Periodic Examination of Supposedly Well Persons

A REALLY sick person in this country is assured of probably the best medical attention in the world. But the so-called "well" person seeking to avoid future illness, or to discover early evidence of trouble already present, usually receives but superficial attention from the busy physician. It is upon these two aspects of medicine — prevention of disease and early diagnosis — that the state and federal governments are now encroaching, and will continue to encroach (in spite of outcries from the American Medical Association and in spite of national propaganda drives and legislative lobbying) unless the medical profession can . . .