TY - JOUR T1 - "The supply of practical nurses" AU - Leighton AP, Jr. Y1 - 1919/02/15 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1919.02610070052027 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 514 EP - 514 VL - 72 IS - 7 N2 - To the Editor:  —I read with much interest your excellent editorial, "The Supply of Practical Nurses," which appeared in The Journal, January 25. Congratulations! I was glad to hear some one with backbone speak up. Truer words were never spoken. The nursing situation here in Portland and in Maine, for that matter, has been, and is, most trying, for just the very reasons mentioned in your editorial. SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1919.02610070052027 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1919.02610070052027 ER -