clinical. As developement goes on, more and more ettention is fixed on prevent-
ive medicine. E very practicing doctor and every practicing nurse works more or
lessin both fields but the preventio n idea and prevention practice is steadily
increasing. Clinical medicine makes its gains through the discovery of new drugs
new uses for known medicines, and new ways of doing things. Some interesting and
relatively new examples are discovery of insulin, tie developement of the group of
arsenicals from Ehrlich' s original " 606" , the elaboration of the sulfa drugs,
the discovery of penicillin, the supplanting of cuinine by atabrin in malaria,
the whole scheme of intravenous injections, the recognition of psychic trau ma
along with the attempts to do sometiing about it, the practical importance of
getting patients back on their respective bea ms "mente ally, emotionally, and physic-
ally s soon as possible, the so cailed Kenney treatment of polio, the manegement

of vitamins, etc. Preventive medicine maxes its advances through new discoveries -
nev uses und onplic.:tions of fuets already «noin, «nu v.stly by educ: ting the
general oublic in a browd -tteuot to set its inuividuel members to do <3 +11 +s

the doctors and nurses Know ho: to dos

if yu ere to thins of n ture »s alive, intellixent, «nd friencly :na vere to csk
her how she vould go cbout protectins a wn from sucllpox, you snould fe:.ture her
as answering " There are two practical ways to do it. O ne is by keeping him
in the best possible health through food, housing, clothing, work and play,
amicable relations with neighbors and femily, and above and beyond a ll else, avoid
exposure to the disease. The other way would be to allow him to experience the
disease in a mild and comparatively safe form!! This answer opens the way for
discussion of a subject so large and so interesting thet I mean to reserve it for
some future time.

H .L. Chambers, lu. D.

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L awrence, iansas

November, 1945
Dear’ Friends —
The changes that have occured in the matters that have to
do with the continuation of KNOW have all been in the

c atogory that tend to terminate it.

Hopes for its further 1 ife and usefulness are, for the
p resent, suspended, hibernating as it were.

Unless some favorable developement occurs, this is the
last issue.

L et me thank you for your interest, your cooperation
and your friendliness .

Very truly yours

Ae i Ee ane
“~. L. — le D.