Utah Medical Association Bulletin

Utah Medical Association Bulletin: Devoted to Medical Improvement in Utah. The Utah Medical Association Bulletin, published since 1953, is now known as the Utah Physician. This publication is filled with the information Utah doctors need to know about Utah medical and socioeconomic issues.

In This Issue ~ ;,n ~ledical Care ..... ... . . For Gastro-Intestinal Dysfunction An Improved Anticholinergic Agent 'Elorine Sulfate' relieves spasm and ganglia and effectors where the, hypermotility of the gastro-intesti- presence of acetylcholine mediates nal tract, with negligible side-effects. transmission of stimuli. Clinical It is an excellent adjunct in peptic data show profound inhibiting ef· ulcer therapy. As an anticholinergic feet on intestinal motility in doses of drug, 'Elorine Sulfate' effectively 50 to 75 mg. In this effective dosage inhibits neural stimuli at those range, side-effects are minimal. rricyclamol Sulfate, Lilly) or spasmolysis without sedation' 25 and 50-mg. pulvules. PULVULES (Tricyclamol Sulfate and Amobarbital, Lilly) Formula: 'Eiorinc Sulfate' 'AmyLal' (AmoharbiLal, Lilly) 25 mg. 8 mg. Combines 'Elorinc Sulfate' with 'Amytal' to provide mild sedation in addition to the spasmolytic effect. EDITOR'S PAGE Y o ur Legislator An buportant ~fan The Medical Profession has an obligation to provide the best medical care possible for the people of Utah. Under this obligation the profession is often required to turn to matters of legislation in order to provide such care. Laws are often necessary to promulgate better health and help guard the physical well being of the people. Leadership of the profession in matters of basic health needs and scientific research are reasons people of this state and the nation enjoy the best medical care available anywhere in the world. For this reason it is imperative that each doctor take an interest in their laws and their law makers. Become acquainted with your senators and representatives. Talk to them regarding medical and health needs. They do not always understand your p~oblems and objectives. With understanding most problems vanish. Explain that your objectives are not selfish. At the last session of the Legislature your Association sponsored four pieces of legislation, none of which could or will accrue to the personal benefit of any physician. These were such measures as water pollution, sewage disposal, minimum standards for hospitals and a better medical school building in which your Association took an active part. Your legislator is anxious to do a good job and will welcome your interest and suggestions. Now is the time to act. Seek his understanding at once. Do not wait until he is bogged down with the weight of legislative sessions. Above all explain the meaning of M.D. and what is required to obtain those letters. You never can tell what the future will bring but provides for most everything! UTAH MEDICAL BULLETIN- NOVEMBER, 1953 1 THE UTAH MEDICAL ~eetteti~e of the Utah State Medical bs'n. Vol. I No. II NOVEMBER I953 OFFICERS UTAH STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Presiden L ..............Frank K. Bartlett, M.D. Presiden t-Elect ..........Charles Ruggeri, M.D. Past Presiden L ..........K. B. Castleton, M.D. Honorar y Presiden t .... Leslie S. Merr ill, M.D. Secretary....................Homer E. Smith, M.D. Executive Secretary ....Mr. Harold Bowman Treasurer............ ................J . R. Miller , M.D. CounselorsCache Valley................R. 0 . Porter , M.D. Carbon County ....J . Eldon Dorman, M.D. Central Utah ....... ......... R. N. Malouf, M.D. Salt Lake County ............ V. L. Rees, M.D. Southern Utah .......R. G. Williams, M.D. Uint ah Basin ................T. R. Seager , M.D. Utah County ................D. E. Ostler , M.D. Weber County .......... Rich Johnston, M.D. Delegate to A.M.A 1954 and 1955 .......... Geo. M. Fister , M.D. Alternate Delegate to A.M.A. 1954 and 1955................Eliot Snow, M.D. Editor of t he Utah Section of the Rocky Mounta in Medical JournaL. .............. .R. P. Middleton, M.D. Editorial Board K. B. Castleton, M D. L. Paul Rasmussen , M.D. T. C. Bauerlein, M.D. George H. Curtis,M.D. Managing Editor Harold Bowm an S. L. Soeiety Sets Annual Meeting for Deee.ntber 4 The Annual Business Meeting of the Salt Lake County Medical Society has been scheduled for the Salt Lake Country Club, Friday evening, December 4th at 8:00 P . M . In addition to the election of officers and delegates and alternates, there will be the election of a councilor to the Utah State Medical Association. Under the revised Constitution and By-Laws of the USMA, each component society must elect a councilor. Mark this meeting a must on your calendar now. Dr. Davidson Moves to Manti Halvard J. Davidson, M. D., announces that he will enter practice at Manti, Utah about December 1st. Dr. Davidson has been practicing in Salt Lake City the past two years at 1265 West 4th North. He is a graduate of the Univ ersity of Utah, class of 1947. Dr. Davidson is remodeling a building in Manti, which will be ready for occupancy by the first of December. Presents $500 Award Mrs. Lorraine Tyndale. of Santa Monica, California, wife of the late Wm. R. Tyndale, M.D., has arranged to give $500 annually for the William R. Tyndale Annual Memorial Lecture. TAX-FREE BONDS Compare the tax-free income fro m municipal bonds with the net income after taxes you a re now receiving on taxable investments. !'Aunicipal bonds provide maximum safety with ta x-exem pt 1ncome. Write or phone for ava ilable offerings. Established 1899 EDWARD L. BURTON & CO. 160 South Main St. 2 5-2914 Salt Lake City, Utah UTAH MEDICAL BULLETIN- NOVEMBER, 1953 ,. A PLAN TO MAKE YOUR INVESTMENTS PAY YOU .. F you've ever been concerned about how you can sa,·e and adequately invest enough money- under present tax laws - to provide yourself with a worry-free old age, here's the answer. It's the Professional ~Ian's Pension Plan - with several unique features that will appeal particularly to physicians and surgeons. 1. You, as a physician, can now have on an indiuidual basis many of the special benefits ava ilable through the pension plans of business and industry. 2 . \Vhen you retire - at whatever age you choose-the plan provides a unique arrangement for converti ng some of your investments and savings into lifetime annu it y income with a ll its benefits. 3. Investments and savings unde r this p lan will yield larger guaranteed life income at r etirement than is possible un der methods not using the annuity principle. I 4. The income is guaranteed for life thus eliminating the problem of investment loss in retirement years. 5. You have pension-planning counsel at your service, just as business and industry have. 6 . Although it may be years before you're ready to retire, you protect yourself against any possible increase in annuity or pension costs . You can't afrord not to know about this new plan. \ Ve'vc prepared a new booklet titled '"The Professiona l l'd an's Pension Plan" that gives many of the details. You'll find it interesting. This booklet w ill be sen t to you without the slightest obli gation on your part. Just complete the coupon below and send it in or wr ite "Connecticut Mutua l Pension Plan" on your prescr iption b lank and ma il it to thc address below. MAX S. CALDWELL General Agent fflte reonneclictd Jl(alua{ LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY PIONEERS IN PENSION PLANNING Hartford, Connecticut ··----------------------------------· CONNECTICUT MUTUAL I I I I Life Insurance Company 220 Judge Bldg . - Salt LaiGe City, Utah Please send me, without cost or obligation, your new booklet "The Professional Man's Pension Plan". Name ........................................................................ M.D. Street. .................................................................................. . City or Town...... ................................ State..... .. .. .. .. ...... . ------------------------------------UTAH MEDICAL BULLETIN - NOVEMBER, 1953 3 rJ SMA AND TBIBrJNE TO PBODrJCE MEDICAL FOBrJMS The actual voice of medicine will be heard throughout Utah, not the Health Com,m,ittee voice of a lay person but the voice Of C of C Meets of practicing doctors who will The Health Committee of the Salt appear on the Medical Forum Panel Lake Chamber of Commerce, under and answer questions posed by the the chairmanship of Dr. James Z. public. Davis, held its organizational meetSome seventy-five members of the ing at the Fort Douglas Veterans' Society will appear on these panels Hospital on Wednesday, October 21, for the purpose of giving the people at 12:15 p.m. Members of the Board authentic information concerning and members of the Committee that health and medical care. conducted the dedication ceremonThe forums will help to counteries, approximately one year ago, act much misinformation and better were in attendance at the luncheon. inform the people regarding the Dr. A. H. Fechner gave a complete progress of medicine. report on the operation of the hosThey were pioneered by the newspital, and those present became appapers and the medical profession in preciative of the great contribution St. Petersburg, Florida and are now made through the operation of the being conducted in approximately hospital not only to the health of the ten centers throughout the nation. veterans in this intermountain area, The Forums are being sponsored but also to the economy of the area by the Salt Lake Tribune in cooperathrough the employment of the tion with the Utah State Medical people who are engaged at the hosAssociation. In other parts of the pital, the purchase of supplies, etc. country they have been presented Dr. Fechner advised that the porbefore capacity audiences. Every effort will be made toward tion of the hospital dedicated to the giving authentic medical information treatment of psychopathic cases was to the public in every day language. practically at its capacity and it was Each panel will hold rehearsals anticipated it would reach capacity prior to appearing on the platform within a very few months; that in and questions and answers will be his opinion very shortly approxidiscussed at that time. Questions mately 500 of the 540 beds would will be determined from those sub- be activated. The Doctor expressed mitted by the public through the columns of the Salt Lake Tribune. his appreciation for the wonderful The council of the Utah State cooperation he had received from Medical Association and the Public the various agencies in the comRelations Committee, which has munity, commented on the fine rebeen given the responsibility of lationship existing between all of the sponsoring the program for the hospitals of the community and the Association, will appreciate the Veterans' Hospital, and was particucooperation of every doctor asked larly appreciative of the fine proto appear in this important public gram developed in conjunction with relations propect. the University of Utah. 4 UTAH MEDICAL BULLETIN - NOVEMBER, 1953 patient is certain of fresh, quality milk every rime, thanks to Morning 's control code numbers checked regularly by Morning salesmen . 4 MORNING MILK IS ALWAYS EASY TO BUY. Conveniently available at all grocery scores at low cost to your patient. for infant feeding UTAH MEDICAL BULLETIN - NOVEMBER, 1953 5 lJ S M A Briefs . . . This is the last reminder to those who are planning to attend the A.M. A. Clinical Sessions in St. Louis, December 1-4. Consult issues of the A. M. A . Journal on how to make hotel reservations. * * A new booklet published by the Am. Rx-PR contains many good ideas for medical public relations. It is being sent to all physicians by the A . M. A. and is worth being put to use. * * * Mr. Otto Wiesley, Chairma n of the Utah Industrial Commission, met with members of the Industrial Health Committee of the USMA this month and reported that he was well s~tisfied with the new Medical Advisory Board. He further suggested that members do not diagnose without consultation . . . That they study Rule No. 10 of the Industrial Commission . . . That doctors under Utah law must order an autopsy for occupational deaths . . . That radiologist devote more care to their films. Dr. Geo. A . Spendlove is seeking more immune globulin to be made a vailable for polio cases. * * * Debates are now brewing on how government should provide medical benefits for military personnel . . · Serious study being given now to voluntary medical and hospital insurance plans . . . Changes in hospital forms being readied by Veterans Administration ... Reported revised P 10 will prevent admission of veterans with non-service connected disabilities who can afford private care . . . The case in point is should the Veterans Administration care for any non-service cases except mental and tuberculosis ... Look for scrap in Congress on this. * * * The USMA participated in the Utah S.tate Fair for the first time this year. An exhibit was provided by the AMA and the motion picture, 6 "Your Doctor" was shown in one o£ the State Fair's Auditoriums. It is estimated that 50,000 people saw the exhibit and that 3,000 to 5,000 persons viewed the motion picture. Three thousand booklets on medical costs and medical care were distributed to the public. * • * A fourteen day post convention tour to the Hawaiian Islands for physicians and members of their families after the 1954 annual session of the AMA in San Francisco, June 21-25 1954, is being sponsored by the AMA. Those interested in making this tour should contact Wm. M. Maloney, Room 711, 105 West Ada ms St .. Chicago 3, Ill. * * * • • Now is the time to get acquainted with your state senator and repr~­ sentative. Seek him out and explam the objectives of the medical profession . * In filling out Workman's Compensation forms and reports, sign your name so that it can be read. I£ necessary use a typewriter or rubber stamp in addition to your personal signature in helping the Commission handle forms and paying bills promptly. * * • While several placements have been made recently, there are still communities in Utah needing medical services. If you know of a physician who wants to be placed, please contact the USMA physicians placement service. * The advertisers in your Bulletin make its publication possible without cost to you. Support the Utah Medical Bulletin's advertisers. Brockbank Back Wells E. Brockbank, M. D., has returned £rom two year's service with the United States Air Force as a medical officer. He was speaker before the Kiwanis Club at S.panish Fork shortly after his return. UTAH MEDICAL BULLETIN- NOVEMBER, 1953 . a specific use in ADRENALIN® Introduced to the medical profession by the ParkeDavi s Resea rch Laboratories in 1901, ADRENALIN (epinephrine, Parke-Davis) is one of the best known and most widely used of all drugs. Its value and versatility are indicated by its wide applicationIn Medicine, ADHENALIN is a standby for relieving asthmatic paroxysms. It is a specific in Adams-Stokes syndrome, and is of great value for protein shock, nitri· toid crises, serum sickness, urticaria , angioneurotic edema, ami other allergic reactions. In Surgery, ADHENALIN is employed to prolong local anesthesia by delaying absorption of the anesthetic agent, and to control hemorrhage. In Obstetrics, ADHENALIN is used as a uterine relaxant. In