Abstract
The appalling increase in the number of casualties from motor vehicles throughout the United States makes it imperative that everything possible be done to lessen this evil. As physicians, cognizant of the harm that may arise from the operation of such vehicles by those physically unfit for such a dangerous operation, an occupation demanding keenness of sight, acuteness of hearing, normal cerebration, and full power in arms and legs, it behooves that we, as a profession, should direct public attention to the subject, and that we should insist on the passage of laws in each state with a view to restricting the granting of licenses to operate motor vehicles to such persons as may submit themselves to physical tests at the hands of properly qualified medical and surgical practitioners, and have demonstrated their physical fitness. As the opinions of practitioners regarding such physical ability may vary, it is necessary that
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