Show DOCTORS LIKE GERMAN FIELD Country Is Fairly Overrun with Physicians Phy-sicians Number One to Every 2000 Persons Stuttgart Germany Is literally overrun with doctors Drs Rcuss and Rosner of this city have compiled Interesting In-teresting statistics concerning tho number of physicians In the empire The population In 1885 was In round numbers 40000000 In 1907 It was Cl000000 an Increase of 30 per cent In 188 the number of physicians was about 1GOOO or ono to every 3000 persons In 1907 the number of physicians phy-sicians had Increased to 30000 or one to every 2000 persons The Increase In physicians In this period was therefore there-fore proportionately more than three times greater than the Increase In population In 1S83 about 4000000 persons In Germany were Insured against sickness sick-ness and paid 3000000 marks for medical attendance In 1907 more than 11000000 person were Insured against sickness and they paid 63 000000 marks for medical attention Thus the average Income of the German Ger-man physicians decreased from 30GG marks a year In 1885 to 2100 marks a year In 1907 Since 1881 the relatives of tho insured hare been supplied with medical treatment In everIn creasing numbers Tho Insured themselves them-selves are clamoring for moro treatment I treat-ment I The figures are taken to Indicate that not only are the Germans growIng grow-ing more sickly with the advance of their civilization and tho pressure of their Industrial development but also that they aro becoming more fearsome fear-some on the subject of fielr health The number of Imaginary complaints has Increased tenfold The birthrate does not decrease else Germany would now be In a period of Incipient physical decadence |