Anesthesiology, ADHENALIN is used to overcome cardiac arrest. In Ophthalmology, ADHENALIN reduces intraocular pressure, vascular congestion, and conjunctival edema. In Otolaryngology, ADHENALIN controls hemorrhage and provides prompt decongestion. AORENALIN is O\ailahl1• M AORENALIN Chloridt> Solution 1: 1000, ADRE:-JALlN Chloride Solution 1: 100, ADRENALIN In Oil 1:500, ADRENALIN Ointmt•nt 1 :1000. ADRENALIN Suppositorit"S I : 1000, ADRENALIN llypodennic T;1hlct.s 3/200 g rain, nnd in a variety of other forms to nn-<·1 nwdicnl nnd surgical rN!uin•mt•nts. ~UJtk. ~cwM cf ~ DETROIT. MICHIGAN UTAH MEDICAL BULLETIN - NOVEMBER, 1953 7 IN MEMORIAM NIELS PETER PAULSEN, M.D. 1883 - 1953 Dr. N. P. Paulsen of Logan, Utah, died October 9, 1953, after an extended illness. He was born in Aarhus, Denmark, November 19, 1883 and came to this country at the age of six with his parents. They settled first in Minnesota and later came to Utah. STATE SAVINGS 56 South Main _1( . _II= u- - :1 LET LIGHTING EXPERTS ASSIST YOU Our lighting consult· ants will gladly give you sound lighting advice-without cost . Dr. Paulsen attended the Utah State Agricultural College and then was graduated from University of Chicago and Rush Medical College in 1907. His internships were served in Alexian Brothers Hospital and Chicago Lying-In-Hospital in Chicago. He received his certificate from Dr. DeLee, internationally famous obstetrician of Chicago. After serving internships in Chicago, Dr. Paulsen located in Portland, Oregon where he was on the staffs of the Good Smaritan and St. Vincent's Hospital. In 1917 he entered the U. S. Army as a medical officer, spending five years in the regular army and four in the medical reserve. Dr. Paulson was a member of the American Medical Association, the Utah State Medical Association and the Cache Valley Medical Society. He is survived by his widow, two sons, Dr. Gorgas R. Paulsen, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsic and Wallace L. Paulsen of Los Angeles, California. Thought for the Month "Do not criticize the work or result of another practitioner unless you have all the facts." 8 UTAH MEDICAL BULLETIN- NOVEMBER, 1953 K.DYL-TV~ College of Medicine Present New Post Gradaute Plan Officials of the University of Utah College of Medicine and KDYL-TV announce a new development in medical education the offering for the first time in the United States a television program of post graduate medical education designed solely for practising physicians. Dr. John Z. Bowers, dean of the College of Medicine of the University of Utah and G. Bennett Larson, president and general manager of KDYL-TV, said plans had been completed for the presentation of a series of one-hour telecasts between 7 and 8 a.m. Tuesday mornings, originating from the Salt Lake General Hospital. Four programs will be scheduled, running through Dec. 1, after which the College of Medicine will evaluate the series to determine programs to be offered in the future for the greatest advantage of the medical profession. Dr. Bowers said the programs will be conducted using a straight clinical technique and clear presentation will be paramount. Content and language of the programs will not be slanted toward lay understanding but will be directed entirely at offering the best possible continuing education to practising physicians. The programs will be accessible to the public but this will not be recommended and the programs will not be carried in the newspaper program listing of the television. Dr. Bowers told a press conference of Salt Lake newspaper and wire service representatives that the television approach was being undertaken in an effort to solve the problem of making a continuing program of medical education available to the region embracing Utah, southern Idaho, western Wyoming and eastern Nevada. In this area, within reach of the KDYL-TV signal, there are approximately 800 physicians UTAH MEDICAL BULLETIN - Complete Stocks of Surgical Equipment, Instruments and Hospital Supplies Your Oldest Instrument Dealer At Your Service THE Physician's Supply COMPANY 48 West 2nd South Salt Lake City, Utah P. 0. Box 1013 Phone 5-7459 ~iDhey·<]treeman CUSTOMIZED• CLOTHES MANY A MAN who thought he was hard to fit, found he wasn't ... when he switched to Hickey-Freeman clothes! NOVEMBER, 1953 152 South Main 9 and he estimated that 85 percent of them would watch the series. He said two previous methods for a continuing education program has been tried. Physicians have been invited to attend clinics at the Medical School but the success of the plan has been limited by the fact that in many towns there is only one physician who can not leave his practice even for a day. The caravan system is also in use but its succe3s is limited by the long terms that elapse between visits. Bringing its ducational problem to KDYL-TV, station officials decided that if the College of Medicine took responsibility for the type of material to be presented, time which was normally not used could be made available on a public service basis. Dr. Bowers said the 7 to 8 a.m. period was the most advantageous to the physicians of the region. The entire series will be in charge of Dr. Robert H . Warner, director of the division of graduate and post graduate School of Medicine of the University. Programs will cover the following subjects: "X-Ray Diagnosis of Calcification," with Dr. William Christensen, professor of radiology, in charge: "Congenital Heart Disease," with Dr. Hans Hecht, Associate Professor of Medicine and a "Clinical Pathological Conference" with Dr. Richard Follis, professor of pathology. The fourth program is to be selected. Each telecast will be in clinic form with case presentations and discussions, X-rays and both gross and microscopic pathological demonstrations. Dr. Bowers said one of the most important aspects of the series will be that professional viewers will have an opportunity to participate actively in the clinics through telephone conversations with the physicians in charge. Each physician in the region has been furnished a private telephone number which he may call to ask specific questions 10 G. P . Chap ter Natnes Co tnn tittee Head s Chairmen of Committees of the Utah Chapter of the American Academy of General Practice were announced recently by W. E. Cragun, M.D., president. They are: Membership Committee: Myron Crandall, M.D., Salt Lake City; Education Committee: Stanley D. Neff, M. D., Salt Lake City; Legislation and Public Policy Committee: T. E. Robinson, M. D., Salt Lake City, Convention Committee: (1) Ezra Cragun, M.D., Logan, U. R. Bryner, M. D., Salt Lake City, (April); (2) Ezra Cragun, M. D., Logan, (September 10-11, 1954, General Chairman); Credentials Committee: J. Poulson Hunter, M. D., Salt Lake City; Hospital Committee: A. A. Imus, M. D., Ogden; Headquarters Building Fund Committee: Raymond N. Malouf, M. D., Richfield. Rural Health Committee: R. V. Larsen, M. D., Roosevelt, Utah. which he would like to have answered. Mr. Larson pointed out that KDLY-TV was furnishing, on a public service basis, not only the technical facilities to put the programs on the air and that the entire content, arrangement and presentation would be in the hands of the University of Utah College of Medicine. Emphasizing that the first telecasts were experimental in nature, Dr. Bowers said the month of December would be devoted to a thorough evaluation and analysis of the programs to decide what course future programming should take. He said the deans of a number of medical schools in the United States were planning to come to Salt Lake City during November to watch a portion of the series and take the idea back to their communities. UTAH MEDICAL BULLETIN - NOVEMBER, 1953 . -~ J Attend Medical Plan t:::onferenee Paul A. Clayton, M.D., President of Blue Shield in Utah, and Lewis G. Hersey, Executive Director of Blue Shield, attended the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Western Conference of Prepaid Medical Care Plans in San Francisco November 5th and 6th. Over 150 delegates from California. Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Utah, as well as from Hawaii, British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, were in attendance. They represented executive personnel of Plans, practicing physicians, and executive secretaries of medical societies. During the two-day session, papers were delivered on several potent, current subjects in which Plan personnel and practicing physicians had a common interest. Dr. Clayton was a member of the nominating committee and the conference elected Francis Hodges, M.D. of San Francisco as President of the Conference for the coming year. Dr. Hodges is also President of the California Blue Shield Plan as well as a member of the Blue Shield Commisswn. Mr. Hersey continues as a member of the Interim Committee. ~ N THANKSGIVING ... 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Warburton, of Salt Lake City, Utah. etc. I00"/o Sanitary Telephone 22-5691 It's Your· Line "THE BULLETIN," is your telephone line to every member of the Utah State Medical Association. If you have anything to say, the Bulletin has room to print it. UTAH MEDICAL BULLETIN - NOVEMBER, 1953 11 , There has recently been issued the "First World Directory of Medical Schools" listing over 500 institutions in 84 countries and territories including 79 U.S. and 11 Canadian schools. There is considerable data of various types about these schools -but the most important information on school facilities, pertinent data on the faculties, entrance requirements and the scholastic standards are not included. Only 50 medical colleges outside the U.S. and Canada show accreditatio~1 by the A.M.A. council of Medical Education and the Association of American colleges. Louis H. Bauer, past president of the A.M.A. and now secretary of the World Medical Assn., urges us all to join the World Medical Assn. for the salutory influence that our high standards of medical education will have upon medicine over the earth. Increasing the standards of medical education is synonymous with better health, longer life, less disease and less misery among millions of people who are less fortunate than you and I. The above situation is not unlike that which existed in the U.S.A. 50 years ago when there were about 250 so-called medical schools. Now only 72 class A medical schools and 7 Basic science schools remain as a result of a long-range program of the A.M.A. and other influencing forces in higher education, eliminating the inferior schools and improving the standards of the better ones. The World Medical Assn. is proceeding with these same objectives and it needs our moral encouragement from closer association and cooperation as well as some financial support. The fee to join is $10.00, which is a small contribution for the recompense in medical advancement and betterment of our world relationship. The medical profession the world over has a common denominator and speaks the same Ian12 guage of progress in scientific medicine and in humanitarian service toward all classes of people. In visiting South America last winter I directly sensed this medical bond even though I did not understand their language. The Utah Medical Association is off to a good start for the year. Many of the committees already have had their initial meeting and have outlined their programs for the year. In reviewing the many projects of the Association so far it is evident that the major part of our work this coming year will be directed, as in the past, to the betterment of the health and enlightenment of the people in medical matters. The progr·a ms of 13 committees are devoted entirely and unselfishly for this purpose, while in 5 other committees indirect benefit to the public will accrue. The remaining association endeavors are concerned with the organization and improvement of the profession itself, collaboration with the medical school, the State Department of Health, the nurses and other groups. The medical profession of Utah by being alert to and active in its above responsibilities is only doing what all other state societies and the A.M.A. are attempting to do in similar programs. Tho all these endeavors have been accelerated in the past few years, their fundamental precepts and objectives are inherent in the profession from its inception, and we are in no way creating an artificial affected atmosphere. We are following the oath of Hippocrates - and at the same time sharpening our wits to maintain the freedom of medicine. In the last meeting of the Council considerable discussion ensued about the status of Cultism in Utah. How had this state allowed the entry of these various cultists over the years, without more rigidly outlining and regulating their activity within their UTAH MEDICAL BULLETIN- NOVEMBER, 1953 UTAH MEDICAL BULLETIN - NOVEMBER, 1953 13 knowledge and capabilities and within their designated fields. Why were the Naturopaths in Utah for instance, by some specious in~erpre­ tation of the law, given the privilege of practicing obstetrics, doing minor surgery and dispensing narcotics-all of which is not only outside their sphere as naturopaths, and beyond their knowledge, but extremely dangerous to the innocents who come to them. Why are these people not compelled to state that they are Doctors of Naturopathy or Doctor of Chiropractic instead of using the term "Doctor" indiscriminately, often misleading people to believe that they are Doctors of Medicine. Statistics of 1952 reveal that there are about 20,000 licensed chiropractors in the U.S.A. Tho the states of New York, Massachusetts, Louisiana, and Mississippi have no law permitting the practicing of chiropractics there are known to be about 1800 practicing in N.Y. state -573 of whom actually have their names and offices listed in the directory. Nevada has 60 chiropractors to every 100,000 people, Kansas 32, California 30, while Louisiana and West Virginia have only 3 for each 100,000 population and the state of Idaho only 1 per 100,000. There is not now available a complete and 11ecent study of the schools of naturopathy and chiropractic, nor of the numbers of these practitioners practicing over the U.S.A. The Utah medical council endorsed a resolution to urge the A.H.A. to make such a study. Maisel, who has written much on this subject, states: "No law has ever been written that can keep people from patronizing chiropractors or naturopaths or for that matter, palmists, witch doctors or voodo cultists. The final answer for the individual, the man with an ache in his back, the woman who feels run down, the parent whose child is running a strange fever-must lie in an understanding of the limitations of any school of healing which 14 separates itself from most mode.rn discoveries and from the rna.in stream of modern thought. "As a whole, elimination of this dangt,r from the nation's health, seems t ·o lie in education and in more an•d better doctors." What can we il :1 Utah do about the situation in ou; r state? Is it fixed and static or is ;t \ reversible? In those states having a basic science law there is considerable deterrent for cultists to enter. For instance, between 1927 and 1950 there were 1984 chiropractors that took examinations in states having a basic science law and of these 1984 applicants 67 % failed to pass. In the same period and in