ABSTRACT
There can be little doubt that the practice of medicine is in a healthier and wiser state than it has ever been. Disease after disease has proved to be conquerable and is in process of being conquered. Smallpox, syphilis, typhoid, tuberculosis, diphtheria, and diabetes among other diseases have yielded up some, if not all, of their secrets to patient investigation and have shown their vulnerable points to their enemy. It will not be long before even the minor complaints, such as influenza and the common cold (which however mild they be result in such devastating interruption to the course of ordinary affairs), will be shown to be preventable. It is with great hope of ultimate success that the deadly enemy cancer is being attacked. A more enthusiastic group of people devoted to the common weal than the medical profession cannot be found. As a result of their often voluntary and unremunerated work the health of the country has improved by leaps and bounds.
