Industrial medicine and surgery . venting the admin-istering of the wrong type of treatment through lack ofknowledge of the true condition or coincident disorders. 2. Secure the co-operation and interest of employees in youreffort^ for prevention of disease and accidents by: (a) Explaining the reasons for any action taken, to each individual.(6) Secure team work by employees committees on accident prevention, disease prevention, sanitation move- PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND SURGERY IN INDUSTRIES 135 ments. Add new members to the committees fre-quently and meet with them often. Make themworking comm
Industrial medicine and surgery . venting the admin-istering of the wrong type of treatment through lack ofknowledge of the true condition or coincident disorders. 2. Secure the co-operation and interest of employees in youreffort^ for prevention of disease and accidents by: (a) Explaining the reasons for any action taken, to each individual.(6) Secure team work by employees committees on accident prevention, disease prevention, sanitation move- PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND SURGERY IN INDUSTRIES 135 ments. Add new members to the committees fre-quently and meet with them often. Make themworking committees. (c) Spread prevention propaganda on every phase of thesubject throughout the working force by personal con-ferences with individuals, by lectures and motion pictureshows, by use of bulletin boards, by terse facts printedon backs of pay envelopes, by circulars inserted in payenvelopes, by a plant paper or bulletin issued weekly. (d) Get the officials of the concern interested and use theirinfluence to put across the Fig. 31.—This toilet caused 17 cases of typhoid, two of them fatal. Loss inwages and care of the 17 men amounted to $ (Typhoid Bulletin, issued byIndustrial Surgeons Association of Washington.) (e) Assist the diseased employees at all times in securingthe best forms of treatment, thus demonstrating youcfriendly interest in them. These become medicalmissionaries throughout the working Study the relationship between employee and his work: (a) Study this relationsip in every case coming before you toascertain if a round peg is fitted in a round hole, or ifthe work is incompatible to the employees mental orphysical well-being. This will not only prevent a phys-ical or nervous breakdown often but will prevent in-efficiency in production—an inefficiency preventableby transferring the man to work for which he is betterqualified. 136 INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY (6) Fatigue poisoning from overwork, from monotony of thesame and rapidly
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