Show PASSENGER CAR CARIS IS LARGE FACTOR IN RURAL HEALTH i Doctors Use Autos Medical l Service Tripled Efficiency Efficiency Ef Ef- in Country New York June G Passenger i.-Passenger cars o have tl taken en the hazard out of ot country life lite Ono One hundred hundred thousand automo automobiles lilies hUes speeded doctors on their errands of or mercy during the pa Past t year and tho tiro rural physicians wera tho most fully motorized Tho latest directory of ot doctors doctors doc doc- tors gives tho the total number of or practitioners as ns in tho the United States Recent medical school graduates graduates ates have e probably made tho total i pass pasi tho the mark I Two thirds of tho the doctors in the United States own automobiles City doctors find tho the passenger cane car a con con- and an n asset Doctors con I in rural districts find tho the motor car In in indispensable dispensable A canvass of ot leading medical me Journal conducted b by th national national na na- na- na I automobile chamber of ot commerce commerce com com- merce brought In tho the report that o cr I 90 per cent of ot tho the countr country doctors own I passenger cars Tho The effect consequently of ot the tho c car lr upon tho health of ot rural districts Is Immeasurable In of ot tho the poetry about apple cheeked country bo boys bos s and girls g tho he death rato rate on the farms has hs been ht higher her than In urban districts Thin largely because the remoteness of ot medical carp car has made rapid treatment treatment treatment treat treat- ment of ot disease difficult nn and 1 has hampered hampered ham ham- the spread of ot knowledge regarding regard regard- ing sanitation Tripled Efficiency I If It we had only taken it In time has boon boen the tho immemorial lament of or phi J physicians h confronted with a bad case When the tho old gray mare marc was tho the best means of ot locomotion this situation was waa often orten unavoidable b but t now the doctor doctor doctor doc doc- tor can reach the patient at le least three e 6 times as quickly Furthermore tho the countr country physician can now see throe three times as ns many patIe patients ts during the I day dal da as previously o o- o oseo osee seo see his more serious se serious se- se rious cases more frequently I Western eltern Doctors Doctor Need Care Cam Mot Merit I There aro fewer doctors to area In Inthe Inthe I the tho western states than In the thEt cast south or middle west Tho The population I Is more scattered But many of ot tho the eastern states which have o a a. high average average aver aver- age ratio of doctors to to- territory ha e rural sections whore where ono one has haa to travel man many miles for tor a physician In the coast cast the number of ot ph physicians In the he big cities balances tho scarcity of or doctors doctora doctors doc doc- tors tora In rural districts so that the tho state average orabe reveals re less Jess Jess' need for tor passenger car carISI use uso In rural districts than Is actually tho the ca case cage e. e |