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                States American Surgical Association American College of Surgeons Newsletter. Daily Bulletin,                                 American College of Surgeons, Thirty-ninth Annual Clinical Congress.                                 Page 1. "Annual Meeting Elects Officers." "President Rankin calls                                 for an End To Lack of Ethics." Page 2. "Dr. Rankin Calls For End to                                 Avarice" (continued from page 1) text Newsletter. Daily Bulletin,                                 American College of Surgeons, Thirty-ninth Annual Clinical Congress.                                 Page 1. "Annual Meeting Elects Officers." "President Rankin calls                                 for an End To Lack of Ethics." Page 2. "Dr. Rankin Calls For End to                                 Avarice" (continued from page 1) 2012 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7xks6j2258/data/rankin4kdl_6/rankin4kdl_6_5/i6-5-1/i6-5-1.pdf October 9, 1953 1953 October 9, 1953 section false xt7xks6j2258_446 xt7xks6j2258 Qmzritan Qlullzgz ut éurgzuns
Founded by Surgeons of the United States and Canada, 'I9'|3
` CHICAGO. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 9. `I953
D P •d 1,   1, S ·' President Rankin
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Calls for can End
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` = ,E " __; ` A _     ln one of those rare addresses where men of
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  ,_.   -» #   ·  =·=’   "  _;=_ ` `·». an     criticism, Dr. Fred W. Rankin of Lexington,
.,: ‘° `i, ·°     A,     Ky., will tonight at Medinah Temple place
“   · ‘   ` .. _;.,.   the burden of a self-justified avarice which he
      __·. ii ==_ __  li   _··i calls “logicalized pragmatism” at the door of
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      Q   geons. At the same time, he will hold older
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      ss--   .--=-_,   .-._.       acceptance of this avarice, as evidenced in
li ...£     °`l     il =’::  — S V V  B  .;;''` ,‘»     _     f""`SPlltti"g= ghost SUYSCUQ unnocossary 0P€1`a‘
    _''. ` » ,,   , V5, -Vs_` ·*§ `_=_ i   Dr. Rankin, past president of the American
  ,£ Q Z‘  ‘-‘      ‘     anaia       i` Medical Association and a founding member
  , 1    M _' V l     ;»`        of the American Board of Surgery, 1S to speak
   -% `'',_`;     .   at his inauguration as president of the Ameri-
I  .,    __*»‘t;    it    “‘»’     .’i.`Z   ,i,‘ir   P ia?-8C°ll“g€ °f S`"g°(1?”il and ri”itiag°ii of
‘; .‘‘-;     ‘‘_‘‘     , 1 surgeons as new e ows o t e o ege.
  1     ‘_:‘_.,__: g   _·___     ‘ Following traditional cap-and-gown ceremo-
    _._,__,_         nies, the new members will hear Dr. Rankin
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    p _____,   _p-.,; ji, ~ I_V_ j    ~g,;s t  rift .·__· _.,__ j   _ College the responsibility of vouchmg for
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Dr. Alfred Blalock, who became A.C.S. president elect yesterday. He will be second th tit-.15 at};n€laI5ch?l& bm $1 deauabhg fact
president to come from Baltimore, the late John M. T. Finney having been the first. a Smeg C Cn 0 or ar > an Cvcil
more since the end of World War ll, the moral
  Hber of this nation has lost much of its
stren th. Perha s it was inevitable in this
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— . . . torn world where ideolo ies clash and the
    Lmory UmV€r§1ty’ Georglai and Do Harold very existence of nations   at stake that the
L. F0SS° Danvlllg P€““sYl“"“""· higher values should have become, and should
E,    ce  Dr. Evarts A. Graham was reelectnd to the remain, darkly clouded. Yet we cannot permit
6 Board of Regents for a one-year term, the cardinal virtues of honesty and integrity,
Dr. Herbert Willy Meyer was elected as a and the stoutness of character to which we
DL Alfssol Blalock proffciiogpi Surgery at b { h , _ give the old-fashioned name of uprightness, to
Jghytii Ht0I1krnsfStriqhoXl o i c (icppe, Oeicgnxe gcgigrigierrf gr 0 t e executive committee of the be pushed into the background and there to
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geons at the annual meeting on Thursday _ _ "";“’““Wh?;E";£€n Shgidaigvgi 6 Spm ua
afternoon Elected as First vice president was The fouowmg rssol¤¤o¤ was offsrsd bY va ues 1 y`
Dr, William L. Estes, Jr., of Bethlehem, I?;;S€%h;g;S,E‘ P?p°l; °fhEVanStg“# Els ffgd "Tl1ese things apply to us as surgeons.
