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Publish Date: 1934/03/17
Volume: 102, Issue: 11, Pages: 846-846
Abstract
When the progress of medicine as a whole is surveyed certain broad questions naturally present themselves What success has been attained in controlling important infectious diseases How are the advent and adoption of advances in technic reflected in more favorable vital statistics Do modern modes of transportation increase the danger to life in the population An approach to these and other questions is afforded by the data contained in the Annual Report of the Surgeon General to the Secretary of War In view of the accuracy of the statistics made possible by the army organization the observations are of particular value The average daily strength of the army not including nurses was 131925 for the year ended June 30 1933 During this interval the loss in time due to sickness and injury was 1471147 days Although venereal diseases are definitely decreasing as a cause of loss of time and the
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