Excerpt from Industrial Medicine and Surgery IN presenting this book to the medical profession, and to those laymen interested in the subject, I am quite conscious of the fact that it is a deviation from the usual character of a text-book on medicine or surgery. Instead of dealing with the pathology, diagnosis and treatment of specific diseases or the individualistic practice of medicine, I have endeavored to set forth the reasons for, and the methods of a form of group medicine which has stood the test of years, and proven its practicability in many of the large industries of the country. The conservation of the lives and limbs of the working people and the reclamation of those disabled in the daily strife have become a definite program in the industrial world. The humanizing influence of this work has caused many an employer to consider other means of contributing to the health, comfort and contentment of his working force. Wherever these principles have been adopted, the industry has been rewarded by greater efficiency among its employees, with a corresponding increase in production. With the growth of this form of medicine the field has extended into the living and home conditions of the working forces, gradually resulting in closer co-operation with the public health authorities. In fact, it has become a vital factor in public health. To - day the achievements of industrial medicine and surgery are one of the strongest arguments in favor of a national health program. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.