A medical bill which would exclude foreign physicians from practicing medicine in France was adopted yesterday by the Senate of the French Parliament. Some minor changes will be made by the Chamber before it is enacted into law.
The measure may affect many Jews, who, prevented from studying the professions and practicing in their own countries, because of anti-Semitism, have sought asylum in France.
The author of the bill, M. Armbuster, in explaining his bill, declared: “It is not that I am moved by zenophobia, for I believe, on the contrary, we ought to open wide the doors of our schools and laboratories to foreign students who on returning to their countries will contribute to and maintain the prestige of French science. But I believe that if these students wish to establish themselves in practice here they should be bound by the same obligations as French citizens. I have therefore proposed that foreigners desiring to practice in France should previously become naturalized.”
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