Doctor in Industry (1946)

[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] h [Music] [Music] [Music] this is the story of Kenneth Randall MD Kenneth Randall is more than a mere character of fiction he is the personification of the spirit the ideals the disappointments the sacrifices the struggles and the hopes of literally hundreds of Physicians who throughout the years saw and what's more did something about the needs for advancement in Industrial Medicine [Music] a water fall and in the [Music] evening you know Dr Kenneth Randall you're a very wonderful man that's right and come to think of it you're a very uh well to say the least a very brave young woman Mrs Randall Brave why do you say that why because you married me hope but don't misunderstand actually you have a wonderful catch in me a brilliant young surgeon fresh from an exciting career as an underpaid intern but ready now to conquer the medical world and lay it at your feet ah yes I can see it all now a huge banquet all the prominent medical men in the country gathered to pay honor and tribute to Dr Kenneth W Randle world renowned famous for his great contributions to uh to um well something about that of course she'll be there too as my proud little wife well thank you very much for the invitation I can hear me now as I stand to accept the tremendous Ovation and make my acceptance speech all that I am or ever hope to be I owe to my little wife bravo bravo well tell me Kenne if you're such a wonderful catch why am I so brave to marry you because you didn't wait until I became a success you married me now before I even have an office of my own I should call sharing one with dead in office or I even had my first regular patient sorry [Music] la hello hello hello hello is it is it a patient hello there's there's nobody there no wonder there's no one there that's the doorbell ringing here's your R oh thank you dear got to get there quick doc rules hurt bad beeding like anything I'll be back in the minute darling it was a patient one of the workmen was hurt over at the Mill oh I'll get your clothes we can get there quicker if we cut across we'll take Dead's CAU [Music] [Applause] yeah easier or easier [Music] oh what are you doing there using chewing to back for disinfect sure that's what we always do cob webs for the bleeding and chewing to backer for disinfect here let me in there yes sir we have to get this man to a hospital quickly easy take it easy there [Music] morning Dr good morning doctor good morning doctor good morning this is her chart here has my son come in yet Miss Lane no he hasn't Dr Randall OH here he is now good morning Dad good morning Miss L good morning say Ken I uh looked in on that new patient of yours just now fellow from the mill I hope you don't mind gosh no dad what'd you think about him looks like he'll be all right husky fellow you did a fine job Splendid pie of surgery well like father like son I hope dad that'll take years of hard work by the way You' better accustom yourself to addressing me as Doctor especially around the hospital I'll do the same very well B uh doctor excuse me Dr Mona is for you to look at before you leave thank [Music] you you know I've been thinking they have quite a number of accidents over there at the Mill I remember as a kid you're always treating somebody from there fixing a broken arm or something yes my fees from that Mill alone probably put you through Medical School I've been wondering if something couldn't be done about that the accidents of the mill I mean it seems to me that well I doubt if anything can be done about it there are always accidents especially in a mill men grow careless something goes wrong with the Machinery I don't know it doesn't seem right to me isn't it part of a doctor's job to do everything he can to prevent accidents and sickness as well as to cure them of course but within reason you can't close every Mill in Factory in town now you just concentrate on being a good good surgeon and don't worry about anything else Dr rle they're waiting for you in the operating room thank you oh uh by the way tell Arthur I'll be dropping in for dinner [Music] [Music] tonight the doctor will see you in just a moment as what's a with you fellows over there at the plant I thought I told you to come in and have this hand dressed every day Johnson's as bad as you are his wound should be dressed every day too yet he hasn't been in for a week you fellows of the plant are all alike gosh doc it ain't so easy we work all day and at night well it seems when we get home and get cleaned up and have our supper I don't know it seems seems there just ain't no time running to the doctor I have an idea what time do you fellas quit for lunch about 11:30 perhaps a few men can't find the time maybe I can how would it be if I came over the plant tomorrow at 11:30 gee do you think you could do that doc gosh if you can come over to the plant that'll help things out a lot all right say dog I wish you kind of take a look at my back it seems to be hurting all the time sure I'll take a look at it so uh slip your shirt off will you hey are Jim that all picked you up okay doc thanks a lot well that's it now let's see where does it hurt here hurt you there huh do