'-I !-' ~CN- socieTY, TULSA COUNT Build Tulsa 1:7 IN THIS ISSUE 1:7 Public Policy Committee Reports Favorable Progress The Medical Library It's Your RED CROSS BLOOD CENTER Eternal Vigilance- Encourage DOllors An Editorial Of Importance President's Page Vol. 15 No.8 August, 1949 Representative : Wm. M. Coulter, 1524 W. Pine, Wichita 3, Kansas, Telephone 2-1909 even after 40, a woman does creative work ••• The urge to do creative or constructive work is olten rekindled in the woman relieved 01 meno­ pausal symptoms. Restraints placed on her talents by the nervousness, hot flushes and other manifestations of the climacteric may vanish entirely 10110 wing the use of "'Premorin,u In addition, there is a "plus" in \\Premor;n" therapy .. the gratilying "sense 01 well-being" so Irequently reported by the palient. Oral activity, comparative freedom from side-effects and flexibility 01 dosage are o ther advantages associated with this naturally-occurring, conjugated estrogen. " Premorin" IS sup­ plied in tablets 01 lour different potencies and in liquid lorm. While sodium estrone sulfole is Ihe principal estrogen in "Premodn," olhcr equine eslro­ gens . estradiol, equilin, eQuileni,n, hipp~lin ... ore probably also present ,n varyIng amounts 05 waler-solub/e conjugates. ~~rR~MJ\RIN" ® ESTRO GENIC SUB STA NCES (WA TER -SO LUBl E) also known 01 CO/UUG ATE D ESTR OGftlS {equ inel Ayerst, McKenna & Harrison Limited 22 East 40th Street, New York 16, New York "04 Page 4 T be BIIltetill , Reach for the phone DOCTOR Phone 4-0121 Phone Us Your Prescriptions For speedy, dependable prescription compound­ ing phone us your requirements . and be assured of finest quality drugs, skillful com­ pounding, minute accuracy. Phoning saves time and hastens deliveries. MEDICAL ARTS PRESCRIPTION SHOP • MEDICAL ARTS BUILDING • PHONE 4-0121 Allg"'t, 1949 Page 5 l.:ONTENTS State Medicine Prospec(s Fade....... 7 liETMAN'S Docrors Greer Fleming. _______________ ... _____ 8 The Medical Library ....... __ ... ___ . __ . ____ ..... 9 ROY R. GETMAN, Founder President's Page ______ _ ...................... 10 Eternal Vigilance-Editorial . _______________ 12 Perry Clinic Opens ____ . __ .. ____ . __ ._~ ________ 15 AMA Assessment Due ________ ._____________ 15 Personals _~ ________ .. ___ ....... ______ . __ __ _._. __ 15 New Applicants ______ .. ____ . __ . ______ ______ . 16 A Master Stroke-Edirorial ____ .. ________ 18 ADVERTISERS Akins Natural Foods . ............. 16 Ayerst, McKenna and Harriso n._ ....... _ 3 Sixth dnd Mdin Sts. Ball Drug Company ......... ........... 16 Phone <3 6/?/ Beatrice Foods, In c ._ ....... _... ....... _... _... _. 23 Catron Pharmacy __ .. _ ______ ._ ._ 22 Ciba Pharmaceutical ProduCts ______ .. ____ ll Coca·Cola Barding Co. .... ..... _.... 4 Commercial Printing Compa ny__ ._._ .. _._.24 ABRAHAM LINCOlN SAID, Courtright Optical Co. ______ . _____________ 24 Coyne Campbell Sanitarium ____________ _____ 14 "I do the very be~1 I know how, Ihe very best I can. And I mean 10 keep on do­ Curtain 's Prescription Laboratory........ 23 ing so until th e end. If Ihe end brings Daricraft ______ . ______________ . ________ . ________ _____ .. 18 me oul a lright , what is sa id against me Dairy Council of Tulsa __ . _______________ _____ .22 won't amount to anyt hing. II the end Eli Lilly and Co .................................. 6 brings me Oul wrong, len angels swear· Getman Drug Company _.. __. __ .. __ . __ .. _.. S ing I was rig hI would make no d iffer. ence." 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In olloying distress or in shielding from attock, 'Histodyl' (Thenylpyramine Hydrochloride, Lilly) hos multiple virtues. Side-effects are slight and rare. Diversity of allergic manifestations, variability omong individuals, and dissimilar degrees in severity of symptoms call for a versatile antihislaminic. I 5 TAD Y L in its many dosage forms is competent in a wide range of bolh systemic and local shocks. Detailed information and literature on 'Histadyl' ore available from your Lilly medical service representative or will be forwarded upon request. PREPARATIONS OF HISTAOYL AMPOULES CREAM OPHTHALMIC OINTMENT PULVUlES EN SEAlS, ! ~~i"' ~' 1 SYRUP SOLUTION Ell lillY AND COM PANY· INDIANAPOLI S 6, INDIANA , U. S, II. • • AN8I!JI, 1949 Page 7 THE BULLETIN ~~~~~~~~~~~OFTHE~~~~~~~~~~~ TULSA COUNT Y MEDICAL SOCIETY John E. McDona ld, M.D., Presidel1t Fred E. Woodson, M.D., PrcsidetU-Elect W. A. Showman, M.D., Vice-Prcside11t