Place of routine examinations in promotion of health among industrial executives.

Although occupational medicine has been well recognized and well implemented in industry in the United States for a number of years, it is only during the past eight to ten years that the executive health phase of this programme has been stressed to any great extent. That industrial medicine has progressed rather rapidly during the past several years in the United States is shown by its recognition as a specialty under the American Board of Preventive Medicine, other subspecialties under this board being public health and aviation medicine.