Comments on: The Young Man and His Vocation (1925-26): Lesson 10: Medical and Legal Professions http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/10/04/the-young-man-and-his-vocation-1925-26-lesson-10-medical-and-legal-professions/ Where our past is never very long ago Sat, 25 May 2013 06:15:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mark B. http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/10/04/the-young-man-and-his-vocation-1925-26-lesson-10-medical-and-legal-professions/comment-page-1/#comment-112675 Mark B. Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:35:36 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=12999#comment-112675 I did. (Or was that a rhetorical question?)

Actually, I knew that a person could take the California and Virginia bars after “reading law” but I didn’t know about Vermont or Washington.

These days dentists keep one hand in peoples’ mouths and the other hand in their pockets.

]]> By: Researcher http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/10/04/the-young-man-and-his-vocation-1925-26-lesson-10-medical-and-legal-professions/comment-page-1/#comment-112637 Researcher Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:01:42 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=12999#comment-112637 Wow! Things have changed! This article is written with the idea that every potential doctor will be going into family practice. Certainly not the case nowadays. Here’s a graphic I’ve used on my blog illustrating some of the changes in health care just from 1938 to 1949 in the area of Polio Care.

The hours of work of the dentist are regular, and after he establishes a good practice, he usually finds himself in an agreeable occupation.

…as long as you don’t mind spending most of your life with your hands in peoples’ mouths.

The young man may enter the profession either by study in law school or by home study in the office of a practicing lawyer.

It’s been years since I looked at the requirements for law school but wikipedia (the fount of all knowledge) says that the second option is still available in California, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington. (Who knew?)

]]>