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Show GOOD ROADS HELP HEALTH OF COUNTRY That good roads are of vital importance impor-tance to ihe health of a community and particularly to thosp who Hi In rural communities, is shown in inter-1 eating fashion in an srtlcli which appeared recently in Modern Medi- J cine, It lg pointed out by the writer that; there are fewer doctors, fewer nurses and practically no hospital facilities in I the rural districts, in some communities, commun-ities, even In older states, there is only ! one physician to 1500 people. The reason is found in the fact that lack of means of getting around pn sents a hardship which most young doctors do not care to face when urban practice is at hand With bet ter roads and highway transportation facilities this will be overeome. and the authority who writes the article says that as soon as better highways become general the tendency will be toward rural rather than urban prac tice. |