Abstract
To the Editor: —The editorial inThe Journal, September 27, is worthy of consideration. There is an unquestioned shortage of adequately trained physicians in the rural districts. Every physician knows why. The laity, save for a thoughtful and discriminating minority, does not recognize either the financial problem or the professional comradeship aspect. But it is the laity who, seeing the need, is quick to join any widespread movement that promises improvement. This is the mass action of the public. Neither deans nor councils nor state boards unaided can remedy the situation. Any attempt at a solution must recognize the gregarious instinct, the desire to achieve professional success and the ambition to provide generously for a family. These all are reasonable conditions. There is an experiment in process which may promise some degree of success. Almost every physician knows now and then a young man or woman giving promise of ability
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