the same states 37,447 students and graduates of medical schools took the basic science examination with 14o/c failing. The state that really looked into this matter is New Jersey. In 1920 New Jersey licensed chiropractors and gave them their own licensing board. In 1921 the 'New Jersey legislature took 4 steps to annul the effect of their original law-one of which was to abolish the board of chiropractic examiners and another requiring applicants to have a high school diploma and a degree from an approved medical school. Then in 1939 the legislature rewrote the Medical Practice Act, establishing uniform licenses for all who practice the art of healing. The act drastically restricted the practice of chiropractics in N.J. The limited licensure granted to chiropractors under the 1921 amendment became inoperative after July 1, 1944. In 1920, 597 chiropractic licenses were issued in N.J. Between 1921-23 105 licenses were granted and in 1939 none were granted. Thus N.J. reversed its stand and has joined with even more severe restrictions and penalties the states of Mass., N.Y., La., and Miss., all of which each year have to organize and fight the same fight over again; they are holding the line. -Frank K. Bartlett UTAH MEDICAL BULLETIN- NOVEMBER, 1953 • tn WHERE ... but AMERICA Where hut in America do you find so much opportunity to advance pure scientific inquiry? Where else are literally thousands of experimental projects being conducted every year-sponsored and paid for by private industry? Where else are there manufacturers who accept this opportunity as a public responsibility? 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The main topics for discussion the second day and a half will be common allergic manifestations of asthma, hay fever, utricaria and methods of testing applicable to these and other allergic responses, as well as allergic sinusitis, nasal polyps, pediatric allergy and allergic manifestations in ophthalmology. Guest speakers: Nelson Paul Anderson, M.D., Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Syphilology, Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, and John M. Sheldon, M.D., Head of the Department of Allergy, University of Michigan, President of the American Academy of Allergy, and author of the recent text, "A Manual of Clinical Allergy." Registration fee: $30.00 RECENT ADVANCES IN CLINICAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY Tuesday Evenings 7:30-9:00 p.m. January 4 through March 9, 1954 In a weekly evening refresher course, newer aspects of electrocardiographic diagnosis and vectorcardiography will be reviewed and integrated with the general background in the field. Stress is laid on practical demonstrations and individual instruction. Practical 16 reading exercises will be stressed at each session. A group of instructors and a large collection of teaching records will be available. The registration is limited to 25. Registration fee: $30.00 GASTROENTEROLOGY February 10, 11, 12, 1954 The three-day course will present practical aspects of gastrointestinal disease including a review of recent advances. A day will be devoted to the upper G. I. tract, including common oral and pharyngeal lesions as well as gastric and duodenal disease. A day on lower intestinal lesions and a day on liver disease will complete the program. Guest speakers will include Cecil J. Watson, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Head of the Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota. Registration fee: $30.00 DISORDERS OF THE PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION March 4, 5, 6, 1954 The three-day course will cover the medical and surgical aspects of vascular diseases in clinical practice. Various methods of examinations, controversial forms of treatment, and newer aspects of drug therapy will be stressed in lectures, demonstrations, round table discussions, and question-and-answer periods. Guest speakers: Irving Sherwood Wright, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Cornell Medical College, Chief of Section of Vascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, New York Hospital; Travis Winsor, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Southern California, Director of Nash Cardiovascular Foundation, Hospital of the Good Samaritan; Harris B. Shumacker, Jr., M.D., Professor of Surgery, Indiana University Medical Center. Registration fee: $30.00 UTAH MEDICAL BULLETIN- NOVEMBER, 1953 GENERAL PRACTICE March 15-19, 1954 The third annual postgraduate course will be designed for the general practitioner as a review of the accepted advances in medicine and surgery during the past year. It will be presented by the various clinical departments of the College of Medicine and proportioned in such a way that registration for either part or all of the course will be feasible. This course is designed to discuss only those advances in medical knowledge which are of interest in the everyday practice in medicine. Registration fee: $10.00 per day DISEASES OF THE CHEST April14, 15, 16, 1954 A three-day course will cover the GET important non-cardiac diseases of the chest with special emphasis on the bacterial and · fungus infections and their complications. The newer developments in anti-tuberculosis therapy will be considered. Diagnosis and treatment of the pneumoconioses and other occupational disorders in this area will be considered. Emphasis will be placed upon both medical and surgical methods of therapy, but basic pulmonary physiological concepts will be included. Brewerton Returns J. 0. Brewerton, M. D., has returned from six months military service. 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A total of 3,448 cc of this amount had been previously allocated to the 8 component medical societies, and the remaining 7,668 cc has been set aside in an emergency pool to be used in these two diseases in such areas of the state as the need arises. Hereafter, except for small quantities of " Immune Serum Globulin (Human)" which may be produced from time to time, material issued for measles and infectious hepatitis wll be labeled "Poliomyelitis hnmune Globulin (Human)." The label, as well as the package insert of the product identified as "Poliomyelitis Immune Globulin (Human) ," indicate that the solution is intended for use n the prophylaxis of measles and infectious hepatitis as well as poliomyelitis. Inasmuch as gamma globulin is allocated from the Office of Defense Mobilization in proportion to the cases reported, it is suggested that the reporting of both measles and infectious hepatitis be improved in order to secure an adequate supply of this product in the future. Of the gamma globulin available for the prophylaxis of household contracts of poliomyelitis, there remains 4,490 cc which has been allocated to the 8 component medical societies. There is a n additional 886 cc which has been set aside for emergency use. Because of the relatively 18 few cases of poliomyelitis during the 1953 season (212 cases to 11-1-53) the demand for gamma globulin has been less than was anticipated. HOSPITAL ~fEETINGS HOLY CROSS TIME - 8:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M., Thursday mornings, on dates indicated below. PLACE Basement Conference Room at Holy Cross Hospital. December 3-Clinical Case Confere'nce (Living patients). SUBJECT- "Diagnosis and Management in Kidney Disease." December 10-Tumor Conference. December 17- Cat Scratch Fever; pathology, diagnosis, treatment. December 24-No Meeting. December 31-Clinical Case Conference (Living patients). SUBJECT- To be announced. ST. MARKS December 5 - Clinical Pathological Conference. December 12-Clinical Pathological Conference. 