TRAVEL As A MEDICAL EDUCATION. L5 



professional and business men, to spend his precious 

 vacation time in idleness at some fashionable seashore 

 or mountain resort or to imbibe the questionable pleas- 

 ures of city life. The working time of a professional 

 career is too short to waste time by idleness or dissi- 

 pation. Rest to him means work of the right kind. 

 What wears a busy doctor out is not the physical work 

 he does, but the care and sense of responsibility it car- 

 ries with it. The greatest pleasure to him is to see 

 others work, and the sweetest rest a freedom from care. 

 Brain fatigue is more frequently caused by care, real or 

 imaginary, than overwork. A man in average health 

 can do an incredible amount of congenial work, but 

 it is care that furrows the face and blanches the hair 

 prematurely. 



Relieved of care the physician on his vacation is in 

 the best possible mood to reap the benefits of the work 

 of others near and far. The visits to laboratories, hos- 

 pitals and museums, the personal contact with col- 

 leagues in different countries, the inspection of new in- 

 struments, the practical work in the operating room and 

 laboratory will become to him fascinating and instruc- 

 tive object lessons. The genuine feeling of fraternity 

 among medical men throughout the entire world will 

 insure to the earnest and honest seeker of knowledge 

 a most friendly reception, provided the visitor conducts 

 himself properly. The American, born in a land where 

 the idea of equality among men is pre-eminent, in order 

 not to give unintentional offense, must adapt himself 

 to the customs of the countries he visits, and thereby 

 secure the good will and friendship of those whose work 

 he is privileged to see. 



In Europe the matter of titles conferred by the gov- 

 ernments on medical men is confusing to the American 

 visitor. Fortunately our forefathers guarded against 

 anything reminding one of royalty to take foothold on 

 our soil. In Europe and any of the European posses- 

 sions and Japan a titled person must be recognized and 



