A test of condition : preliminary report / by C. Ward Crampton.

  • C. Ward Crampton
Date:
[1905?]
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Credit: A test of condition : preliminary report / by C. Ward Crampton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Pt eae AMG, f a | A TEST OF CONDITION: PRELIMINARY REPORT, | BY C. WARD CRAMPTON, M.D., ; ae : OF NEW YORK, Introduction—This report is given to the medical profession in its preliminary stage, after the work of a year and a half; so that it may become immediately available for use and per- haps the earlier subject to modification and im- provement. ‘The importance of the principle in- volved, however, cannot be overestimated. . _ Importance.—There does not exist to-day a reliable test of condition, although its need is felt in very many quarters. The physician would be glad to know accurately what the real condi- tion or relative degree of health is in the patient who comes under his care for the first time. It is of the utmost importance for him to know to what extent the trouble complained of affects the general health and vitality. It would give him a real guide on which to base his advice to the overworked or run-down in prescribing a treatment of tonic, rest or exercise. It would give him a real method of determining the in- crease of health resulting from such treatment. “ Feelings,” cannot always be relied upon. To the prospective employer, military, civic or mer- cantile, the condition of the applicant, if accu- rately determined, would be of vital importance. To the psychologist an accurate test of this sort would serve as a basis for definite comparisons. between mental and physical efficiency; at present i formation of physical condition’ obtainable by | a)
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