you do much lifting Jud most all the time doc you'd think I'd be used to it wouldn't you how long's your back been hurting him well for several months off and on but lately it's been hurting most of the time how about getting transferred to some other kind of job a job where you wouldn't have to do any lifting why I've had lifting jobs all the time well if you keep on lifting Jud that pain your back's going to get worse you'll be laid up maybe for a long time now my advice is go see your family doctor as soon as you're through work this afternoon get him to give your back a thorough examination and see what he advised you to do well all right if you say so but I thought I thought maybe you could give me something to rub in and take the pain away that wouldn't do any good Jud now don't put off seeing your doctor go see him as soon as you're through work today will you well all right if you say so got a little cut in my arm doc did it this morning long as you're going to be around here I thought maybe you take a look at it mm it's ain't much this morning H let's see here did you dress this yourself yeah I see sit down here Bill Bill you I was all to have a first aid kit around here yeah except we wouldn't know how to use it well I'd be glad to teach somebody to give first aid treatment come in handy in cases like this say all right yeah B come on over here Art's always around helping when anyone's hurt he'd be a good one to teach first aid too what's up hello doc Randall hello doc wants to know if you want to be his assistant Bill suggested that you might be interested in learning a little about giving first aid in cases like this yeah that'll be all right well fine I'll leave some iodine and some bandages and a few uh how about putting the stuff in here I don't use this box anymore yes they make quite a medical Department yes quite a medical Department one morning about 3 weeks later Dr Randall senior was reading a newspaper what he saw didn't exactly please him say Ken oh hello Martin Kenneth listen to this work a threatened suit for alleged back injuries decision to sue based on diagnosis of Dr Kenneth Randall well I hope you realize a thing like that can cost us every good patient we have I've spent years trying to build up a dignified and successful practice and then you come along and get yourself mixed up on a thing like this son I wish you hadn't done it but Dad what would you have me do I suggested he see his own doctor and take his advice anything wrong with that what I mean is you should have stayed away from the factory in the first place and Kenneth I'm going to seriously suggest that from now on you do your practicing in this office all the hospital surgery that's your number one responsibility and stay away from factories that's not the life for you Martha I'll drop in for dinner tonight oh fine Martha I've always felt that for a man to be a success in his own eyes he's got to be more than just a competent member of his profession I don't quite see what you're getting at oh I mean to be really successful or maybe I should say worthy uh a carpenter toolmaker engineer preacher or a doctor should contribute something to the advancement of human progress through his profession maybe it's just finding new ways to make something better or cheaper maybe it's fighting and working unselfishly for a just cause can you sound just like a High School Valedictorian well maybe so but but I mean it and as far as I'm concerned I'm beginning to think that that my job is doing something for the advancement of of a new kind of medical PR you in what way well you from the point of view of a doctor working to cut down sickness and accidents in the town's factories and Mills yes I I suppose you could call it the the practice of Industrial Medicine But Ken you know what your father will say what's more important Martha what do you say all that I am or ever hope to be I owe to my wife in that case I'd better do all I can to help in whatever job you undertake how are you going to go about it right now I don't know I really don't know but I'm going to do something doctor and Mr Greg and I have been talking over the idea of you're coming into the plant for a regular period each day I must say the idea of a doctor in a factory seems quite unusual to me to say the least sit down doctor no gentlemen there's nothing new about a doctor in industry and I've been interested in the idea for some time so when you said you wanted to see me I came right over we heard about your treating some of the men during their lunch hour we think maybe we can carry the plan a little further frankly that was what I hoped you had in mind when you called me you see for the past several months I've been doing quite a good deal of research and study on the subject of well I call it Industrial Medicine I've been trying to find out what's already been done by others it's been most revealing and I might add at times a bit discouraging as I said the idea isn't exactly new people have been trying to do something about Industrial Medicine for hundreds of years only for the most part very little progress has been made but now the states are passing these workman's compensation laws that takes care of it doesn't it no