Show COIE COME HOME AGAIN AGAlS I In a medical Journal appeared Wanted Wanted Physician Town offers salary of or 1800 completely furnished bed 4 I room home and downtown office Should average annually In Iowa a town without a resident doctor for three j I years cars raised to buy a house as an Inducement for a doctor and a lot on onI which to build offices for a n doctor and I dentist From over the country come requests re requests re- re reI I quests to the American Medical Association tion offices to bring doctors to small II towns Gone are the days when the country doctor rode his horse or drove his car car- carriage carriage carriage over old dirt roads roads The automo automo- automobile automobile bile came to the country and the coun coun- country country country try started driving to the city for medical medi medi- medical medical cal care So the doctor moved to the city The uneven distribution of doctors Is causing a shortage In many areas In country where Income Isn't as high asin as asIn asIn In another rural section one finds few doctors The rural doctor prefers to ta concentrate his efforts where there are aregood aregood aregood good hospital accommodations and modern mod mod- modern modern ern diagnostic equipment that a finan dally able community can can n offer orter In 1200 I E rural communities made up of 16 15 million mil mil- million lion people they haven't recognized hos- hos I Another problem Is the growing field of specializatiOn for medical grad grad- I Country towns cant can't afford to toI I have resident specialists Both these blocks hinder the small rural areas from securing medical attention 1 J Medical and farm groups arc are working I j I to this problem and It will take J organized effort on the part of of both I I II I plus the Interest of the rural population to bring relief Everyone E knows the value of the country doctor Do we let him know wo appreciate his service to h hu humanity hU- hU u- u inanity manity In the rural districts |