Abstract
In these rapidly changing times, any one who speaks of restoring anything that pertained to the old order may seem to be exceedingly rash. But recently more favorable things have been said of the general practitioner than for some time. During the economic depression he has fared better than the specialist, for more people have discovered that they could be treated in their homes; his overhead has not been high. Many consultants have changed their point of view and have condescended to make house calls. So. as far as medicine is concerned, the economic depression has automatically restored some of the old order. I have never liked the term general practitioner, for the term seems to convey the meaning of a wide, thin spread. Osier in 1897 read a paper before the New York Academy of Medicine entitled "Internal Medicine as a Vocation." in which he said: I wish there
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