not exactly Mr Greg Industrial Medicine stresses the preventive side of sickness and accidents and in the factories the mines and the Mills Dr Randall as far as we're concerned here in this plant just what would you propose specifically I've worked out a rather complete program I think this would be a good start first the program would include a complete physical examination for every employee a permanent and well equipped first a station in the plant third they should just a minute you know we're running a factory here not a hospital I'm afraid your ideas are a little too ambitious for us doctor I'm sorry gentlemen I only now hold on Sam one or two of the suggestions you have here are well worth considering doctor in other words I think we can go along at least part way with you anyway for a start now here's what I suggest beginning next Monday morning you'll make regular calls here at the plant say from 10: to 12 and we'll fix up a place for you to work and I think there's Merit in this idea of the first aid station don't you Sam well it might work out as a good investment at that save a lot of production time and keep the men on the job and as far as examinations are concerned well we'll talk about that later what do you say doctor all I can say is it's a big step in the right direction and now gentlemen if you'll excuse me I have a few calls to make of course good day doctor good day you know I just got an idea there might be some advantages in this idea of physical examinations at that at least for new employees I'm glad you think so sure a physical examination would weed out a man like Harris in the beginning if they're unfit and can't do the work why let them get a job someplace else save us a lot of grief well I don't think that's quite what the doctor or I had in mind anyway I think we'll adopt the pre-employment examination plan and give it a try better call the doctor and tell him we decided on examinations too [Music] not too much dry mustard for Dad can yeah I know and not too much vinegar well if I do say so myself it's just the way dad likes it say darling you know this is really a celebration tonight oh man Duncan accepted my ideas well some of them anyway I begin making regular calls at the factory on Monday oh darling you're wonderful they even decided to try pre-employment physical examination first they wouldn't go for that part at all couldn't see the advantages well tell me Dr Randall just what are the advantages of U physical uh examinations for the employees why gentlemen they're obvious in the first place they protect the worker from himself in other words some people have ailments they don't even suspect in that case I'll advise them to go to their own doctors for treatments but that that's only one of the advantages the examination also protects fellow workers from communicable diseases and so forth but it's just as important to get people placed on jobs they're physically capable of doing this way we can make allowances for anybody with a physical handicap not just put them on any old job at least it's the ideal way oh it's more than that seriously Martha I think it's a practical way to cut down on sickness and accidents due to putting some poor fellow on the wrong kind of a job a fellow is healthy he's happy and if a man's happy in his job then that's dead now Ken whatever you do don't talk about your Industrial Medicine during dinner okay swee I would start an argument Kenneth yes Dad I had a phone call this afternoon it was meant for you well that's not unusual Dad we often get our calls mixed this was Sam Greg at the factory oh well he probably wanted to know some more coffee can oh no thanks m i uh gather from what he said you decided against my advice you're going to be Kenneth Randall the factory doctor well Al minute doesn't sound very fancy does that mean that you're giving up your practice just as you're beginning to make a name for yourself certainly not I'm merely going to expand I'll only be at the factory for a few hours each morning expand in a factory what about your regular patients you can hardly expect them to come to a doctor who's out wrapping sore fingers in a factory dad you don't seem to see what it is I'm trying to do it's it's what you call Industrial Medicine yes I know all very fine and Noble but that's not the job for you leave it for someone else who can pay the price you concentrate on being a good surgeon what do you mean pay the price do you think patients like Mrs Carter Wellman will want a factory doctor for their physician somehow dad I don't care what Mrs Carter Wellman or anyone like her thinks well I do I've spent years making my name an important one in the medical profession not only in this town but throughout the state I've looked forward to the day when I could hand my practice over to you and I can't conceive if you are deliberately throwing away an opportunity like this for the doubtful security of becoming a salaried member of a factory staff I can think of no better way for you to tear down the work I have done and be smch the name I'm proud of it's my name too d and I certainly have no intention of aching it in any way frankly I don't see well you should see I've told you often enough if you