Making of an Industrial Medicine Doctor in the early 20th Century in the United States, Part 1

Description: This first of two clips from a 1946 film produced by General Motors provides a fictional history of the development of industrial medicine in the United States in the early 20th century. Medical services for workers in the United States were quite limited in the 19th century. The role of the company doctor was confined mainly to the surgical repair of victims of industrial accidents. In the early 1900s, while the surgical treatment of accidents remained paramount, industrial doctors began …