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Pennsylvania r Jo n urc , as V1 e It resolved, by the Fellows of the American ere are some in our mi s w o o no
Tennessee, was elected second vice president. College Of Surgeon , A I M t_ (commued On page 2)
s in nnua ee ing as-
Other ollicers elected on Thursday included sembled, that the OPdcers and that the Board
a new member of the Board of Regents, Dr. of Governors and that the Board of Regents _ _ _
Reed M. Nesbit of Ann Arbor, Michigan, for be, and hereby are, commended for their ef- D¤|lY Pmgrum In Brief
a three-year term. Other members re·elected to forts to suppress unethical practices; and that Fridays ..Daily Schedule in Briefs
the Board of Regents included Dr. Walter C. the Officers and Boards of Governors and b { d 7 d 8 { h
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Davis, Chicago, Illinois; Dr. Daniel C. Elkin, lowship." g `

 2 DAILY BULLETIN • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1953
D • incredibly naive or to assume that the average
Dr,     The New President layman is completely lacking. in knowledge of
. what constitutes sound surgical practice. To
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 _;   °   - V » - ` i pression of yearning for the return of the old-
. .   I "  -.. A *‘ ( fashioned eneral ractitioner is to assume
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_ _ _ _ _   ____   ..,._.V   ·-=- - »·-»---» » .·-,.. --·-= · -  i-.., ;,___ _·_».. i the attitude of the ostrich toward change and
leeeglllze thelt ehhgatlehs er Wllei teeeghle     l. Y progress in diagnosis, research and treatment,
lhg thelht lack the eelllage te live by them-   ig    l and to deny that science has done other than
Tlrev tell lnle me tvvln rlrtells el everlee end       i · stand sti11 oyoi the first hair of this century . . .
lll-eellen selns- Tlrev uersuede llremselves mel       ·t»· ‘ Quoting observations niado by ni. Paul h.
they are justified in what they are doing. The     ._,. ,_   i v_ `__    --t··’··· ’ ‘ ‘’``I’i``' ‘   - Hawley? direeter ei the Ceiiegei Dr_ Rankin
philosophers would call their reasoning logic-     `’`   ‘‘’=‘ Z   iiiiii   Save, att is an unfortunate paradox that never
elllzetl leteglhetlehl   .·_`_·t..‘.A     iln   '‘'‘     ‘i’‘  " __ £‘  - before have there been so many competent
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"ll le regrettable that ler the mesl Pall the { ii-·       .,,    § :·;`S5ig`g?},,   ing it difficult to become established in ethical
men whe are sc eendueting themselves are the     `“'»‘=‘ . -..’.; I:] ‘”.·“   -.’.= i     ,.__.i   --,_:,» ¤       é;£@2¤ i`, practice. They have been trained in surgical
younger, postwar generation. But that does   6* ·-‘-`   -··-i‘   --`, _' _‘—‘   -’-·A     ``  l "=l`l'l iili   `=`=`=     -==   `  ~,`     ethics under teachers who, almost without ex-
not relieve us who are older in the pfOf€SSl0H   - . if illi .?l¥l`:e I- lliiliiil l   liiiliilllll I I--`- V   ception, are men of principle as well 3S of
of blame for what is happening. We know   ‘ /_i__i_;_»    ' ’   ebihty_
that these attitudes exist. We are aware of ’"·i‘ I l   “But when they enter practice after their
surgical practices which violate professional it I _ residency training? they etten eneennter dith_
phlllciples and the prlllelplee ef elmple meh     culties in the location in which they have
alltY~ Yet there ls ahlllle evltlellee that lahge l I chosen to establish themselves because of the
segments el me pretessmn euller l>lmdlv_ rg- loose practices to which they are exposed by
here what ls halapelllllgt Ot eelltehtl that lt ls their colleagues who are already established.
