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The Fight Against Crippling
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States receive very little aid from their parent i titutions, being forced to rely almost wholly on receipts from tuition, ees and clinics. This situation must be corrected if we are to lift all c ntal education to the level of a genuine university discipline, which, e understand, is the goal toward which all the efforts of the Council _>n Dental Education are directed.
THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIPPLING The last hundred years have seen many weapons forged for use in the fight against crippling, but it is a paradox that we seldom think of these weapons or their discoverers except in the presence of their failure. Surrounded by healthy and happy children, we have no
thought of those toilers in the laboratory to whom we possibly owe the strength and well-being of our own children, and we are re minded of the great “ microbe hunters” only when we see some un fortunate child deformed by a preventable disease. In overcoming this paradox, the Easter seal for crippled children fulfils a useful function. It not only turns our thoughts to the crippled children who are with us, but also reminds us of the debt of gratitude we owe many great men, living and dead, for having created the means of preventing the crippling of hundreds of those who pass us on the street every day. The fight against crippling is part and parcel of the eternal quest for truth; and though it may be interrupted temporarily when cer-
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tain social forces ge .ut of hand, the desire for truth is the one solid line that we can ha;\- on to when the gales of war blow loudest. We cannot abandon t‘ ‘ fight against crippling simply because a. few madmen have pliir- ¿d the world into a bout with one of the greatest cripplers of them v ¡. Perha,ps some day a social pathologist, profiting by the scientists’ example, will find a, way to immunize the world against the virus of war. The eleventh annual sale of Easter seals for crippled children, sponsored by the National Society for Crippled Children, Elyria, Ohio, and its affiliated organizations, will be conducted this year from March 9 to April 9. The appearance of the Easter seal for crippled children is a happy reminder that there are certain constant human values and that there is a continuity of human desire to strive toward the light. We can not all be heroes, of either the laboratory or the clinic, or of the battlefield, but most of us can afford to put Easter seals on our letters and, in this way, make a contribution to the welfare of the com munity and state. Easter seals cost a penny each or $1 per sheet of 100. Your con tribution will help make possible the work outlined above. The knowledge that you have helped bring crippled children the hope of growing up into useful and happy men and women will make your own Easter happier. Share your Easter joy by buying Easter Seals for crippled children.
INDEX FOR 1943 T h e Index for Volume 30, 1943, will be published this year separately from T h e J o u r n a l and will be supplied without cost to all members of the Association upon request. The Index is being published in this manner in an effort to aid the Government in the conservation of paper. We urge all who wish copies of the Index to send in their requests promptly.
T
he
J
ournal of th e
A
m e r ic a n
D
en taj
s o c ia t io n
States receive very little aid from their parent i titutions, being forced to rely almost wholly on receipts from tuition, ees and clinics. This situation must be corrected if we are to lift all c ntal education to the level of a genuine university discipline, which, e understand, is the goal toward which all the efforts of the Council _>n Dental Education are directed.
THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIPPLING The last hundred years have seen many weapons forged for use in the fight against crippling, but it is a paradox that we seldom think of these weapons or their discoverers except in the presence of their failure. Surrounded by healthy and happy children, we have no
thought of those toilers in the laboratory to whom we possibly owe the strength and well-being of our own children, and we are re minded of the great “ microbe hunters” only when we see some un fortunate child deformed by a preventable disease. In overcoming this paradox, the Easter seal for crippled children fulfils a useful function. It not only turns our thoughts to the crippled children who are with us, but also reminds us of the debt of gratitude we owe many great men, living and dead, for having created the means of preventing the crippling of hundreds of those who pass us on the street every day. The fight against crippling is part and parcel of the eternal quest for truth; and though it may be interrupted temporarily when cer-
E
d it o r ia l
D
epartm en t
tain social forces ge .ut of hand, the desire for truth is the one solid line that we can ha;\- on to when the gales of war blow loudest. We cannot abandon t‘ ‘ fight against crippling simply because a. few madmen have pliir- ¿d the world into a bout with one of the greatest cripplers of them v ¡. Perha,ps some day a social pathologist, profiting by the scientists’ example, will find a, way to immunize the world against the virus of war. The eleventh annual sale of Easter seals for crippled children, sponsored by the National Society for Crippled Children, Elyria, Ohio, and its affiliated organizations, will be conducted this year from March 9 to April 9. The appearance of the Easter seal for crippled children is a happy reminder that there are certain constant human values and that there is a continuity of human desire to strive toward the light. We can not all be heroes, of either the laboratory or the clinic, or of the battlefield, but most of us can afford to put Easter seals on our letters and, in this way, make a contribution to the welfare of the com munity and state. Easter seals cost a penny each or $1 per sheet of 100. Your con tribution will help make possible the work outlined above. The knowledge that you have helped bring crippled children the hope of growing up into useful and happy men and women will make your own Easter happier. Share your Easter joy by buying Easter Seals for crippled children.
INDEX FOR 1943 T h e Index for Volume 30, 1943, will be published this year separately from T h e J o u r n a l and will be supplied without cost to all members of the Association upon request. The Index is being published in this manner in an effort to aid the Government in the conservation of paper. We urge all who wish copies of the Index to send in their requests promptly.