Modern Medical Counselor [antikvár]

PREFACE Modern medicine, despite its incompleteness and weaknesses, stands today as one of the mighty triumphs of the human spirit. Instead of being satisfied with curative measures, medical science strives to prevent disease and lead men to a knowledge of the principles that produce health in mind and body. The publication of the Modern Medical Coimselor reflects the growing interest in the advancing front of health. It has been aptly stated that "to keep the body in a healthy condition, to develop its strength, that all its machinery may act harmoniously, should be the first study of our lives." If our educational system has taught us one thing, it is that success and development are attainable to those only who study a subject thoroughly and who sincerely endeavor to act upon the principles they have found to be true. The medical facts set forth in this volume are drawn from the accumulated knowledge of thousands of physicians and surgeons, laboratory research workers, and scientists. Heroic effort and years of experiment have developed the science of medicine to its present status. What greater achievement can be credited to any group of men than has been accomplished by those who have sought to conquer disease, preserve human life, and postpone death! The knowledge which has been accumulated by painstaking effort is now offered to the public that they may know what to do and how to live. Upon every citizen is impressed the fact that "the preservation of health is a duty." This volume offers men and women the latest scientific medical knowledge as prepared by a leading doctor of public health in collaboration with a board of skilled physicians who are specialists in particular fields of medicine. Every disease is discussed by a specialist, and the latest and best treatment of medical science is offered for its alleviation. The first sections of the volume are devoted to a simple, yet complete understanding of the human body, its function and care. Practical, up-to-date material on the problems of home building and homemaking will prove of inestimable value. This volume is not intended to take the place of the family physician, but to enable the layman to co-operate with him intelligently. It is the chief aim of this book to help every reader possess "a sound mind in a healthy body." The Publishers. I (5)