Jewish medical circles voiced the hope today that 600 Jewish practitioners would be certified under the new medical law, which went into effect Oct. 1, rather than 400 as previously reported. Of the total, 400 to 450 would be allotted to Berlin. It was hoped that at least one Jewish doctor would be assigned to provincial Jewish communities with a Jewish population of three to four hundred Under the law, no Jewish physicians were to be certified except where there were Jewish hospitals and other Jewish institutions.
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