Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 September 1949 — Page 21

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So - . id ’ . di / Ie , wt bl bi 5 : » t We y : . v peat A { = = + ws ‘ i : pv i : ‘A 27, 108 TUESDAY, SEPT. 27, 1940 THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES 5 PAGE : ? : H : ih : . Lewy oy . - Mb at : ba. salsstall | 28 Pioneers Century of Progress in Setting Fractured Arm. = | AJ Wii - ‘ - : Laid Society's 1? of ’ re : 2 1 ow & SF 2h . wr. 3 5-4 Rg § ! : . . ota Rites Av a * Foundation f= od ; eof || Vain HOME LAWN MINERAL SPRINGS P Grows to Record 3711 it A Members in 100 Years ; | ON The year 1849 opened with a ; ; : REY ; 3 g note of prosperity and optimism ° L : \ : k . Po] ie we ian SALUTES the PHYSICIANS and ~ | ! oosier veterans were réturning . ‘ : : "ABLE home from the Mexican War. % ' e Pe a n diana counties were competing for “a *INE." railroads. And Gov. James Whit. } : . comb proclaimed the ‘“unprece- 4 A\ 0 ; - dented general prosperity in all . ‘ parts of the United States.” vr Y S : # PITAL However, 1840 also was a great : period of turbulence in tht medical profession. - : 1 A great epidemic of cholera was U h 100 h A spreading th I d I rae Upon the t nniversary medical educajion- were being sounded on all sides. ’ & p ; — ing a call for those “de. * 3 Cara 4 Se a Sm sirous o advancing the interest ~~ Pi / : o> oY . FROG r oF scenic medi melo 2 axle 7 ha Fm. of the i i - . il og Jethered in Ine A century of progress . . . One hundred years ago Hoosier doctors set an arm fracture by merely the Indiana State Medical Soci- yanking it into place. Modern treatment calls for X-ray examination and skilled methods. 2 . Y. 83 Member Societies Iversary in 1899, Dr. W. H. Wish- phase the use of ergotamine tar- MUSSELS OYSTER KIN : vin From this humble beginning ard of Johnson County remi-itrate by mouth or by injection Fresh-water relatives of the INDIANA STATE MEDICA the State Medical Association has Pisced about events of the first... 2,004 the full course of the oyster are known as mussels, or grown to its present record mem. Meeting. The last of the charter... pn fresh-water clams. bership of 3711 doctors. In 1949 members, Dr. Wishard ‘died My — CC —— — _ AS OCIATION ft has 83 member societies, em. Years later, : im : bracing every Hoosier county. A forerunner to the State AsThis week the Association is sociation was the Indianapolis meeting here, in the city of its Medical Society, organized in Th : birthplace, to celebrate its 100th iy ol a ET 0 : al : Ga . H Medical “science has rambled Of 868. The present membership : To the men and women of the Medical Profession over a bumpy road during the accounts for one-fourth of the : = » : : : : last century. Gleaming, germ-free “tate 8roup. | | ny who through their practice and their research, operating rooms have replaced Se . N 5 he Sure rude, PoOrly. It “enam; S8MIOVS, INGIVOUS =. combat each threat to Indiana's health and 3 Blood-letting and herb potions Persons Suffer Migraine ASSOCIATION : INC ' ” . ave fallen into disuse before th T igrai i o t . . : . LEY) fk ved" ta 4 : SYS fallen bio diiie Deiury 1 oe Jnigrai, 4 Seren \ ’ happiness, we add our "thank you" to the heart sulfa drugs, penicillin. Television | . . — t i I Is becoming a medium for the ad: Affecting one side of the head. and 1897-1949 felt gratitude of all whom they have served! vancement of medieal knowledge. as a rule associated with scintilBut, the 28 pioneer Hoosier lations of light before the eyes, | ’ ’ physicians were struggling with nausea, and vomiting. the problems of their age. It usually begins about puberty, . . J 4 Founded Medical Journal (recurs during one’s active years, IS happy to join In resolutions before the first and lessens in frequency in the : . fEEEmEasaaed] OME LAWN MINERAL SPRINGS 3 lish a Medical Journal, laws for Miraine is undetermined. There is » the registration of births, deaths & strong hereditary predisposition . : : ] or and marriages and county and to the Sondpion, el 4 Joes x ; ! : district organizations, occur more frequently in indivia- THE INDIANA STATE or > : . Meeti in Wesley Chapel uals of a serious, intense, nerMoron le he de vous. disposition. D H KENNEDY, President . gation elected Dr. Willam T. 8.! In some petsohs, eve strain. MEDICAL ASSOCIATION , Cornett of Ripley County as their stomach upsets, sensitivities l ; . ident. ' lor emotional disturbances bring Ps han half of the delegates on attacks. During an attack the | 849—1949 MARTINSVILLE + + ’ INDIANA were from Indianapolis. one had person is usually prostrated with . come from more than 75 miles discomfort. He prefers to be in away. One New Albany doctor a ‘darkened room and be abso3 sent in his reservation but was lutely quiet. The episode may last - - p 2 forced to cancel it when the chol- a few hours to two or three days. n celebrating ge ] era Spiele struck his town. | There is no specific treatment 2 After adopting resolutions and during the migrainous spell other 3 visiting the Indiana Hospital for than pain relieving medicines and 3 1 the Insane and the state schools sedatives. Usually the atrliceed in A CENTURY OF PROGRESS i for the