. New Boston; a chronicle of progress in developing a greater and finer city--under the auspices of the Boston-1915 movement. hor of Modern Medicine ELIZABETH V. H. RICHARDS AND MICHAEL M. DAVIS, JR. Boston Dispensary IN a recent article by Dr. WoodsHutchinson called The Passing ofPills and Powders is the followingsentence: Food, rest, sunshine, exercise,bathing, massage—these are the sheet an-chors of our new materia medica. Withthis growing tendency to prescribe, notpepsin for the dyspeptic, but false teeth,less tea, and more wholesome food; notwine for the consumptive, but fresh air,milk, a
. New Boston; a chronicle of progress in developing a greater and finer city--under the auspices of the Boston-1915 movement. hor of Modern Medicine ELIZABETH V. H. RICHARDS AND MICHAEL M. DAVIS, JR. Boston Dispensary IN a recent article by Dr. WoodsHutchinson called The Passing ofPills and Powders is the followingsentence: Food, rest, sunshine, exercise,bathing, massage—these are the sheet an-chors of our new materia medica. Withthis growing tendency to prescribe, notpepsin for the dyspeptic, but false teeth,less tea, and more wholesome food; notwine for the consumptive, but fresh air,milk, and eggs, has come the need forsomeone who can fill these prescriptions. When for cures, potions were chieflyrelied upon, an apothecary was as neces-sary a part of the medical institutionas the doctor himself. Is it not consis-tent to employ the social worker as themodern apothecary to secure these trulysocial drugs? Medical social service is a new move-ment, and even to many of those whoare interested in philanthropic enter-prises it needs explanation. Socia serv-ice departments have been established in 138 NEW BOSTON. TEAM-WORK AT THE BEDSIDE Physicians, Nurse, Social Worker and Slenographer hospitals and dispensaries during recentyears in order to meet the demand madeby preventive medicine and modern,constructive philanthropy—for doingthorough ivork on all sides of a prohleminstead of allowing a number of discon-nected agencies to deal with its differentaspects. Boston leads the country in this move-ment—and the new Boston must con-tinue to lead. At the MassachusettsGeneral Hospital, the first well-organizedSocial Service Department in the coun-try; at the Boston Dispensary and atfive or more other medical institutions,there is altogether a force of some twenty-five trained workers. At the BostonDispensary the salaried staff includeseight full time workers and a number ofvolunteers. One of the Dispensary casesillustrates how a social service departmentrenders human serv
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