TY - JOUR T1 - ANnual congress on medical education and licensure AU - Wilbur R Y1 - 1939/03/18 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1939.62800110018026 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 1096 EP - 1098 VL - 112 IS - 11 N2 - 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 SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1939.62800110018026 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.62800110018026 ER -