Abstract
To the Editor: —The contention of Dr. Rodman in his presidential address at San Francisco (The Journal, June 26, 1915, p. 2107) that the medical schools of the United States have advanced their standards too rapidly, and should now mark time, ought not to go unchallenged. It seems strangely anomalous that such a plea should come from the President of an Association which has stood since its inception for progress in medical education. It is unfortunate, because it may serve as an excuse for some of the laggard schools to defer the much to be desired, and soon to be inevitable advance in their requirements for admission. Fortunately, with thirty-nine medical colleges now demanding two years of premedical work in college, while in nine states no applicant for licensure to practice is eligible unless he presents evidence that he has had at least this amount of preparation, the forward movement
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