not happening in their own communities, or -
argue that is only of small consequence in the Encouruges Younger Surgeons
over-all surgical picture. , "I rant that this unha situation ex-
Continuing, Dr. Rankin will say, “Let us `“ ists. Norieetheless, I think it failljaleious to argue
face the facts frankly and honestly. Let us _ _ . . that a young surgeon who is certified by the
admit that there are men in our profession- Dl" Fred W' Rallklhe Lexlllgtell · American Board of Surgery and who holds ‘
fOl`tllllatelY their Humber is $mall_WhO pI`3C‘   Followship in the Amorlogu College of Sur-
ll°*l ‘ll"lSl°ll ef tees: de ghost sllle"lY= llellllllll ei ain, ofcourse, aware ofthe complaints that geens eennet survlve eeenemleellv in e smell
UHHCCBSSHYX Opffrattlorls, and charge Cxorbltant - We have tO0 Inany Specialists, and   the (}()l’[]]`f]ul]]ty   he ()bS€I`V€S   €th]CS of- hls
fees let tllell eervleee Tllelll mlmberl es l Seth specialist takes too narrow a view of his own Pmtesslellq lt he eellhlles hlhlselt elltltelY
is small, but even one malefactor reflects d1- iicidr I am convinced, however, that We do to the specialty for which he has trained, and
l"‘iElY ‘lll‘l. lllllaV°lt'l’lY llpflll ll? ell- , not have too many adequately trained special- rl he tmsseeses lus seul rn peuenee Wlnle he
Wllal ls Olll l€SP°llSlllllllY lll the mallel- ists, and 1 am equally convinced that surgery wells fer lns nreelree re develep- l lmve menv
ll lsl l ellllmltl te meke everv eltert te end is still too frequently done by men of too little tllhes glveh lust that atlvlee le Yellhg Slltgeehe
these practices. All of us are aware of them, training and experience i i as who oousultod me about their future, and I
even those of us who do not openly admit they I ° can think of very few who have not eventual-
exist. But to prove them is of such extreme Doctor Speaks us Putient ly guccoodgd _ _ _
dll`hellltY that tew el lls ate Wllllllg te make Speaking as one who has suffered serious “I wish, however, that I could impress upon
the eitert tllltl ehdllle the lllllaleasahtlless that illness and undergone major surgery himself young men who are just starting the practice
the Ptetllletleh el the Pleet tetllllles Let me in the last two years, he comments, "Let me of surgery that there is more than the finan-
lelllléltl Yitill ef seglethtillg thier Llliiltillll is sll§‘ assure you, if you have not already learned. cial side of surghcal success. I wish that ci
Pose te eve sal v all llllg t We eve sei i that when ou are ourself a atient, all sur could share witht em my own experience an
Te aeeellt hY sllellee What they shetlltl Pletest gical procedures, sirfgle or muffiple, simple or make them realize that service, proficiently,
makes eewerds ef meh- formidable, are very personal experiences? patiently and willingly performed, is the foun-
_ He understands, he says, the observation of dation upon which professional success and
The wleked Flee the surgeon who said that when his own time happiness are founded. It is hard to realize
Wtlhe preeriees Whleh l have listed haVe came, he would not wish to be operated on by this when one is just starting out, but it is
heell eelltlellllletl by the Alhelleah Metlleal As' a surgeons who “did not care a whole lot.” eternally true.
seelatlells hY htlhlelells state elgalllzatlellsv by While conceding it is perhaps inevitable, “If these concepts could be put into prac-
the lllest llhlaettallt ef Ollt slllgleal 9lgalllZa‘ Dr. Rankin de lores the assin of the old- tice, we should soon hear no more of ex-
tlehsv alltl hY all ef lls¤ l thlllhs lll ellt healts· time general plfactitionert)“Th§ cornerstone orbitant fees, out of all proportion to the
t Pletet te believe that the etlhtlelhllatleh has of medical practice should still be this type of services rendered and the ability of patients to
l>€€Tl made lll all sermllslless alld sllleelltY= physician, who represented, at his best, integ- tolerate them . . .”
fer these Plaetlees htlllg Odllllll llP9h lls all- rity, moral character, selflessness, willingness D . S . .t F. t
4 It is herd te see- thetetelev WhY Whell a slll' to serve with or without remuneration, and etermme ptr. Irs it
geon condemns them in public addresses or in Without Consideration Of his Own time Or com, In conclusion, Dr. Rankin statee, In many
press interviews he finds himself the one to be {Ort? because he was dedicated to the service respects surgeons carry the heaviest respon-
censured. Can it be that thle condemnation of ei his fellow men. shbilities othall physiitianlet, ifthnly because; of
i ractices is no more t an i service no t e arm er can o. or is reason 1 is
iifoid) than a concession to expedieency? Within O$l`l’leh Atlllude essential that fhey never forget what they are
the past year, as I think most of you know, "There have arisen in recent years certain undertaking when they lay hands. upon the
attempts have actually been made in certain groups fostered by both medical and surgical human body. This is ione respect in which I
medical organizations to discipline Regents elements within the present body of American think medieal education has been culpably
of this College who simply told the truth medicine, as well as by certain surgical con- remiss. It is essential that we determine a
about these invidious practices in press con- temporaries, who have advanced the thesis that man’s intellectual ability and training before
ferences. These attempts did not succeed. I a physician with a diploma from a recognized we allow him to begin the study of medicine,
doubt that such efforts will ever succeed. medical school, supplemented by a year’s in- but we should make far greater efforts than we
But that the issue should have been raised at ternship, is capable of caring for 85 per cent are now making to determine his qualities of
all leaves one wondering, is the explanation of the ailments to which man is subject, in- heart and spirit, and we should dwell upon
that ‘the wicked flee when no man pursueth’?” cluding grave surgical diseases. I those things throughout all his days in medical
Turning to specialization, Dr. Rankin says, “To advance such a thesis is either to be school.