Books by Richard C. Cabot PUBLISHED BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY A LAYMAN'S HANDBOOK OF MEDICINE. With Special Reference to Social Workers. WHAT MEN LIVE BY. SOCIAL WORK. Essays on the Meeting-Ground of Doctor and Social Worker. SOCIAL WORK ESSAYS ON THE MEETING-GROUND OF DOCTOR AND SOCIAL WORKER BY RICHARD C. CABOT, M.D. [Illustration: Logo] BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1919 COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY RICHARD C. CABOT _All Rights Reserved_ TO MARY E. RICHMOND WHOSE ILLUMINATING BOOK ON "SOCIAL DIAGNOSIS" MARKS AN EPOCH IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL WORK PREFACE Most writers who disclaim thoroughness are prone to describe their work as an outline, a sketch, or an introduction. But the chapters of this book are more like spot-lights intended to make a few points clear and leaving many associated topics wholly in the dark. Possibly such isolated glimpses may serve better than a clear outline to suggest the interest of the whole topic. At any rate, that is my hope. Part of the same material has been used in lectures given at the Sorbonne in the early months of 1918 and published by Crès & Cie. under the title of _Essais de Médecine Sociale_. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL ASSISTANCE IN MEDICAL WORK vii PART I: _Medical-Social Diagnosis_ I. THE MEDICAL STANDING, DUTIES, AND EQUIPMENT OF THE SOCIAL ASSISTANT 3 II. HISTORY-TAKING BY THE SOCIAL ASSISTANT 28 III. ECONOMIC INVESTIGATION BY THE SOCIAL ASSISTANT 47 IV. MENTAL INVESTIGATION BY THE SOCIAL ASSISTANT 66 V. MENTAL INVESTIGATION BY THE SOCIAL ASSISTANT, CONTINUED 96 VI. THE SOCIAL WORKER'S INVESTIGATION OF FATIGUE, REST, AND INDUSTRIAL DISEASE 112 VII. THE SOCIAL WORKER'S BEST ALLY--NATURE'S CURE OF DISEASE 127 PART II: _Social Treatment_ VIII. SAMPLES OF SOCIAL THERAPEUTICS 151 IX. THE MOTIVE OF SOCIAL WORK 176 INTRODUCTION HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL ASSISTANCE IN MEDICAL WORK I