Wars Lighter Side.
"How is your ton John getting on in the Army, Mrs. SmithT" asked the vicar.
"Oh, sir, he's doing fine. He iros made lance-corporal last ircck and now he tcils me is aicaiting his courtmartial—l ahrcys said our John teas the smartest in the family."
According to "Angriff," tbe number of practising doctors in 193S had dropped since 1932 by 32 per cent to 38,000. Between 1932 and 1936, the decline in the number of medical students taking the preliminary examination was nearly 50 per cent. Xot only has the number of practicing doctors and students fallen, but the standard of skill was much lowered even before the war. A decree issued on July 17, 1939, rcduced the period of medical training from seven years to just over five. The term set aside for taking the linal examination was red need, and instead of a whole year devoted to practical work, time for that work has to be fount? inside the five years allowed for| the whole training.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 84, 9 April 1940, Page 6
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171Wars Lighter Side. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 84, 9 April 1940, Page 6
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