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Dr. Louis H. Bauer and Margaret L. Natwick, A. M., New York: The World Medical Association was organized in Paris in September 1947. At present thirty-nine countries are members and applications are pending from several others. The objects of the association are to effect better liaison among the doctors of the world, to organize a medium of exchange, to study and report on the problems confronting the medical profession, to represent world medical opinion before international bodies, to assist all peoples of the world to attain the highest level of health and to promote world peace. Not all nations have a truly representative medical association, which is why some countries are not represented. It seems to be a definite fact that where there is no strong national medical association, medical care and medical education are on a distinctly lower plane. In the second General Assembly, held last September at Geneva, |