don't care anything about yourself your practice are me then think of Martha you owe something to her but father I advise K to go ahead with what he wanted to do well well you can't be blamed for that you didn't know but you realize what people will say they'll call him an unethical incompetent who couldn't get by and private practice that's what they'll say there's nothing unethical about the work of a good Factory doctor you know that Dad I do not in my personal opinion the whole idea is unethical why because you think it's new untried not only that you'd be working with some other doctor's patients you couldn't steal them all away that's not fair dad I'd never interfere with another doctor's private practice and you know it well yes but I'd be the only one who does know it and here's something else you or no other man can serve two masters what do you mean by that remark you can't be loyal to your patience and at the same time be loyal to the man who's paying you a salary and believe me there'll be many times when you'll have to make decisions based on that very thing well but you never even thought about that no I haven't thought about that I haven't had to well you will mark my words but when I do my first Allegiance will be to my patients to humanity to the community what about drunken of these stockholders don't forget they'll be paying you you'll be working for them I don't consider it that way well then on top of everything else you're not even being honest with yourself oh yes I am by basing my decisions on what's best for my patients the community and then the plant in the long run I'll do a better job of serving Mr Duncan and the stockholders don't just see Dad I sincerely believe in the idea of Industrial Medicine not only in this town but in thousands of plants all over the country well that's not up to you to worry about that's up to The Men Who Run the factory no you're wrong dead industry wants help they don't want just surgical repairmen they want don't say anything more I can see that you're determined in spite of my disapproval and disappointment and nothing I can say will dissuade you I'm afraid not well we can no longer share the same office I'm sorry Dad good night mother oh Dad you don't mean yes dear I'm afraid I [Music] [Applause] [Music] do and this was only the first of the many bitter disappointments conflicts and sacrifices that came to the young Doctor Who had made his decision to become an industrial physician most of the conflict like the basis of all trouble was just misunderstanding in the beginning the workers themselves resented the physical examinations and many submitted only under protest some of the foremen were shortsighted and resisted special job placement recommendations for handicapped employees they said I'll let him stick to his pills we'll run the plant we'll place them men our we side and while time solved most of the old problems it also brought many new ones for instance there were cases where a man was suddenly taken sick on the job naturally he was brought to the doctor in the plant what happened boys I don't know he just fainted out okay thanks m this is when the health record made out at the time of employment examination proved its value as an aid in diagnosis but here the illness had no relation to the job treatment in this case was outside the responsibility of the plant doctor this was a case for the employees private physician providing the man had one yes this was a problem often too the man would say you know all about my case doc you're here all the time you might as well continue the treatment mhm I'm afraid not and if the doctor did take the case he was accused of using his Factory job to acquire patience for his own private [Music] doctor they call him an unethical incompetent never be able to steal them all you or no other man can serve too M that take on father I advised Ken to go ahead with what he wanted to do but then gradually things began to work out a little more smoothly the workers and their families began to recognize the true benefit and respond to the sincerity the medical skill the ethical practices Civic cooperation and the good judgment of the factory doctor and even the other doctors in town were beginning to realize that instead of stealing patients away Dr Randall was actually sending more and more of them to their own Physicians they gradually realized that Dr Randall was not only improving the health conditions in the factory but working for the benefit and General Health of the community as a whole slowly The Cloud of misunderstanding was beginning to [Music] lift but then came 1914 [Music] so like thousands of other young Physicians Kenneth Randall answered his country's [Music] call why you sure look fine duck and we're Mighty glad to have you back it goes without saying that I'm glad to be back well it took the war to make us realize that Industrial Medicine represents another one of the many major problems that we manufacturers still have to solve our Medical Center was busier than ever before while you were away Miss McDonald did an excellent job too she's a mighty fine nurse yes she is I'd like to keep her on maybe full time because if it's all right with you Mr Duncan from