RT Journal
A1 Wilbur R
T1 ANnual congress on medical education and licensure
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1939
FD March 18
VO 112
IS 11
SP 1096
OP 1098
DO 10.1001/jama.1939.62800110018026
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.62800110018026
AB COUNCIL ON MEDICAL EDUCATION AND HOSPITALS 
    February 13—MorningProtection of the Public Through Activities of the Council on Medical Education and HospitalsDr.RayLymanWilbur, Stanford University Calif.: Among the really great possessions of the human race are the code of ethics and other traditions of the medical profession. Rooted in the remote past and of steady growth over the centuries. the established relations of the physician to his patient and to the public have seemed so necessary that they have been taken largely for granted. To grasp their great values, one need think only of what would have happened if medicine had been operated on a cut-throat competitive basis regardless of anything else than the money involved. What a sinister picture it would be if the traditions of the profession based on long experience had not been a controlling factor at the beginning of this modern era of