Fluphenazine enanthate in the maintenance treatment of Schizophrenia.

Abstract

special interest-gastroenterology, cardiology, haematology, urology, endocrinology, and so forth-in which specialty he can give imme- diate advice to his colleagues.On this basis the minimum requirements for any general hospital should never be less than at least six general physicians and six general sur- geons, and this means, as Dr. Richardson says, much larger hospitals.Is it too late to reassess the whole problem and ensure that the hospital service be con- centrated and centralized and that so far as possible no hospital under 2,000 beds be planned for the future ?The complexity of modern medicine is growing so rapidly that what was the wonder of yesterday is the usual practice of today.A few years ago urinary dialysis was an esoteric science-nowadays every general hospital ought to be capable of dialysis.Many other examples could be quoted, but the answer is clear that unless the staff is sufficiently large to allow diversi- fication of interests we will be building a hospital service incapable of improvement.I am, etc.,