for S1.50, and bring the coupon be-^ lowtoour office and you will receive a set. If Set Is To Be Mauled Add 10c For Postage SEE THE SET IN OUR WINDOW The arrow has a vacuum tip and sticks to the target; the tip also prevei^ts injury if a child should be hit. The set will provide fun for children, big and tittle, all winter indoors, with a quiet game, and outdoors in summer. 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