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In individualized doses, it is well tolerated and side effects are absent or generally mild. *Leading gastroe!tlerologists recommend: rest sedation antacids nonirritating diet anticholinergics In one study 1 patients receiving Antrenyl obtained relief from acute symptoms within 24 to 36 hours. Dosage wa~ individually adjusted at 5 to 10 mg. four times a day. SiJc effects were adjudged less pronounced than those of other similar agents ordinarily used in the management of peptic ulcer. Prescribe Antrenyl in your next case of peptic ulcer and spasm of the gastrointestinal tract. Available as tablets, 5 mg., scored, bottles of 100; and syrup, 5 mg. per teaspoonful (4 cc.), bottles of 1 pint. Ciba Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., Summit, N. J. I. Rogers, M.P., and Gray, C. L.: Am. J. Digest. Dis. 19:180, 1952. 2/1896~1 UTAH MEDICAL BULLETIN - NOVEMBER, 1953 19 lJNION MEDICAL CAllE DISClJSSED By V. L. Rees, M. D. Salt Lake City In September of 1952, the A.M.A. sponsored the first conference on medical care in the bituminous coal mine areas. This conference was held in Charleston, West Virginia, and consisted of representatives from the states of Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, as well as numbers of the medical division of the U.M.W.A. Because of the accomplishments of the first conference, it was decided that annual conferences of this type should be held and so the second conference was held in Charleston, West Virginia, on September 13, 1953. At this conference, Utah was invited to send a representative to sit in on the discussions and the following is a report on the information and material discussed at this conference. As a result of discussions at the conference, there emerged several basic problems that existed between the medical profession and the U.M.W .A. Welfare and Retirement Fund. These problems assigned to five committees are briefly as follows: 1. The problem of medical care. 2. Recruiting and training of physicians. 3. 4. 5. Medical and hospital facilities. Health Education. Organization and function of the liaison committee. Problem of Medical Care The committee dealing with the problems of medical practice reported that in some areas of the bituminous coal country there was inadequate medical care being afforded the people and as a result they recommended the establishment of a pilot prepaid medical plan through which the entire medical care of the individual and his family could be secured. The A.M.A. has given ap20 proval to such a plan and the State Medical Society of Kentucky likewise proposed such a prepaid medical plan. It was also felt that accurate record and statistics of this plan should be kept and made available so that future programs of a similar type might profit from their experience. The problem of regulating surgery and hospitalization of recipients of the U.M.W.A. welfare plan was discussed and it was felt that this problem basically was the responsibility of the hospital and hospital staff. However, it was suggested that each state set up a special committee to help the smaller hospitals in enforcing regulations· and restrictions to avoid any possibility of abuse. Because the small hospital has a unique and difficult disciplinary problem, it was felt that such a committee would be of great value. The committee likewise recommended that states should establish committees to supply assistance to the smaller hospitals in the form of advice in management and the services of specialists to help improve the quality of their medical care. The committee rather felt that some plan should be established whereby the U.M.W.A. would be able to pay for obstetrical care when rendered in the home, but discussion from the representatives of the U.M.W.A. stated that this was entirely out of the question because their plan was limited entirely to a hospital type of service and they could see no hope of a change in the immediate future. The committee felt that repeated hospitalization by recipients of the U.M.W.A. funds constituted a real and difficult problem, especially where this patient sought services from different doctors for subsequent admissions. There was no readily available solution to this problem but it was advised that a notation on the back of the patient's union card of the date of hospitalization and the doctor hospitalizing him might be of aid. UTAH MEDICAL BULLETIN - NOVEMBER, 1953 .-.. Procurement and Training of Physicians As in other rural areas throughout the country, there still exists a need for adequately trained and competent physicians. The committee in considering this problem emphasized the fact that communities must make their needs known and must provide some facilities in order to attract the young physician. Some members of the committee felt that the Specialty Board should require as a prerequisite to specialized training a year or so in general practice. It was also recommended that the executive secretary of the various state societies or even better a committee from the society should visit the areas that are in need of physicians, making recommendations to the citizens as to how they might attract a doctor and then be in a position to advise and help doctors in locating in that area. The committee also found that restriction or lack of hospital affiliations still constituted one of the drawbacks to the young physician locating in these rural areas. This problem is especially acute in areas where there is proprietary hospitals and the doctor who owns the hospital will not allow other physicians to work in them. Medical, Hospital Facilities This committee considered the problem of medical and hospital facilities and discussed in some length the establishment of health centers These centers are similar to the one that has been organized in Dragerton, Utah. These health centers in these rural coal mining areas. should be established on a community or county basis and should be supported, not only by the U.M.W .A., but also by the Farm Bureau, other unions, Chamber of Commerce, and other civic groups in the particular location. T h e centers should be carefully organized and financed and should have available adequate building facilities, diagnostic facilities, and the like. It was felt that each center should have at least two physicians and possibly a dentist and as the needs of the area increases, this number should be increased to include specialists. By establishing such centers, better diagnosis would be available and better medical care given. It also would attract doctors in that it would offer him modern diagnostic facilities as well as means of having some relief from the constant grind of an active rural practice. It was also felt that the staffs of all the Memorial Hospitals (U.M.W.A. Hospital) should be open-staffed hospitals. Representatives from the U.M.W.A., however declined to comment on this problem, stating that as yet they had not established a policy with regards to staffing of their hospitals. Liaison Committee In the various eastern states rep- We invite you to join the many UTAH MEDICAL MEN who regularly enjoy the hospitality and advantages of HOTEL UTAH MAX CARPENTER , MANAGER UTAH MEDICAL BULLETIN - NOVEMBER, 1953 21 DRIVE IN OR WALK IN Our new Broadway Branch, at 4th East and 3rd South, offers unusual convenience for the professional man. Plenty of parking space, drive-in windows .. . and close to your office. Open your checking account with us today. ·---------------------· for complete commercial banking services ~~~~~~~~,.M~emllbiier F.D1.111.c11.