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The Distribution of Trained Physicians

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 30, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 44.

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The Distribution of Trained Physicians

ONE ninth of the population of the earth has 156,000 physicians. Eight ninths of the population have but 700 physicians. Think what this means. In the United States and Great Britain there is one doctor to every 625 of the inhabitants. In non-Christian lands there is but one trained doctor to treat the diseases of one and one-half million people. If one can conceive of New York City with but three doctors, or of Chicago with but two, a clearer conception may be formed of conditions as they exist in the Orient. Consider the following figures:—
Africa has 135,000,000 inhabitants and 75 medical missionaries.
India has 300,000,000 inhabitants and 200 medical missionaries.
China has 350,000,000 inhabitants and 241 medical missionaries.
Japan has 42,000,000 inhabitants and 15 medical missionaries.
Turkey has 22,000,000 inhabitants and 38 medical missionaries.
Persia has 9,000,000 inhabitants and 11 medical missionaries.
Burma has 7,500,000 inhabitants and 9 medical missionaries.
India alone contains 66,300 lunatics, 153,000 deaf and dumb, 354,000 blind, and 400,000 lepers.—Missions.