“…How does this become reconciled with the following:- "that what they get shall be the best medical and other facilities available; that their getting these shall not depend on whether they can pay for them, or on any other factor irrelevant to the real need - the real need being to bring the country's full resources to bear upon reducing ill-health and promoting good health in all its citizens.…”

“…They want to ensure that in future every MAN and WOMAN and CHILD can RELY on getting all the advice and treatment and care which they may need in matters of personal health; that what they get shall be the best medical and other facilities available; that their getting these shall not depend on whether they can pay for them, or on any other factor irrelevant to the real need - the real need being to bring the country's FULL RESOURCES to bear on reducing ill-health and promoting good health in all its citizens. …”

“…The general practitioner, who probably has only a small surgery to work in, cannot possibly bring together all these new resources of knowledge, skill, and apparatus for the service of the patient; only some kind of Health Centre, supported by the community, can do that. …”

“…This applies, for instance, to the maternity service : much would be gained if the more backward Local Authorities would exercise the powers permitted so as to bring up their service for maternity to a standard comparable with that achieved by the more progressive authorities. …”

“…"Medical teaching" again brings in the die-hard bodies like the General Medical Council and the Royal Colleges (a bouble [double] barrelled representation.) …”

“…That, is how the Fascists bring civilisation to a country. "How can you stand it ?…”

“…The stigma, of course, remained; one way to remove the stigma would be to bring in the general practitioner and enable him still to see those patients whom he had seen before admission. …”

“…1943 1943 1940s 28 pages : illustrations Index Page Alcohol, effects of ..13 Anaemia, causes of.. 9, 10 Aperients ....................3 Appetite, and smoking 13 Approved Societies .. 22 Bathing ....................6 Baths, for sleeplessness ........................3 Beans, food value of.. 10 Bed-wetting................17 Beer ............................13 Beri-beri ....................8 Beverages..........3, 13 Black-out, and ventilation........................4 Bleeding, vitamin to prevent....................11 Blood, circulation of 7 —foods for........10,11 —functions of............9 —stream ....................10 —test............................15 Bones, foods for.... 10, 11 Bowel action................2 Brain, foods for .... 9 Bread, food value of.. 10 —wheatmeal ............12 Breakfast, punctuality of ............................2 Broccoli, food value of 11 Butter, food value of 10,11 Cabbage, raw, food value of....................12 Calcium, necessity for 10, 11,12 —sources of........10,11 Carbon, dioxide............9 Carrot, raw, food value of ............................12 Cereals, food value of 9 Change, necessity for 6 Cheese, best use of.. 10 —food value of............10 Child Welfare Clinics 18 Children, bed-wetting in ........................17 —cleanliness of............18 —cod-liver oil for.... 11 —evacuee........ 17,18 —fruit juices for.... 12 —health of........16-18 —house-training of.. 17 —milk allowance for 11 —nervousness in.... 16 —parents and......16-18 —Public Health Services for...... 21,22 —sleep needed by .. 4 —sunbathing for .... 6 —vaccination of.. 21,22 Chives, food value of 12 Circulation, to improve ........................3 Cleanliness ................18 Cod-liver oil, food value of....................11 Coffee..............3, 13 Cold, and sleeplessness 3 —infections......20, 21 Combs, cleanliness of 19 Complexion, vitamin for............................11 Constipation................3 Cooking vegetables.. 12 Corporal punishment 17 Coughing, germs from 20, 21 Cycling........................7 Dandelion leaves, food value of............12 Diet, balanced............8 Digestion and smoking 13 Digging as exercise.. 7 Diphtheria, a cause of 20 —mortality from.... 21 —prevention of .... 21 District Nurse............19 Doctor, when to consult......3-4,8,14,19 Dripping, food value of ............................10 Eggs, food value of 10 Elderly people and sunbathing ............6 Endive, food value of 12 Energy foods............8,9 Exercise........................6-8 Expectant mothers, milk for....................11 -public health services for............22 Eyes, vitamin for.... 11 Family life........ 15 Fatness.............7,8 Fats, necessity of....8, 10 Fertility, vitamin for 11 Fish, food value of.. 11 Flour, food value of.. 11 Foods, importance of choosing..........8-12 Fresh air........... 3-5 Germ carriers...... 21 Germs, to combat .. 19, 22 Green vegetables, food value of.......... 10 Hairbrushes............19 Health and happiness 17, 22-23 —Visitors....................19 Heat of the body.... 9 —sources of................10 —stroke, a cause of.. 5 Herrings, food value of..............................10 Holidays .......... 5, 6 Immunisation .... 21, 22 Independence in children........................17 Infections .... 14, 19-22 Influenza ....................20 Inoculation........21-22 Iron, sources of.....10,12 Lice............................18 Lime, see Calcium. …”

“…WOMEN POLICE SERVICE NOMINEES Brain and Heart - A.B. APPLETON, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. …”

“…EXTENSION OF GENERAL PRACTITIONER SERVICES TO ALL. (6) The Union believes that it is much more important to bring general practitioner services within reach of the dependants of the insured than it is to provide specialist and institutional services. …”

“…In the case of the ambulance service the case for regional organization is no less strong, for this, the committee believes, is the only way of bringing to an end the irritating limitations imposed by local authorities on the use of their ambulances outside their areas. …”

“…It is dominated by men and women of knowledge and experience in many spheres — those who have been accustomed to labour with their hands as well as those who work with their brains. It is an education and co-ordinating organisation; it aims to spread, by means of lectures and demonstrations, knowledge of health — how to obtain and preserve it — and to co-operate in every possible way with the public authorities, as well as with the voluntary bodies which are already engaged in what may be described as the by-paths. …”

“…The Medical Practitioners' Union accordingly sets out certain advances which it thinks are now possible, or are likely to be possible in the near future, and which will bring us nearer our ideals without prejudicing or limiting further advances at a more distant date. (4) In so doing the Medical Practitioners' Union does not pretend to leave out of account the economic interests of general practitioners and will at all costs do its best to protect these in whatever form the service may emerge. …”

“…In the case of the ambulance service the case for regional organization is no less strong, for this, the committee believes, is the only way of bringing to an end the irritating limitations imposed by local authorities on the use of their ambulances outside their areas. …”

“…A second winter of war in Spain brings home to us other duties. And Governments cannot, or dare not, hinder us in the fulfilment of these imperative duties. …”

“…A second winter of war in Spain brings home to us other duties. And Governments cannot, or dare not, hinder us in the fulfilment of these imperative duties. …”

“…It is up to us to help bring about in a practical way that Freedom from Want which is one of the Four Freedoms in the Atlantic Charter. …”

“…The almoner's visits to the homes of patients, or the visits of the C.O.S. workers, whose co-operation is part of the scheme, may bring to light a case for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, or may lead to the handing over of a patient to the Poor Law Infirmary ; in fact, the great object is, not to be "down upon" those who apply to the hospitals, but to see to it that each person needing treatment or advice shall ultimately be dealt with by that particular institution most suitable to his or her needs. …”

“…Feb. 23rd, 1921. "Brain and Heart." A.B. APPLETON, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. …”

“…" The "Observer" recently reported that two deaths from inflammation of the brain following vaccination had occurred in Denmark, where a Committee of official doctors is sitting to investigate the lymph used in that country. …”