TY - JOUR T1 - BUenos aires Y1 - 1929/04/13 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1929.02700410057025 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 1287 EP - 1288 VL - 92 IS - 15 N2 - Compulsory Exemption from Duty  The secretary of the city government recently announced to Dr. G. Araos Alfaro that, the time in which he may be exempted from his duties having come, he should stop practicing or he would be declared a retired physician. Dr. Araos Alfaro did not obey this order on the ground that the law gives him the right but not the obligation to be exempted from his duties. He said that he felt himself to be in full control of his physical and intellectual powers and that he preferred to continue in his profession. He stated, further, that the early exemption from duty of useful and yet energetic men is an unjust burden on the state. Such exemption has been disapproved by the public, and the municipal consulting body has decided that the retirement of men who satisfactorily fulfil their duties shall not be compulsory.Serum Against  SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1929.02700410057025 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.02700410057025 ER -