may 5, 1947 - Public Health Designated as a Specialty of Medicine by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Description:
Qualifying for this specialization statuswas a challenge, owing to the public nature of
public health services in contrast to the personal relationships inherent in private medical practice. It also paid considerably more to be a general practitioner or to pursue a career in any of the other growing medical specialties, other than public health.
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Date:
may 5, 1947
Now
~ 78 years ago