now on during most of the time I do spend here in the plant I want to concentrate in the industrial hygiene phase there's a big job to be done in that field well there's plenty of time to think about all that later we'll be glad to pick up just where you left off you know just give us a few hours a day like you used to good right now let's go out to the shop fine the boys will be glad to see you I nice to see [Music] them the world war had been over for 14 years but as the time slipped by the only contact between Kenneth Randall and his father had been through Martha's regular visit with the still embittered Elder doctor yes Father right after the war things were a lot different but as you know Ken started right in and worked harder than ever in his private practice as well as in his Industrial Medicine well things had changed a lot and he didn't have quite as many difficulties as he'd had in the pre-war days but there was one thing that still troubled him what was that well shortly after he came back from France he was interviewing applicants for jobs at the plant there was a young returned soldier in his office who would come to Ken with a problem so you were in the Battle of a man HH sure was that's how I picked up the shrapnel and doc I just got to have a job it seems that every place I go they hang out to no help wanted say yes I know only hiring able-bodied men they tell me all I know is factory work they could use me somewhere someplace I think so I think perhaps our employment office can arrange something where you'll be sitting down when you work now I've written some instructions on this card you take this down to the personnel office jeez thanks Doc good luck and drop in to see me I'm sorry Soldier really I am you were sitting down along with the others when I was handing out the applications I didn't notice your can or I could have told you then could have saved you the bother but the doctor said that unfortunately the doctor doesn't make the rules nor do I for that matter I'm sorry keep your chin up boy you'll find something something bes besides factory work well from then on Ken seemed to feel that Rehabilitation of The Returned Soldier was his personal problem he did everything possible to help solve it but at that time there wasn't very much he could do yes I I know about that so then as the years went by he spent more and more time working on the problems of his Industrial Medicine and less and less time on the problems of developing his a successful private practice that was a shame no he was doing something he felt was needed he used to stay up till all hours of the night studying studying books on the causes and prevention of Occupational diseases and even books on Factory engineering he spent a lot of time visiting different plants in all parts of the state studying the health conditions of the workers taking samples of dust of oil bringing them back to his little office laboratory making chemical analysis experimenting later on he made speeches and read papers on the history of Occupational diseases to Gatherings of industrialists and Physicians and father Ken has made a success of his life in the work he wanted to do why today he's considered almost an authority on Industrial Medicine but he would have made such a fine surgeon that's the success I always wanted for Kim he is a fine surgeon what I mean is well with his hands and brain he could have been well what's the use of talking father Ken and I are leaving the city we're going to move I'm try to build up a practice somewhere else it's too late for that now that's positively insane no Ken is giving up his practice he's been offered a position with a large automobile manufacturer dad that's what he's been wanting all his life a chance to work out his plans and theories in a large organization there's so much he wants to do a full-time Factory doctor eh well that's the last straw m son a full-time Factory doctor won't you come home and have dinner with can and me tonight please well Martha I haven't been in your house in a good many years now it's too late you tell can tell him I wish him luck once again the world was at War the time was 1942 and Dr Randall had been called into the office of one of the company's [Music] Executives well thanks but what's this for why doctor don't you know what day this is no I'm afraid I don't I was looking over some records this morning I discovered that this is your 10th anniversary with us you did a fine job doctor during those first three years of the divisions I'm speaking for all of us when I say you've done a superb job during the past seven since you've been directing the medical activities the entire Corporation thank you I've had a lot of fine cooperation from the company but now the war means we have a bigger job ahead of us employment is still on the increase and with the tremendous demands of our war effort it's more important than ever that we keep our people healthy that's really what I want to see you about doctor what I want to ask you is how from a medical stand Point are we prepared for this work that's ahead of us as a matter of fact we're in fine shape we've made tremendous strides in all of our divisional medical departments you know even