deaf and blind, the pio- dividual through experience has 3 neer convention closed. {learned certain symptoms which : | At the Association's 50th anni- presage an attack. During this 5 5 z . : +! So WR a ET . IN THE UNITED STATES .... mits cdl S i C 00se your D ysician din # IS "E BE BB B : NE : % ZN i : PE Where compulsory health insurance systems exist, government controlled, they have been found unsatisfactory. The 2%, a cost is an added burden to. each member of society. : x N AT NO TIME AND IN NO COUNTRY HAS DENTAL DISEASE BEEN CONTROLLED OR STANDARDS: OF DENTAL HEALTH IMPROVED THROUGH A SYSTEM OF COMPULSORY HEALTH INSURANCE. . A dee : : : : : Vast Sums of Money Paid fo the Government Through Compulsory Tax °° WHAT THE COMPULSORY PLAN COSTS YOU It is true this tax will finance certain limited health services for a cer- In the first place government bureaus will be established, tain limited group of people who may find it sometimes difficult to pay for ‘ : burdened \ individual service. This compulsory system places the health, welfare and adding thousands of employees to the already overburdene 8 lives of of he pacple in the United States under the control of a small government payroll. It will take large sums of money to meet - : Ga roup of political appointees. . : ‘ { Other Disadvantages a group of p PP | ’ these added payrolls and the cost must be met through in-. i ; rere ls the first step in transforming a democratic gavernment into a socialistic creased taxes. Cost of handling patients is increased, while state. It places an intangible, but dominant, third party, the government, between the patient and the prac- : A. age . vo. pt pb . . . . . . — titioner and weakens individual initiative and and self reliance by forcing the patient to rely on the government quality of service decreases. : vi ! for service. : . . ly IN ALL COUNTRIES THAT HAVE ADOPTED COMPULSORY HEALTH INSURANCE The dental health of the American people must be im6331 THERE HAS BEEN A LOWERING OF STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR THE . proved—but compulsory health insurance is NOT the answer. } . INDIVIDUAL, AND THE HEALTH OF THE NATION HAS NOT IMPROVED. A : Here In America You Can, At Your Own Discretion, Choose the Dentist YOU Want To Care For. YOUR Teeth. 3344 i o . . . . »s “. ’ . . dhl 4 1 5 Children under the free enterprise system can receive dental care throughout their childho6d, thus giving them sound teeth in adult life at a moderate cost within the means of just about everyone. This dental service rendeed when the first need arises is added protection to the child's health in its early and most important developing years. For an knmediats plan of action the American Dental Association rec- + The principles adopted by the American Dental Association | : ommends that suitable steps be taken to accomplish six objectives: which should govern denjal health program planning are: | 1. The prevention of dental diseases through the application of A. The recruitment of an annual enroliment of dental students 1. Research—Adequat Visi hould be made for research 2° of the individual, the family and the community; is thet order. When 24N ’ ah ate he 2 ion: Vay an Semsnptrated. 55 oo “quoi 1 Ve Sd of of dental schaok to increose the number : _ which moy lead to the rv a Yn of —— a this —— is not assumed by the ‘community rt | 4 quate funds, personnel and facilities. of qualified dentists. 2. Dental Health Education—Dental health education should be should be assumed by the state and then by the Federal govers- . : ‘ ; v T 5 oy included in oll basic educational and treatment programs for chil ment. The community in all cases shall determine its methods for . 2. The control of dental diseases by the expansion of com- 5. The adoption of measures to: moké ‘dental practice in smaller dren and adults. ‘ providing service 7 munity dental progiams, intégrated in the general health program; cities and rural eres more attractive and rewarding in order to . . z to moke dental core and dentol health education available to “procure @ better distribution of dentists 3. Dental Care—(a) Dental core should be available to oll re- S : i * every child. Jorden incom St Stographie Voeation. (b) Seugrams develoned 4. Participation in Program. Plonning—In all conferences thet ; > i : * or dental core shou . on the prevention and control : . researc wn 37 The provision of additionai facilities ond uniform stondords 6, The employment of dental- hygienists " auxiliary vids to the dental, diseases. All ovailable resources should first be used to pro- moy_ lead to the formation. of 0 ves foi deve) oti on oe for dental care by making dental services available in hospitals and dentist; the provision of additional courses for- those who desire to vide odequote dental treatment for children and to-eliminate pain health education and dento| care, t * ou po ticipation ” = Reolth centers for in-patients and out-patients. . qualify for positions in public health departments and schools. ond infection for odults. (c) Dentol health is the responsibility authorized representatives of the American Dentel Association. 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