3 FEBRUARY 1912, Page 3

It was announced on Friday that the pledge to accept

no service whatever under the Insurance Act, issued by the Practitioner for the signature of members of the medical pro- feesion, has been signed by more than 21,000 doctors out of the 29,500 on the register. It will be remembered that the sig- natures of 23.000 medical men are required to make the pledge operative. Names are, however, still coming in in such large numbers that it seems almost certain that the 23,000 will be procured in the course of the next fortnight. This means that it will be impossible for the Act to be put into operation -without some amendment which will meet the demands of the doctors.