This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... the health of the state. chapter I. the rise and progress of preventive medicine. "It is the province where Medicine joins hands with Common Sense." Sir John Simon, K.C.B., F.R.S., First Medical Officer of the Privy Council. there is nothing in the science of modern medicine more remarkable than the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... the health of the state. chapter I. the rise and progress of preventive medicine. "It is the province where Medicine joins hands with Common Sense." Sir John Simon, K.C.B., F.R.S., First Medical Officer of the Privy Council. there is nothing in the science of modern medicine more remarkable than the new development of the simple proverb that' prevention is better than cure." The bleeding and drugging of the old physician is giving place to treatment of disease by fresh air, simple living, suitable dieting, and a sane hygiene. More and more do we ally ourselves with Nature and, learning her secrets, her ways of doing things, endeavour to imitate her and work along the line of her laws. The wise physician is he who works not in opposition to her, but in co-operation with her. We are privileged to live in the midst of a great time, when we may daily witness the unfoldings of science to the furtherance and betterment of man's existence. Above all, we are learning the solidarity and interdependence not of physical nature alone but of human society. We are learning that no man liveth unto himself. We are learning, though it be but slowly, that a diseased man is a danger to the State, and that the health of the State is one and the same thing as the health of the people. As Lord Rosebery once said, "the State is the aggregate of the individuals who compose it." Think of that idea in terms of medical science and you have before you the practical business and not ignoble ideals of the public health service. The rise and progress of State Medicine, or the science of Public Health, is due to at least four factors, nam
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