John G. Man, M.D., Secre/ary.Treasllrer Jack Spears, ExeCtltive Secretary Vol. 15 TULSA. OKLAHOMA, AUGUST , 1949 No.8 PROSPECT Of STATE MEDICINE f ADES Public Policy Committee of the Tulsa County Medical Society Reports Wide Program of Activity_ Washington Obscrvol'S See Little Hope of Wagner-Murray Bill Approval. Chances for approval of a federal sys- dem's recommendations will get strong rem of compulsory health insurance by consideration. Unofficial observers coum the narional Congress were conceded ro Oscar Ewing, FSA Adminisrcaror and be increasingly poor last monrh as Ad- arch-enemy of medicine, as rhe Number ffilOlsrration leaders in Washingron One candidate for the new cabinet pose sought to ditch the co ncroversial issue in as Secretary of Welfare. exchange for concessions on ocher Tru- Indications were rhat the Administr:1.- man objectives. Widespread opposition tion would drop ics acrive suppOrt of the [Q sociali zed medicine by lay and pro- federal health measures for th is session fess ional groups continued sHong over of Congress only with a subsequent re­ Ihe nation with only scarrered suppon of surgence of suppOrt when more viral is­ the current Wagner-Murray-Dingell pro- sues are OUt of rhe way. While there posals. has been no public annou ncement ro this Meantime, hearings on the basic state effect from the White House, it is gen­ medicine bill, Senate Bill 1679. and ocher erall y understood that President Truman proposed Congressional legislation con- will remporarily sacrifice the proposals in {inued ro be held in the Capitol. Repre- exchange for Congressional suppon on sentatives of the American Medical As- labor and foreign relations legislation. sociation delivered a blistering attack on Leaders of the medical profession, rhe compulsory health insurance fearures sensing a renewed attack in the next ses­ in hearings held lare in May before Se n- sion of Congress however, ca lled for con­ ate groups. Testimony heard by rhe Sen- {inued combat against the rheories of ate Commitree in June and July was of socialized medicine and marked prosecu­ a scanered character with representatives tion of the American Medical Associa- of a great variety of organizations offer- ri on·s public relations campaign. ing boch pro-and-con arguments. In Tulsa, Dr. V. K. Allen, Chairman of In mid-June, President Truman again the Tulsa County Med ical Societ{s Public acted to strengthen his position wirh a Pol icy Commirree, reponed the local ad­ recommendation that Congress create a ministration of the narional program was Depanmenr of Welfare, a new cabinet- proceeding at a rapid pace. Activities of status adminisrrative agency [Q be dom- hi s six-man comminee include the follow- inared by the Federal Security Adminis- 109: tration. The FSA, known to be rhe ring- l. A daily radio program of five min­ leader in govern mem circles advocati ng utes duration, devoted to problems of state medicine, will benefit enormously medicin e and an explanation of the smre from this move. Although Congressional medicine fallacies, wi ll probably be heard opi nion on the proposal is far from set- beginning next momh. A commercial rled, it is generally admitted the Presi- sponsor is now being lined up with a Page 8 The Btdletil1 major Tulsa station to air (he series. by a virtually unanimous vote. Dr. Allen 2. Use of the Fildes painting in office reported rhat most Tulsa civic clubs and waiti ng rooms has also picked up con­ many professional and women's organi­ siderably in rhe last 30 days. La rge zations had approved similar resolutions. poster-size copies have also been pbced 5. In Washingwn, D. C. last J une, in wi ndows of leading Tulsa pharmacists, Congressman Dixie Gilmer £old Com· each of whom agreed to display the pai nt­ m ittee Member Dr. Fred E. Woodson ing a minimum of onc week. [hat passage of rhe Wagner-Murray­ 3. Members of the Tulsa County Dingell bill in chis session of Congress Medical Society appear frequemly at lay was impossible but warned char govern­ and civic groups {Q explain current pro­ ment interests favorable £0 the bill would p?sa~s of state medicine, usually by in­ nOt disconcinue efforts £0 secure its pas­ vlCanon. sage. 4. Endorsement by civic and ocher 6. The Tulsa Stare Fair, tentatively groups of resolutions opposing state scheduled for the week of September 19, medicine has also been on the increase. w ill have a booth devoted £0 medical Appearing recently before the Tulsa public rclarions.