Business & Finance: Statistics

Each year the American Medical Association publishes statistics of medical education in the U.S.

This year there are 18,200 students in the medical colleges, of whom 17,652 are in the regular medical colleges, 410 in the two homeopathic colleges, 148 in the one eclectic school. There remain three nondescript colleges, of which two are mixed up with osteopathy and the third is disowned by the National Eclectic Medical Association although claiming to be eclectic in character.

Nine hundred and ten women are now studying medicine, which is 44 less...

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