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All Must be Served
Editorial Department
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w ith a g r e a te r con serv a tion o f tim e, e n e rg y and m on ey. T h is is a s u b je c t w h ich m u st b e ta k en up w ith all seriou sn ess in th e n ear fu tu re , and it w ill req u ire th e g r e a te s t w isd om on th e p a rt o f ou r rep resen ta tiv e m en to solv e it f o r th e b e st in terests o f all. SH YIN G AND EVASION There is a class of men and women who are always looking for and expecting slights from those whom they suppose consider themselves their superiors. Some how or other they habitually entertain a suspicion that certain people feel above them; so when they pass them they shy at them— go around them— and will not give them a chance to be civil to them. There is no more thankless task than the attempt to assure such shying and evasive people that we desire to love them, that we want to respect them, and that we would be glad to continue their acquaintance. They seem to feel, however, that if one is civil to them that they are being “ patronized.” On the other hand, if one waits for courteous advances from them, he will wait in vain, for such advances upon their part they would consider as “ toadying.” Would that it could only be understood by those who are so uncertain in regard to their positions, and so suspicious that everybody has the disposition to slight them, and so much afraid of being “ patronized,” and so averse to “ toadying,” that their sentiments and feelings are in themselves good and sufficient reasons for every one to hold them in contempt. In comparison with the person who carries an un suspicious, self-respecting, open face, into any presence, such people as these seem unworthy of the race to which they belong. The man who bears an unsuspecting, unassuming face, who endeavors to be civil to everybody, who minds his own business, and does not show by his demeanor that he feels inferior, and whose bearing indicates that he considers himself a man and expects to be treated accordingly, will secure courtesy and respect from every real man and woman in the world. The man who shies, suspects, evades, and secretly envies, and is full of petty jealousies, and concerned that he will not get all that is due him, is sure to be held in contempt, and who can deny that he well deserves his fate?— The Kalends. ALL M UST BE SERVED In this day o f excitement, o f restlessness, o f dissatisfaction, o f grasping fo r the luxuries o f life, the m edical profession must exercise extraordinary care that the general trend o f the times does not draw it into the w hirlpool o f desires to the debasement o f its time honored and tim e respected ideals and convert its professional idealism into business acumen and trades union selfishness. R espect for self and respect fo r our profession dem and that our service be adequately recom pensed, but w e must be ever m indful that the fees w h ich we exact should also be comm ensurate w ith our patient’ s ability to bear financial burden, and that the overburdening o f the patient w ith professional charges is a large fa ctor in driving a p rop ortion o f our population into the care o f clinics and welfare associations, to the patients’ degradation as being dependents, the doctor’ s disgrace as being grasping, an d the profession’s reproach as debasing its h igh ideals. M ore and m ore is the practice o f m edicine invaded by the govern mental, social and welfare organizations, to the ultimate harm, as we believe, not only o f the profession but also o f the people, and com m ercialism on the part o f the individual d octor will prom ote that m ovem ent w h ich we recognize as a menace. It m ust not be truthfully said that only the very rich and the very p oor can receive adequate m edical care.— G . E . F o l l a n s b e e , in the O h io State M ed ical Journal.
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w ith a g r e a te r con serv a tion o f tim e, e n e rg y and m on ey. T h is is a s u b je c t w h ich m u st b e ta k en up w ith all seriou sn ess in th e n ear fu tu re , and it w ill req u ire th e g r e a te s t w isd om on th e p a rt o f ou r rep resen ta tiv e m en to solv e it f o r th e b e st in terests o f all. SH YIN G AND EVASION There is a class of men and women who are always looking for and expecting slights from those whom they suppose consider themselves their superiors. Some how or other they habitually entertain a suspicion that certain people feel above them; so when they pass them they shy at them— go around them— and will not give them a chance to be civil to them. There is no more thankless task than the attempt to assure such shying and evasive people that we desire to love them, that we want to respect them, and that we would be glad to continue their acquaintance. They seem to feel, however, that if one is civil to them that they are being “ patronized.” On the other hand, if one waits for courteous advances from them, he will wait in vain, for such advances upon their part they would consider as “ toadying.” Would that it could only be understood by those who are so uncertain in regard to their positions, and so suspicious that everybody has the disposition to slight them, and so much afraid of being “ patronized,” and so averse to “ toadying,” that their sentiments and feelings are in themselves good and sufficient reasons for every one to hold them in contempt. In comparison with the person who carries an un suspicious, self-respecting, open face, into any presence, such people as these seem unworthy of the race to which they belong. The man who bears an unsuspecting, unassuming face, who endeavors to be civil to everybody, who minds his own business, and does not show by his demeanor that he feels inferior, and whose bearing indicates that he considers himself a man and expects to be treated accordingly, will secure courtesy and respect from every real man and woman in the world. The man who shies, suspects, evades, and secretly envies, and is full of petty jealousies, and concerned that he will not get all that is due him, is sure to be held in contempt, and who can deny that he well deserves his fate?— The Kalends. ALL M UST BE SERVED In this day o f excitement, o f restlessness, o f dissatisfaction, o f grasping fo r the luxuries o f life, the m edical profession must exercise extraordinary care that the general trend o f the times does not draw it into the w hirlpool o f desires to the debasement o f its time honored and tim e respected ideals and convert its professional idealism into business acumen and trades union selfishness. R espect for self and respect fo r our profession dem and that our service be adequately recom pensed, but w e must be ever m indful that the fees w h ich we exact should also be comm ensurate w ith our patient’ s ability to bear financial burden, and that the overburdening o f the patient w ith professional charges is a large fa ctor in driving a p rop ortion o f our population into the care o f clinics and welfare associations, to the patients’ degradation as being dependents, the doctor’ s disgrace as being grasping, an d the profession’s reproach as debasing its h igh ideals. M ore and m ore is the practice o f m edicine invaded by the govern mental, social and welfare organizations, to the ultimate harm, as we believe, not only o f the profession but also o f the people, and com m ercialism on the part o f the individual d octor will prom ote that m ovem ent w h ich we recognize as a menace. It m ust not be truthfully said that only the very rich and the very p oor can receive adequate m edical care.— G . E . F o l l a n s b e e , in the O h io State M ed ical Journal.