Periodic Medical Examination

Periodic medical examination of senior staff. Review of a management group.

The results of yearly medical examinations of a group of 65 senior officials is reviewed in terms of new pathological conditions defined by the physician. The percentage of such conditions diagnosed was high, and a plea is made that periodic examinations should be continued and expanded, and that research into possible low-dosage syndromes in the management group of industry should be initiated.

Medical Examination Questions, 1909

Procedures with medical examination

Carbonic Bath: The bath is prepared by saturating normal or mineral water with carbon dioxid (CO2). The effect of the bath depends on its temperature and on the amount of CO2 in the water. The bath should be hypothermic (28°C – 34°C). The bath is more efficient at lower temperature. An active hyperemia arises in the places where the skin is in a contact with the bath. Capillaries dilate there a...

Doubts on the periodic health examination.

THE LOGIC behind the concept of periodic health examinations as a health maintenance procedure is impeccable. Yet many of us have feelings of doubt about their real value which are in conflict with this logic. Since logic has played only a small part in many of the successes of the scientific method, our doubts are at least respectable. It has however strongly appealed to many medical and lay m...

The school entry medical examination.

We describe our comprehensive examination of 5 year old school entrants. The examination includes a parental interview, measurements of growth and visual acuity, and an audiometric sweep test all carried out by the school nurse and a paediatric examination and neurodevelopmental assessment carried out by the school doctor. The continuing need for such an examination, at least in urban areas, is...