The Practitioner also issues a very important series of legal
opinions obtained from Sir Edward Clarke, Mr. W. 0. Danckwerts, and Mr. Stuart Bevan on the six cardinal points under the Insurance scheme. These opinions show clearly
how inadequately the six cardinal points are met in the Act. and how precarious would be the position of the doctors if they were to accept service unless an amending Bill were passed. We sincerely trust that those doctors who have not yet signed the Practitioner's pledge will do so without delay, and that the medical profession will thus present a united front. This is the only way in which it can now hope to obtain justice under the Act. If the profession does not present a united front, it is not too much.to say that it will suffer irreparable injury from the working of this ill-starred measure.
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