Abstract
In 1948 Dr. Eric Royston 1 read a paper entitled Renaissance of the General Practitioner at the Annual Session of the American Medical Association. In 1949 Dr. Winfred Harm 2 stated that every general practitioner's office should be a cancer detection center. I hope to present other phases of the work of the physician who engages in many fields of medical practice. His position is unique, both in the community and in organized medicine. It is my purpose to continue in the same tenor as Dr. Harm, the former chairman of the Section on General Practice, in presenting fields of usefulness and influence of the family physician. HOME AND FAMILY CONTACTS The general practitioner is the only man in America today who is ready to answer any and all emergency calls in the home. These emergencies range from ruptured gastric ulcer, acute coronary occlusion, fractured bones, uterine hemorrhage, circulatory
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