TY  - JOUR
T1  - THe medical crisis in france.
Y1  - 1899/07/15
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1899.02450550052009
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 168
EP  - 168
VL  - XXXIII
IS  - 3
N2  - The British Medical Journal recently gave a summary of a dissertation presented to the University of Lyons by M. Ernest Perthusiot, who discusses the "Medical Crisis" in France. The causes assigned are: 1. There are too many doctors. 2. The profession in France has in one way or another suffered discredit in recent years. 3. Quacks are allowed to take the bread out of the mouths of legally qualified practitioners. As regards plethora, M. Perthuisot shows that the condition is becoming acute. The number of doctors is increasing out of all proportion to the increase of population. He estimates that while the vacancies left in the ranks of the profession by death or retirement amount to six or seven hundred a year, the annual output of graduates by universities is at present more than eleven hundred, and the increase is so steadily progressive that in his opinion the number of
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1899.02450550052009
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1899.02450550052009
ER  -