Abstract
To the Editor: —It seems to me that both Dr. Flancher and Dr. Ames (The Journal, March 27, 1915, p. 1095; June 5, 1915, p. 1931) have missed the mark. The first requisite of either a country or a city physician is character; then comes ability. I will take off my hat to the physician who says he does not know, but who at the same time will work to find out. There is no question that the city physician who realizes his responsibilities can do better work with less effort than the country physician. Every man should realize his limitations. We all have them. Then he should not hesitate to call a better man, even if he is a city man. Thwarted ambitions act like poison in human nature, and a normal and temperate satisfaction of ambition is what keeps it sweet and sane. The clinics and hospitals in
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