"Whole Life Records for Whole Life Service," C. Ward Crampton Speech, Dec. 13, 1951
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C. Ward Crampton presented this speech, “Whole Life Records for Whole Life Service,” in front of the New York State Joint Legislative Committee on Problems of the Aging. This committee began its work in 1947 and was the first such group in the country designed to perform a “unique and immensely valuable service” in behalf of older people. In his speech, Crampton argues that the medical community should focus on preventative care as a method for addressing health concerns related to aging. The accurate recording of a person’s life through annual check-ups, he claims, allows for better “record[s], scientific research, medical service and life guidance” as well as the discovery of the “causes, nature, prevention, mitigation, control, and cure” of many diseases. At the time of Crampton's speech, efforts to popularize annual check-ups across the past half-century had been met with little success. For a biography of C. Ward Crampton, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/551. There are three copies in the archives (ms510-01-b-03-03-004, ms510-01-b-03-03-005, ms510-01-b-03-03-006). The first is folded closer to the bottom, while the second is folded closer to the top. The third has a crease at the bottom right corner. There is a small line and puncture from the staple originally binding the speech in all three, but the papers are otherwise in excellent condition and show no other differences. The other two versions have not been digitized at this time.
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