Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS Now ow tho the medical men and their schoolIng schooling school school- ing are being discussed d New York Sun No d doubt It i Is true truc that there are aro some medical schools Inthis in inthis Inthis this country which are ar not what the thoy ought to boo bo Tho The Carnegie Foundation can cnn Justly justl refuse to recognize such Institutions In Its beneficial disbursement of oC Mr Ir r. r Carne Carnegie's Is I's money It Is going very vory far tar how however vor to proscribe a radical re reform to- to form torm of oC tho whole system of ot medical edu cation In fn the United States and Canada Canad and this not as the result of a careful Inquiry b by leaders IM-ders In the profession but butas butas butas as as tho the outcome of oC a l report t prepared by bv a aIngIe single IngIe Individual investigator namely Mr Abraham St. St Paul Press The liTho report on the whole ho however over is one of oC progress It shows that while hundreds of these diploma mills aro are still in operation there thero has boon been 1 general and marked endeavor on the part of or members of the medical profession lon and the 1 legislators In various states to bring about higher standards ol of medical education and higher le legal al requirements re to ts' ts for Cot admission to medical tice Rochester Democrat and Chronicle The Tho layman laman of or course Is In no position to Indorse Indore Mr Ir 1 Fl l report The one thing about which ho can bo certain Is that there then are too many doctor doctors Whether this Is the Ute fault of our common school system estem of an an unfortunate prejudice against trades In the American mind or of too low 10 standards In medical schools ii In Is a question that must be fought out bythe by bythe bythe the medical men mon and their critics Charleston News es and Courier The Th multiplicity of oC m medical schools has b been eD most Injurious to the country It 18 is stated and I It I i. i is declared that they are turning out moro more doctors than we e have any need for the majority of these physicians be beInS' beInS being being be- be ing InS Improperly Improper trained A most earnest plea for to- higher standards of admission is made Germany Gennan finds linda one physician for or ever every persons sufficient we wo are told yet el in th the United States thoro ro is a doctor for every ery people t r f Pittsburg Times Gazette There can be no doubt that the tho public has hils a vital Interest In this Qu question for not only does docs It pay tho the bills blUs but It must suffer when medical l education is careless and defective It Is well that these Investigations Investigations should be bo made and that the people should be told told which Institutions ar are worthy orth of their Indirect patronage through employment of their graduates It Is Imperative that the unworthy col colleges colleges colleges col- col leges be bo weeded out for tor the protection of ot the public Louisville Journal Courier Dr Flexner Flex Flex- ncr ner might well have edited his report a second time and deleted much m matter dealing with impressions and opinions rather than with undisputed facts Had ho done so eo tho the fruit of oC his labors might have haxo been a at once more useful to his employers employers employers em em- and fairer to the Institutions he Investigated But he ho is not a a. scurrilous person and ho he did not we feel sure de deliberately de- de deal d in sensationalism for self self- advertisement or for or other discreditable sons ret reasons reasons' New York Tribune 9 It is 15 unhappily true that many young youn men enter tho the professions wi without adequate appreciation tion if not with Ith a R. deliberate disregard of or tho the ethical obligations which should control them Moreover those who are arc actuated by higher motives too often en encounter encounter en- en counter such competition that they are tempted to resort to Illegitimate or at least unethical courses course From these causes spring mo most t of oC the cases of medical mcd med ical and legal malpractice Chicago Rord Herald Record Herald Chicago Is certainly certain not th the plague spot it once was medically Give it another decade and nd at Its rate of advance its medical schools will rank with Ith tho the best In the country Educational and professional institutions must grow like other Institutions and their problems must be solved without hardship to tho student of small means and without closing the professions to the tho poor energetic and ambitious young men and women omo of oC the country Baltimore News News' the Tho criticisms In the report will wilt excite Indignation and controversy contro contro- vera versy as a a. matter of oC course couro But without without with with- out refer reference nce to Its strictures upon local Institutions the suggestion that hl higher her qualifications be bo required for entrance to medical colleges and that the they be held to stricter accountability for tor the character charac charac- ter of oC the tho product the they turn out will appeal to the laymen lamen as being a sound conclusion ilon St. St Louis Republic Republic- lIc It may be accepted ac accept accepted ac- ac d as ns axiomatic that no school can maintain proper standards the economic need which the school ol has 8 of the student operates to lower requirements require ro moats ments of oC admission and to keep the examiners examiner's ex ox- pencil from achieving ln a Just revision downward downwardS of th the standing of the Indolent and the Incapable The Tho proprietary proprietary pro pro- school In the tho day of Its founding represented the b best st exp expedient at hand to meet a 1 real need the time has now come for something n better |