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It shows the need for "ciise reports'' extending over ye;irs and not 

 merely over a few weeks or a few mouths. 



It shows wliy many people need good advice rather than a "little 

 medicine." 



It shows the value of a seventh day of rest and of an occasional 

 vacation and an annual vacation in the country. 



It shows wliy hospitals .should be located in the suburbs ratlier than 

 in the heart of large cities. 



It teaches why many of tlie common ills or symptoms are to be looked 

 upon as blessings in disguise — as warnings to be heeded. 



It puts a different interpretation on the old saying, A sound mind in 

 {I sound body. 



It shows the need of full co-operation between patient and pliysician 

 and that free discussion is necessary to arrive at the truth. 



This list could be extended indefinitely. Perhaps needless to say it 

 takes time to go over accumulated data and digest facts and draw con- 

 clusions. 



General sanitation is the duty of the conununity and of the State but 

 there will always be problems that are purely personal. Every one should 

 have sufficient education to properly choose a private medical adviser. 

 The family physician still has a place in our civilization. He must "super- 

 vise health" and advise his patients how to i)revent ill health and diease. 

 In the case of actual disease he may be able to direct his patient to the 

 proper specialist, and he nuist constantly stand between his jtatient and 

 the operator. 



Tlie the()ry fif ("onlnsls allays the fears of specific diseases and on the 

 other hand it creates a pure air conscience. A sensible man does not 

 become an alarndst. 



The mere ability to live uiidei- bad air conditions, to tolerate, is not 

 synonymous with adjustment or adaptation. A •■return to the simple life' 

 can scarcely be considered a remedy; few care to return to sndi a life 

 after having lived a complex city life. The projier I'eniedy is to make the 

 city sanitary. 



.\Hhoiigh sanitary science h;is markedly decreased the i)revale".ice of 

 many siiecilic diseases, the de<'rease of connuon ill health is less noliceabl(>. 

 We must distinguish between individual and connnunal effort; some conj- 