if we had known what was going to happen throughout the world we couldn't have made better preparations during these last years let me explain what I mean right today we have plenty of facilities and equipment to make thorough examinations we have adequate examination rooms for both men and women x-ray machines to ensure careful examinations of the lungs we have completely equipped Consulting rooms and we are gradually attaining our goal of full-time staffs of nurses and Technical assistants in all plants we have fully equipped Laboratories for analysis years ago we found out the importance of a good filing system whereby the medical record the medical history of every employee can always be kept up to date time and time again an upto-date medical history has proved invaluable both to the doctor and to the patient we learned too the importance of having the therapeutic the treatment RS entirely separate from the examination rooms we're equipping them with heat lamps foot baths and we have facilities for Eye Care too we have made great strides in our surgical rooms they're fully equipped to meet practically any emergency yes I see what you mean as I say in all the things we've done and are doing it's almost as though we'd been preparing for just such a time of need is this but what I just told you is only a part of the whole program go on tell me the rest well we are learning more and more to cut down on occupational Disease by control of dust control of fumes and we are making great Headway in equipping our plant with better dust traps fumed up [Music] the medical department has worked hand in hand with the safety Engineers we saw the importance of safety devices such as color contrast painting on moving Parts safety ramps overhead conveyor guards handguards we also realize the importance of equipping employees with respirators goggles safety headdress Safety Shoes whenever necessary of having the lighting checked Reg regly of having air conditioning in the plants and and this is most important too the regular inspections in the washrooms and cafeterias here's a phase that people seldom think about in its relation to preventive medicine and that is intelligent carefully planned medical participation in the induction program for new employees I had the opportunity of listening in on part of a program just the the other day a good induction program should take into consideration the fact that many of the new employees especially the women have never worked in a factory before you see I feel that a proper explanation of the wise and wherefores of the safety rules a complete job of conditioning is the first step in preventive medicine and here again in the induction of new employees we've made great progress a complete and well-planned induction certainly makes sense to me doctor what's more I'd say your entire medical program is complete wouldn't you say so no it's not complete although we've certainly come a long way for instance one of the things we still have to do more work on is selective placement getting the right man on the right job which of c means placing people in jobs they're physically capable of doing and all that ties in with a part of the work I haven't yet mentioned to me it's perhaps one of the most important contributions that Industrial Medicine can ever make and that a broad program for the rehabilitation of the thousands of servicemen already coming back that is the immediate and Urgent job ahead of us and that is what I'm really going to work on [Music] once again we of the American Association of industrial Physicians and surgeons are assembled to present our annual award to the man who during the past year has made the most outstanding contribution in the field of Industrial Medicine this year that contribution has been a very practical program for the rehabilitation of the returning servicemen are these men need jobs yes but it takes more than just a job to carry these injured and War exhausted men through the critical transition from military to civilian life it takes a well planned carefully executed program of Rehabilitation within industry as you all know before making our annual award committee makes a rather complete and exhausted study of the work of the recipient we select we report these findings as a reason for our selection tonight we want to support our choice for the award by a firsthand report ladies and gentlemen I present a fighting Marine with a row of battle ribbons long enough to well long enough to make you proud ex Sergeant Harry Brown I thought I'd seen a lot of doctors when when I was overseas wounded but tonight wow and all looking right at me it makes a f kind of nervous Dr Calvin asked me to come here tonight to tell you a little something about what's happened to me since I've been back home well after I got back rested up for a while I decided to see about getting my old job back at the plant Mary wasn't too hopeful on account of my game leg but she was cheerful and didn't try to discourage me well as a matter of fact I wasn't any too cheerful myself I I was all confused down inside I I mean I I didn't know how they'd treat me I didn't know what to expect I I was nervous but I wanted that job I needed it bad well I I