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IN the region of scientific medicine the Germans enjoy at the present time an undisputed pre-eminence. Their medical books have taken possession of the markets of the world, and their larger schools are themselves like markets in which representatives of all countries appear, in order to exchange gold for the higher culture. Next to German books, those published in Great Britain have the best programme and apparently the widest geographical distribution. But here the enormous territory of the English language plays a very prominent part. To professional men who do not speak the English tongue, English books are but little known and still less read. In like manner, the extent to which foreigners avail themselves of the English schools is exceedingly small. It is very significant that even Americans pass by their natural market, England namely, for the acquisition of higher medical education, and resort annually in troops to Germany, where they have to contend with the disadvantage of a foreign language.
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STRICKER, S. The Medical Schools of England and Germany . Nature 2, 349–350 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/002349a0
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