Above left: Dr. Norman Boyer discusses a medical problem with an employee.
Above right: Nurse Peggy Loftis checks the vision of Charley Brewer, a for
mer employe and Korean War Veteran who is returning to work at Ecusta.
Left: The Medical Center’s Waiting Room (foreground) and receiving station.
On the Cover: Mrs. Jeanette Paxton, Medical Center Nurse, gives Gilbert
Huggins (Paper Inspection) an inoculation against tetanus, one of five vac
cines available to employees. Others are: Typhoid, Flu, Smallpox, Typhus.
One of the memorable events in a man’s life is
his first day on a new job. What he experiences
on that day makes an impression that will last as
long as he is with the organization.
After a new man visits our employment office,
the first thing that he sees, or probably knows
about us, is our Medical Center. This man, one
of 1,750,000 young people who enter America’s
work force each year, gets his physical examina
tion in one of the best industrial medical depart-
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OUR MODERN
MEDICAL
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ments in the nation. What he sees there, and
learns about us and our medical program, will not
soon be forgotten.
This young man is more fortunate than most
of us were when we came to Ecusta. Those who
are members of either the Five or Ten Year Serv
ice clubs will remember when our program did
not include a complete pre-employment physical.
The small, inadequately staffed first aid station
handled the usual on-the-job injuries and illnesses.
The medical personnel didn’t have time for thor
ough physical examinations, so no attempt was
made for periodic examinations.
The medical program that a new employee will
see in operation today is five years old this month.
During this comparatively short time, there has
been a vast change in the scope and nature of it.
Where the old program was concerned primarily
with the treatment of injuries and illnesses, the
new concept is a program of preventive medicine
—to help employees maintain good health so that
they will be effective and happy at work, as well
as in their home and community life.
From 1939 through 1948, the cases handled by
our medical department were 2 to 1 injuries and
illnesses over personal medical problems. Since
January, 1949, there has been a gradual change in
the character of visits of employees to the depart
ment, until now the personal cases outnumber all
others 6 to 1. When the new program first got
underway our doctors were averaging two minor
operations daily. Now operations are seldom per
formed. This denotes a decided change when we
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