Report on ninth International Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy and meetings of the Permanent Committee : Bucharest, Rumania, June 2-8, 1937 / by William Seaman Bainbridge.

  • Bainbridge, William Seaman, 1870-1947.
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Credit: Report on ninth International Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy and meetings of the Permanent Committee : Bucharest, Rumania, June 2-8, 1937 / by William Seaman Bainbridge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT ON NINTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MILITARY MEDICINE AND PHARMACY Bucharest, Rumania, June 2-8, 1937 By CAPTAIN WILLIAM SEAMAN BAINBRIDGE, M.C.-F. United States Naval Reserve, Member of the Permanent Committee, Official Delegate from the United States of America Introduction To serve the art of medicine as it should be served one must love his fellow man.—Hippocrates. ORGANIZATIONS of individuals of like interests and profes¬ sions, unhampered by national boundaries, surely should tend toward the ideal of friendly, understanding relationships among the peoples of the world. Science has done much, said Osier, to revolu¬ tionize mankind, and this is as true in the field of medicine and surgery as in every other. Medicine and surgery know no limitations of boundary, of language, or of color, and no barriers must stand in the way of their forward march. The cruel and costly lessons of the World War but emphasize the extreme importance of assaying, as far as possible, whatever profit there may be obtainable. The human elements of war warrant the best and highest that science can offer to ameliorate, prevent, or cure. The personnel of the military medical services the world over have as their goal the great ideal of keeping fit these human elements—keep¬ ing them strong, wiping out scourges, repairing bodies damaged in war, lessening the dire results of war, the greatest of all atrocities. So that the lessons of the past war are not lost, and to make them available for any future hostilities, and during peace when virtually every type of wartime injury and disease is ever present, the Inter¬ national Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy was created in 1921. There have been meetings of the Congress every other year since then. Its far reaching importance and eminent value are un¬ challenged in the minds of those who have come in contact with the work of the organization. Delegates, rich in experience, come from many countries to present their viewpoints. Such an interchange of ideas and knowledge will eventually lead to the physical betterment of mankind. At the biennial meetings of the Congress six main topics are dis¬ cussed, each by two official reports, one from the country in which the Congress is held, and the other from another country selected for its