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Diseases especially studied 



Tuberculosis Hookworm disease 



Cancer Rheumatism 



Diabetes Mental disease 



Specialized methods 



Surgery Epidemiology 



Diagnosis Study of nutrition 



Serum therapy Psychoanalysis 



Other specialists 



Hospital superintendents Pediatrists 



Sanitarians Industrial hygienists 



Obstetricians School physicians 



Research workers Orthopedists 



4. Those occupied in direct support of medical w^ork 



Nurses ; anesthetists ; hospital attendants and assistants 

 Diagnosticians ; microscopists ; biologists ; bacteriologists 

 Pharmacists ; instrument-makers ; various mechanics 

 Clerical workers ; statisticians ; preparators 



5, Those engaged in occupations indirectly related to health 



Inspectors ; samplers ; testers ; food-preservers ; cooks 

 Investigators ; research workers 



Plumbers ; street-cleaners ; ventilating and heating engineers 

 Food-producers ; house-builders ; clothing-makers ; fun-makers ; 

 musicians 



QUESTIONS 



1. What kinds of medical specialists are there in your town? 



2. What kinds of dental specialists are there in your town ? 



3. What is the difference between an oculist and an optician ? 



4. What other occupations in your town are directly related to health 

 promotion or health protection ? 



5. How can you tell whether to go to a specialist or to a general 

 physician when you are sick? 



6. What is the advantage of going to a specialist ? What is the dis- 

 advantage ? 



7. What is the advantage of being a specialist ? What is the dis- 

 advantage ? 



8. What industries in your town are unfavorable to the health of the 

 workers ? to the health of the public ? 



