University Medical College - Scalpel Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Ellie Eurtnfu liaratinn BY A. H. CORDIER, M. D. Professor Practice of Surgery and Clinical Surgery, U. M. C. ' physicianis vacation should really have its beginning during his college days. If it is onl a night at a theater a Saturday afternoon at the end of the car line in the ' ' ' ' , t' , l in olf, taking pictures country or half day once in awhile fishing hun ing p ay g g or a good walk across the country. A physician's occupation is a unique one in many re- . . . . . . i . . f b- spects. It not only carries with lt the welfare of individuals, but the whole financial a ric of all successful and thriving nations is woven about his works. The heavier the burden the more arduous the undertaking. His work is one of great magnitude and NATURE UNADORNED. grave responsibility, necessitating much physical endurance and mental stamina. This brings 'mental fatigue. At all hours of the day and night his work goes on. Sunday, a day of rest and vacation for others, finds the physici-an on his rounds looking after the poor and the rich alike. ls he not entitled to fifty-two days of rest? Most assuredly, yes. It is a matter of taste or fancy as to the location and kind of a vacation the physician selects. It is only too oftenf that this choice is not a wise one. A physician whose daily labor is surrounded by the busy whirl of our modern cities will make a mistake if he selects a fashionable summer reort for his vacation and imagines he is getting a vacation. while he is eating lobster salads and other indigestible articles, drinking iced drinks both soft and hard, losing sleep and breathing impure atmosphere while attending fashionable balls and receptions. lf he calls this a vacation he is deluding himself and will return to work unrefreshed and his work will be more burdensome than be-fore he .left it. A trip to any of the great medical and hospital centers, while of inestimable value to the physician from the standpoint of knowledge gained and should be taken often, should not be called a vacation, but hard work and should never rob him of the vaca- tion and rest which is so justly due him.

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I know of no better way to spend a vacation than to go hunting and fishing, you may not catch many fish or kill many elk, deer, moose or bear, but you will witness na- ture in all her glory. You will live in weather that will invigorate you and the sunshine will make the bloom of youth return to your pallid cheeks. He who goes hunting into the mountains to shoot and kill alone does not reap the full benefit of his outing. On trips of this char- acter many virgin ravines 'and cliffs are viewed for the first time by the white man, and he would be a dull observer if he did not profit by such a lesson. Nature unadorned is found on all sides on these trips. An eagle's nest far up in the mountains stored away in the place most inaccessible to both many and beast elicits a profound admiration for the sagacity of this noble bird, the little striped ground squirrel as he busies himself, unaware of your presence, or rather not fearing a stranger, in gathering pine cones and storing them away for his winters use is an evidence of thrift ever enjoyed by the lover of nature. To see the little fellow as he chatteringly runs to THE ROOSEVELT OF U. M. C. the top of a pine tree to his work and to watch him as he cuts and shoves the pine cones from their attachments and seemingly in a careless manner drop them to the ground, makes one admire him both for his sagacity and for the untiring zeal with which he goes about his work providing for a rainy day. Always take your camera with you on. your vacation. It is an excellent though harmless gun to use on big and little game on a hunting trip. A snap shot with a kodak often 'brings a trophy more lasting than a 45-70 Winchester rifle. With photo records you can live your trips over again on long winter evenings. I know of nothing so re- freshing to the tired body and wearied brain as to pause in a locality surrounded by un- burnished Nature where every pine or spruce tree is beckoning to you with hospitable hands, to pitch your tent and make your home beneath their wide spread and protecting arms. You feel your welcome and are assured of a bounteous feast from Nature's store- house filled to overflowing with glorious sunshine, fresh air and grand scenery. Who would not enjoy a stay in such a sanitarium, the very roof of which appears as the ceiling of Heaven studded with myriads of sparkling diamonds. The pleasures of camp life are memories ever to be enjoyed in after years, when in a reminiscent mood, ones goes over his outing trips. The snapping of the dry pine boughs as they are thrown on the camp fire, the tongues of the flame as they dart up-