The number of inquiries which have been addressed to us during the past year or more has shown that automobiles and the possibilities which they present have a considerable attraction for a large number of medical men. Until recently, however, the high prices charged by makers of repute for their cars, seemed to put them out of the reach of most practitioners. But so much capital has been thrown into the industry in this country during the past year or two that the trade has made vast progress, and cars are now being put upon the market by good makers at prices which bring them well within the area of practical medical politics. What the ultimate effect is likely to be, especially in the case of scattered practices, and of those which are commonly classed as “unopposed,” it is difficult to foretell, but in any case the interest of medical men in the matter is likely to greatly increase.
(BMJ 1903;ii: 934)