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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C.
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. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1932|
YOUR HEALTH
InfornatioQ From tJie South Carolina
Medical Association To Help In
tlie,Battle Agraiitf!t Disease
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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^
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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
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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,
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