• ""' PRESCRIPTION Center 360 - 24th Street OGDEN, . UTAH Phone [phone] resented in this conference, they have had in their local state medical societies a committee set up to work with the labor unions of the area in an effort to arbitrate various problems that have arisen. These liaison committees have been most helpful and it was felt that with further clarification of their duties that their assistance could be augmented. It was expressed on several occasions that the committee should not consider problems of grievances alone but should actively work with the labor unions and other such organizations to try and foster better relationship by actively trying to assist the unions in seeing that they got not only better medical care but value for the money they have invested. It was also felt that such a committee working with the various groups should help the patient in seeing that their various programs were properly set up and administered. Retainer F ees At the conclusion of the conference, considerable discussion was entered into regarding the question of paying doctors on a retainer basis to supply services to the U .M.W.A. Dr. Warren Draper, in charge of the medical department of the U.M.W.A., talked for a few minutes regarding this particular problem. He pointed out that paying doctors on a time basis rather than on a fee per service basis is not new with the U .M .W .A. fund and called attention to t h e fact that frequently consultants are called as by the U.S.V.A. to extend services on a time basis rather than on a fee basis. He also pointed out that most professors and employees of universities were on a time basis rather than on a fee per service basis. He emphasized the fact that where payments were made on a time basis rather than on a fee per service basis, that it has always cost the Fund more money than when those facilities had been available on a fee per service basis. He further pointed out that the Fund UTAH MEDICAL BULLETIN - NOVEMBER, 1953 / MEDICAL JOURNALS AND OTHER TECHNICAL MAGAZINES Beautifully and Carefully BOUND All work done By E·x pert Craftsmen You may choose from a variety of cover mate- rials or we will match your present library bindings. Title and your name in Pure Gold Leaf. For Information and rates please write or telephone . . . mountain Stated BINDERY 1188 SOUTH MAIN STREET SALT LAKE CITY 4, UTAH PHONE 5-1598 DOCTOR: It's not too late to enroll in your association's GROUP SICKNESS & ACCIDENT INSURANCE COVERAGE Many of your professional associates have found this policy to be of genuine benefit. Contact your Executive Secre~ tary, Mr. Harold Bowman for information and enrollment blank, or Write or Telephone ~ch ~FL ~clson 608 Beneficial Life Bldg. Phone 4-840 I Salt Lake City, Utah UTAH MEDICAL BULLETIN - adopted this method only in areas where they were unable to secure medical services on a fee per service basis. He pointed out that the U.M.W.A. felt justified in paying doctors on a time basis, or if you wish to call it a retainer basis, so long as clinics, industries, government, medical schools and other groups do so. He felt that to discriminate against the Fund in this phase would be entirely unfair as well as unjustified. Dr. Draper proposed that if this problem still seemed to be a serious one with the committee, that he would appreciate a vote of those present as to whether any part of their earnings was obtained on a retainer basis or not. Such a vote, however, was not taken. Conclusions After attending this conference, I returned feeling that our problems with reference to the coal mine areas of Utah are rather minor as compared with those being experienced by some of the eastern states. However, the problems that we have here are similar to those confronting the eastern sections of the coun':r y. From the general discussion at the committee meeting, I obtained the impression that the problem of unions sponsored and controlled retirement and medical funds is expected to increase. Other unions have been watching the U.M.W.A. in their experiment and are expected to launch into similar programs. If this be the case and with Utah increasing in industrial fields, I feel that the members of the Utah State Medical Association should be cognizant of this fact and alert to this trend on the part of the unions to secure adequate medical care on a prepaid basis. The medical society, I think, must consider this problem and have available facilities to work with the unions in order to see that the doctor's interests are protected as well as to assure the unions of securing the type of service for which they are apparently willing to (Cont. on page 25) NOVEMBER, 1953 23 W oDien's Auxiliary S. L. £ounty Notes News Presitlent's Letter· I have been informed by the Community Chest that if the doctors who contributed last year to the Community Chest, and who had not yet contributed this year, will make the same contribution, that our quota might be met. Last year there were 96 doctors in our community who made no contribution whatsoever. I am of the opinion that with many of these doctors no solicitation card was received as this is the only way an explanation can be made for so many failing to contribute whatsoever. I would again urge all of the membership of the County Society to seriously consider making some contribution to this very worthwhile public charitable purpose. Your attention is also called to the Annual Dinner and Business Meeting of the Salt Lake County Medical Society which has been scheduled by your Entertainment Committee for December 4, 1953 at 7:30 P.M. at the Salt Lake Country Club. Tickets for this affair will be on sale in the various hospitals and at the Executive Office. In addition to the election of officers, there will also be the matter of selecting a Councilor to the Utah State Medical Association from the Salt Lake County Medical Society. Under the revised Constitution and By-Laws of the Utah State Medical Association, each Component Society now selects a Councilor. Make your plans now to attend this meeting and if you have any suggestions or criticisms, please bring them along. JAMES Z. DAVIS, M.D. President 24 With Thanksgiving just a short time off I would like to extend greetings and wish you a happy holiday. There are so many things for which we can all be thankful. While we are giving thought for our numerous blessings we could silently utter our thanks that we live in a democracy where the people have some " say" about what goes on in their country. This then brings me to the thought I had in mind this month. We have elected our senators and representatives, but I hope we don't stop at that and sit back and say to ourselves that we have finished a job,- well done. That is only the beginning of our task. Yes, you have elected these men, but do they know why you elected them? Do these men know your opinions on the laws and proposed laws under consideration? Do you really know these men? Even though this is not an active year in the legislature, this is the time to get well acquainted with your legislators. Talk over the various issues up for consideration and let them know how you are thinking. Discuss the matters while they are in the formulative stages, instead of waiting until a bill is nearly passed and then trying to change an opinion. Your legislators have time to listen to you now. When they are busy attending legislative sessions is not as opportune as NOW. Don't be one of these people who has to run to catch the train after it is in motion. Get on it Now, before it starts rolling!! -Mrs. A. M. Okelberry, President UTAH MEDICAL BULLETIN - NOVEMBER, 1953 1..