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following table has been prepared from statistical returns, from entire States in some instances, and from cities and counties in others; and where no returns have been received, a comparative estimate has been made—so that although it is not presumed to be entirely correct in every particular, it is believed to be an approximation to a fair exhibition of the different classes of practitioners. We are sorry to find so large a number of empirics in the United States; but, at the same time, it is gratifying to know that in Great Britain, and everywhere on the continent of Europe, the relative number is far less, and we are well assured that as the public become more and more enlightened upon the subject, quackery of every kind will be less and less patronized here.

The whole number of regular physicians in the United States is about 31,000.