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1938 - Med. Dept, had its 1st stenoV
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1941 - another nurse - Miss McHugh
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1946 - another Doctor - my associate.
1946 - another stenographer
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Our Medical Depts. supervised by carefully selected doctors -
all of our Medicals are covered by doctors.
Industrial Medicine st rted the same ti ,e as our Med. started. Ire..ted cuts, bruises contusion etc. - Not concerned with healtr. of tne employee - were they well? - today Ind. Med. has progressed bound First r.id - our r.e:ical in rkuirboro - finest MeaiCai u, nasal wecaLoai sm - necovery r.ooa if cecs^ *<oss ^ j.nro&t nous, t^nysio-j-herapy -
best of the Refineries do not want a full time Lr. but ac have full time nurses - nines -aueens F.efinery have full time stenoer-. orc:r bill trv to convince them at our p.nnu:.l Medical Meeting - "-.nich will be nej_d in Dearborn, Mien, the need for full time Medical stenographer in oraer to Keep proper medical statistics, otherwise you run into trouble - It is a prime r ouisite th t all Med. Depts. to keep proper and accurtate records. Recessary to have team work in all our Med. Depts. - keep people
inteiested in work - Very proud of all Med. Dept personnel -
Medical Departments are set up wit.u "'hatever tne plant MD ask for and also what is basically necessary IVe must vjork with Ind. Del. - hand and hand Medical Dept, must not divulge anything thvt is confidential to Dept, heads 'unless we have employee's consent - reports from ..IDs should come to Med. Dept, and not to nept. heads as the/ are confidential.
Purpose of doing Pre-Placement Examinations - Find out if nerson is physic.ullv fit for position e-more important in Refineries - "'or.k: more dangerous.
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If a manx^c'o"' r-nes" "'-*min -wit' h a heart condition - 'we then give him sedentary work --. .Heart cases would live much longer if they would do what We told 'them to do - not dokstrennaHs work at home etc.
Person wxtn acne or some type of
refineries - use of oil might irrjC^^^^S Ini ectxous conditions -- protect pe$lll|j or a person that has poor sight e and a car coming from blind side?|S Loss time cases causes someone to
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Periodics - a man of o yrs. old - &'s^^er^yp.^!ojal!ar^i' more years toward retirement - we find a '.job suited for
lyDe of work we do in our clinics - Most Industrial clinics do nothing out first aid - aavise them to so to familv Doctor. r.e believe in working v-ith family doctors - we make diagnoses take care ana treut occupational injuh.es, non-occupational injuries - and do as much as we can to the limit of our ability.
Hygiene - oroper sanitation rules -
Stronglv urge periodic examinations at 2b Broadway - voluntarv Company winis to protect nealth of employees - especially with our new equipment - laboratory, EHu, Basal -u-etabolism -
Refinery people are not ooposed to p-riodic health examinations Dr. Hov.-ard hks better tnan 9b/J -voluntary examinations enables us to detect any nisease one mav have and -and help them before they arc incur-ble - example - . man we h..ve been followin; ?nm 19 k'. - v :io nas IB =.n:. ""ith cur tf" lab. - no x-rav equipment our diagnosis has been confirmer by General M^mori-i riosp. Help t.nose witn nvp; tension - by using psychology and not telling them just how sick they are - lie a bit -
Medical ueot. helos you witn any problems you may h.ve - uur nur-s-s also help -
Had two cases yesterday - 2 alcoholics - a person th.-.t is an alcoholic is a sick man - alcoholism is a disease and these people can be helped a lot if we catch tnem in time. Rend them to hospitals - or let tnem join t.ie n.n.. -v.no try to get people interested -
Medical Dept - tries to help you if there is sickness at home. these are human relation problems ani our nurse? too can handle a gre-.t many of these cases ana tnose tney can1 t are referrea to tn.e doctors - Seme patients rather discuss problems with nurses rather tnan vr. out nurses trv to encourage them to see Dr.
Preventative steps - Periodics - treating people and getting them back on the job - practise new re trios - Cold vaccine - proved oi n^ v-lue - kept* statistics - people t_-.xing vaccine am the results.
Improvement of Medical - new ways to make it more efficient -
Bending out announcement cards aoout our n..e..v.. i&eaicai - oiiicxaxxy
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