29 NOVEMBER 1930, Page 19

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The fundamental objection to

Miss Sylvia Panichurst's proposal is that she cannot deprive the patient of her freedom of choice of doctor, nor can she prevent the general practitioner

from practising midwifery, so that, unless she substitutes for the general practitioners an absurd series of specialists of all sorts, she cannot compel the women to consult her midwifery specialists, and it might well happen that ninety per cent, of the patients would choose to stick to their family doctor.—

[The above two letters have been shortened for reasons of space—En. Spectator.]