Excerpt from Tropical Medicine: With Special Reference to the West Indies, Central America, Hawaii and the Philippines, Including a General Consideration of Tropical Hygiene
In deference to a time honored institution, a few prefatory lines may be proper and they will also afford the writer a desired opportunity to express his thanks to those who have made lighter the compilation and creation of this book.
The purposes, scope and plan of the work are set forth in the Introduction.
Each day the claims of Tropical Medicine upon American interest are more freely admitted by the medical profession and although We have no established school for the exclusive training of men in tropical pathology and hygiene, as yet, the necessity for such an institution is Widely conceded and doubtless will be properly met in due time. Certain of the larger medical colleges have already established lectureships and courses of instruction for senior and advanced students and it is pleasant to think that the men who now go forth from these institutions, some of them to practice our profession in the extended tropical possessions of the United States, will have a conception of exotic diseases and pathology, which will guide them into paths of useful and satisfying work.
Great problems of investigation and administration are to be solved and Americans are confronted by obligation and opportunity. Without volition on our part, We have become responsible for the government and education of millions of men and women in distant parts of the world, who differ from us in race, traditions and civilization. Without doubt the most important part of this Work of education is that touching the physical well-being of these people. Very decidedly, we are the "keepers" of our brethren, black, brown, yellow and white.
If we accept the duty of teaching these people how to live and how to maintain health, prosperity and happiness, we must have an understanding of the principles and doctrines we seek to impart to others. If this book contributes in any degree to this understanding the writer will be gratified.
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