guess the men at the plant kind of knew how I felt about it because during my interview with the Personnel director he made me feel that I was really wellcome oh he didn't exactly make me feel like a hero but well maybe it was respect for the uniform I was still wearing anyway he was friendly he made me feel feel like an individual and not just some guy after a job next I talked to the company's employment manager and I guess he's a pretty smart man too because instead of asking me a lot of questions we just kind of visited before I knew it I was talking about myself like nobody's business I guess he found out a lot more about me that way that if I'd had to fill out a lot of long forms then I met the doctor and got my physical and believe me this physical was complete I ought to know by now I'm an authority on the doctor checked me over from head to toe he x-rayed my chest and checked my blood and well I guess you doctors know all about that the doctor made a complete record of my physical shape and in addition to that I found out later he made a lot of notes about my temperament language and general you he didn't miss a trick well finally he gave me an okay for a job but it was restricted to a job that I could do sitting down and away from a lot of noise you see he discovered that I was still jumpy where a lot of loud noises are concerned oh then I showed my medical okay to my coordinator and he told me how the company puts bets like me into jobs we're best suited for I took some special aptitude tests that were later checked by an advisory Council then I went back to my coordinator and he gave me my job next I went to the safety department and the safety director gave me a lot of instructions about my particular job and after that well after that came my introduction to one of the swellest guys I ever met my new form all I got along fine oh I was a little slow at first but I caught on after a while and Mary sure was happy I can tell you that after I'd been on the job for a while I met several other men who' been in the service and were working there at the plan well they were getting along F you see the plan doesn't stop with us just getting jobs they think we can do they have what they call the follow through system this means another physical checkup every so often they follow through to see how we like our jobs how we're getting on they just follow through until everybody is sure we feel at home just like any other guy on his job you see the company realizes that it takes us a little while to make the normal Readjustment to get back into the old swing of normal life now I'll admit that some of us return vets expect too much others not so much but we're all realizing that the main responsibility of this Readjustment thing is ours personal all I'm trying to say and I think I can speak for all the boys who have come back to good honest jobs is that a chance to work at a job well that's one of the things we fought for [Applause] thanks ladies and gentlemen I don't think I need say any more as to the value of the work that's been done in the industrial rehabilitation program many men throughout the nation have done an are doing superb jobs in Industries rehabilitation program their work has been Splendid however it is my privilege and my pleasure to present the associations annual award to the man who has made not only the year's greatest contribution to Industrial Medicine for outstanding work in veterans Rehabilitation but a man man who has throughout the years been a Pioneer an inspiring leader a builder in the cause of Industrial Medicine I present Dr Kenneth W Randall Mr President ladies and gentlemen in accepting this award for which I am grateful and by which I am highly honored I do so with the full knowledge that I am merely sharing this honor with you and the many many other industrial Physicians throughout the country who are doing so much in the important work of veteran Rehabilitation and as for me being a Pioneer in Industrial Medicine well maybe we all were and still are for that matter we've come a long way a long long way the history of modern Industrial Medicine has been a full one and when I think back over the years well thanks but but what's this for and doc I just got to have a job it seems that every place I go they'd hang out with no help one ins sign yes I know I can see that you're determined in spite of my disapproval and disappointment and nothing I can say will dissuade you I begin making regular call the factory on Monday Dar you're wonderful is that like quite a medical Department yes quite a medical Department using Joy the back for disinfect sure that's what we always do ah yes I can see it all now a huge band all the prominent medical men in the country gathered to pay honor and tribute to Dr Kenneth W Rand well reown famous for his great contributions to uh well something of course you'll be there too with my proud wife well thank you very much for the invitation ah I can hear me now as I stand to accept the tremendous Ovation and make my acceptance be but this isn't the speech I had prepared against such an occasion as this the speech I had prepared begins as I recall all that I am orever hoped I owe to my [Music] [Music] [Applause]