- / (Continued from page 23) pay. It would appear that the great mass of laboring people of the country are desirous of obtaining some relief from the unexpected and sometimes burdensome costs of medical care and that if the government does not supply this to them in the form of socialized medicine that they will secure it in some other form, possibly through fringe benefits with their unions. This is simply one of the evolutionary changes that is occurring in our country and regardless of our own feelings regarding these things, I am afraid that the policy is so well established at the present time that we will be unable to stop it and, therefore, it is to our best interest that we be aware of these evolutionary changes and establish the mechanism within our organization to actively work for our best interest in cooperation with the various organizations mentioned above. For those reasons a labor liaison \Vi11tr•obe RetiU'IIS Fr•o111 SJwald"fl Toru· M. M. Wintrobe, M. D., Professor of Medicine at the University of Utah, delivered two lectures last month in large medical centers. He delivered the Wesley Manan Carpenter Lecture of the Graduate Fortnight Program of the New York Academy of Medicine. His subject was, "The Principle in the Management of the Anemias." He also participated in the presentation of the Robert Roesler DeVilliers award to Dr. Ludwig Gross of the V. A. Hospital, Bronx New York for his research in leukemia. Dr. Wintrobe was a member of the award jury. Dr. Wintrobe also gave a lecture at the Washington University Medical School. committee has been set up by the U.S.M.A. Yes, Doctors agree that excellence in training coupled with the finest equipment assures perfection in workmanship so essential to precision grinding and finishing. We at Western Optical Company would like you to know that prescriptions will be filled with extreme care by experts trained to maintain definite standards of integrity and service. i1 WESTERN OPTICAL CO. MANUFACTURING OPTICIANS 24 West Second South Street Salt Lake City, Utah UTAH MEDICAL BULLETIN -NOVEMBER, 1953 Phone [phone] lJ tah Health Pr·ograrn Cut Industrial Health Conuuittee Forms Your Plans The Committee on Industrial Health met Tuesday night with all present except Dr. Rulon Howe with Industrial Commissioner Otto Wiesley and Harold Bowman, Executive Secretary of the State Medical Association, to outline the program of activity the Committee will enc eavor to carry out for the coming year. First of all we are going to work in very close harriwny with the Industrial Commission and increase confidence in our Medical Society to carry out the problems of Industrial Medicine. In the past fe w years this cooperation has b::en lac!::in:;. Secondly, it is our aim to increase the educational program in the Medical School. We have already contacted Dr. Glen Leymaster in charge of the teaching program at the University of Utah Medical School. We will attempt to carry out a post-graduate course in connection with the Medical School this year. Thirdly, we also endeavor to bring to the entire Medical Society the problems concerning Industrial Health and to increase closer public relations with management and labor. I feel honored in having you select me for the Chairmanship of this Committee and along with the members of the Committee we will endeavor to carry out this program to the utmost of our ability. -F. J. Winget, M.D., Chairman Bryner Returns l!rom Speaking Trip U. R. Bryner, President of the American Academy of General Practitioners, has returned from Washington, D. C., where he presented a paper before the Washington Medical Society. His subject was, "British Socialized Medicine." 26 Utah cannot afford to drop health programs which in past years have been financed by the federal government, Dr. Geo. Spendlove. state health commissioner, told the W omen's Legislative Council recently. The federal government, he said, curtailed its health program subsidies to the state of Utah during 1952 by $99,119.00. Among programs which now must be left to resources of the people of Utah, he said, are syphilis control, surgical and medical care for crippled children, and heart, cancer, general health and maternal and child health services. Dr. Spendlove estimated that the federally financed syphilis control program has saved Utah slightly less than $2,000,000 dollars per year. The state otherwise, would have had to spend that sum for hospitalization of psychotics and debilitated neglected cases of syphilis. The federal government he said, spent $84,480 for syphilis control in Utah during 1946. This was dropped progressively until only $12,000 was available for 1953 with no federal funds in sight for 1954. He suggested a state program of $29,849 to control syphilis which again is on the upsurge in Utah. 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Blue Cross- Blue Shield For Hospital Service For Medical Service 24 Y2 EAST 1ST SOUTH TELEPHONE 5-6261 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH UTAH MEDICAL BULLETIN - NOVEMBER, 1953 27 Radio, TV Program KSL-TV -MONDAYS 10:30 P.M. December 7th-"The Narcotic Habit." December 14-"Basic of Juvenile Delinquency." December 21-"A Christmas Gift." December 28-"What About Multiple Sclerosis?" KUTA- SATURDAYS 5:45P.M. December 5-"Acne." December 12-"The Narcotic Habit." December 19-"Basis of Alcoholism." December 26-"Asthma." KNAK - WEDNESDAYS 7:15 P.M. December 2-"The Narcotic Habit." December 9-"The Story of Isotopes." December 16-"Acne." December 23-"Schizophrenia." December 30-"Multiple Sclerosis." KMUR- MONDAYS 7:00P.M. December 7-"Ask the Doctor About -The Blood and its Testing." December 14-"Ask the Dentist About -Orthodontics.'' December 28-"Ask the School Nurse About Your Child." December 21-"Ask the Pharmacist About-New Drugs of '53." KALL- SATURDAYS 10:45 A.M. December 5-"What is the Orthodontist?" December 12-"Acne." Decembe 19-"Ammunition NeededComing Polio Drive." December 26-"Holiday Safety." WHY IS A NEWSPAPER LIKE A WOMAN? Why is a Newspaper Like a Woman? Because they have bold-faces ... because they are easy to read . . . because they are well worth looking over ... because back numbers are not much in demand . . . because "they are not afraid to speak their minds ... because they have a great deal of influence ... because if they know anything they usually tell it ... and, finally, because every man should have one of his own, and not run after his neighbor's. -Omaha Kiwanian 28 Linde"' S peal's At Chicago The growing number of highway accidents emphasizes the need for more effective training of medical students in the treatment of injuries, Dr. Martin C. Lindem told members of the American Association for Surgery of Trauma, in Chicago recently. Giving his address as President of the Association, he proposed that the Association take a more active part in the training of young surgeons. Hospital lVirtg to Star·t Plans for the Utah State Hospital's new one and one quarter million dollar medical surgical building are now nearing completion, according to James A. Wade, State construction superintendent. Bids on the new construction will be advertised November 12th. Utalt County Society Autumn leaves and flowers made brilliant splashes of color on the dining tables last Monday when the Auxiliary were guests of the Utah County Medical Society at the Homestead near Heber. . The groups separated briefly later when short business meetings were held. Those attending were the following doctors and their wives, Glenn L. Allen, E. Wayne Alred, John M. Bowen, Jack Boggess, Harry J. Brown, Elden D. Clark, J. Kyle Clark, Stanley N. Clark, Riley G. Clark, A. L. Curtis, Harry D. Ellis, PaulS. Groneman, Walter T. Hasler, Preston G. 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