Long Island College Hospital - Lichonian Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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-.. -.-sf.-. .7 .,.-.. --V, ,-,,,,..1- . W: aww -:.-NC ., Q-1 qvwfcrv-1 ei'-1-:Q- aw fT1:'s-fi-f..:+,I-1 1 ' 2 .lor .V L r .:. '- 4 cm .s ::.s-A , -:- .im .aim Jar 45191-,Jia ,f-:ei f ' ..-, YQ . ,. num,-. R I HGPEDICS . ll ai? K Iltw 1 RTHOPEDICSI I wonder how many.advanced 'medical students have 7 Y any idea of what the term really implies. Judging from conversation ' P with rthem, not' very much. I im? 'QQJL WE I lhe held is very large and comparatively new. Perhaps, if its prin- Hise---fy ciples and practices were better understood by the general practitioner, we would not have so many cults as Chiropractors, Naturopaths, Neuropaths, and other 'Paths with high sounding principles, which are widely advertised, to catch the gullible, unsuspecting, medically-ignorant public. l believe that physicians, in a measure. are responsible for some of these so-called healers of bodily ills. The field of medicine is so broad, that no one man is capable of being an expert in all its branches and the public is being educated to demand experts more and more. Usually, the first man called to treat a sick individual is the family physician, and he is the one who should and is best fitted to educate the laymen, that self-advertised specialists are not, as a rule, what they claim themselves to be and that if a specialist is wanted he should be consulted in selecting one. lf a physician has hada good fundamental training. he should very seldom need to call a consultant, except to divide responsibility and for psychological effect both on patient and family, Here, let us say a few words on what we believe is of particular interest to young men just starting out to practice medicine. This, in reference to orthopedics and which may apply to other specialties. The training that they receive in school is very limited. Uuring their short clinical course, the main principles and the com- monest conditions that come under orthopedics a1'e taught to them, which are probably very soon forgotten. They see cases. are shown how to make a diagnosis and the treatment is described to them. lVhile it is true that considerable technical and mechanical ingenuity and skill is required, which necessitates years of training to acquire, to treat many deformities, it is also true that there are many conditions referred to the orthopedic surgeon. which can be treated very easily by any practitioner with a little training and a knowledge of a few simple orthopedic principles, e. g., how to apply plaster of paris properly. Simple as this may seem. l' venture to sav that not very many know how to do it and make it do the work that it is intended to do. Another one is the recognition and treatment of weak feet. hflost of these are treated for Rheumatism. whatever that may mean. covering a multitude of diagnostic sins. without any relief to the patient, naturally, because a mechanical defect cannot be corrected by internal medication. How can knowledge of Orthopedics be spread? hflost young men, starting in the practice of medicine. have considerable time on their hands the first few years. Why' not spend some of that time in an Orthopedic clinic? I am sure it will be time well spent and no one will regret it, not necessarily to become an orthopedic specialist but to be a better general practitioner, or better in any other specialty. Page vixty-tlzvrec'