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Athens urged to appoint a city medical inspector
A letter from M. A. Lipscomb urges Athens to establish a city medical inspector for schools. It argues that a trained inspector would detect early disease, protect children, and align with national health initiatives led by notable figures like Choate, Adams, and Angell. The piece cites benefits from other cities and calls for proactive sanitary reform.
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Athens
One Hundred
Association For the Advancement of Science
Joseph H. Choate
New York
Charles W. Eilot
Cambridge
James B. Angell
Ann Arbor
Felix Adler
Janet Addams
Chicago
United States Department of Health
United States
M. A. Lipscomb