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To get into any one of the 77 reputable medical schools of the U. S. a young man or young woman must have a college education. To get out of any one of those medical schools with the degree of M. D., the student must, in general, spend four years...
In that hard climb the grubbiest period is the year or two after medical school when the graduate doctor is fulfilling his interneship requirements. In most of the 697 good U. S. hospitals, the interne gets an opportunity to ride the ambulance to emergency cases, to practice medicine, surgery, pediatrics...
In return for this essential part of his medical training, the young interne may bully the free patients, student nurses and orderlies. He gets free board, lodging and laundry. For salary, he gets, in one-third of U. S. hospitals, not one cent. About the same number of hospitals pay...
Last week in New York City whence rises many a cry of discontent which subsequently roars over the nation, 1,000 discontented internes who constitute the Interne Council of Greater New York commenced to ululate. Cried President Leon Gray Berman:
There are five different types of work available for an interne: assistant to an administrative official, observer of the functions of a bureau or department from the inside, working in several different governmental agencies, studying some aspect of Congress or of congressional action, and independent research projects.