▁mention ▁over - c row ding ▁eventually ▁became ▁a ▁problem . ▁the ▁profession ▁called ▁on ▁the ▁government ▁for ▁help ▁especially ▁in ▁the ▁last ▁quarter ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁Rest riction ▁on ▁who ▁could ▁get ▁in ▁medical ▁schools , ▁and ▁higher ▁dem ands ▁on ▁their ▁education ▁were ▁put ▁in ▁place . ▁As ▁well , ▁greater ▁att ent ions ▁to ▁their ▁professional ▁eth ics ▁were ▁among ▁the ▁strateg ies ▁employed ▁to ▁distinguish ▁themselves ▁as ▁high ▁status ▁profession als . ▁Phys icians ▁also ▁press ured ▁the ▁government ▁for ▁better ▁attention ▁to ▁the ▁health ▁of ▁its ▁citizens . ▁For ▁example , ▁the ▁re collection ▁of ▁data ▁of ▁the ▁birth s ▁and ▁death s ▁which ▁it ▁had ▁stopped ▁doing ▁in ▁the ▁Mar it imes ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 7 . ▁Provin cial ▁medical ▁bo ards , ▁allow ance ▁of ▁registration ▁for ▁practice ▁across ▁all ▁provinces , ▁better ▁schools , ▁protection ▁against ▁the ▁un lic ensed ▁phys icians ▁and ▁un sk illed ▁persons , ▁were ▁some ▁other ▁actions ▁taken . ▁ ▁Although ▁medical ▁techniques ▁did ▁appro ve ▁in ▁the ▁nin ete enth ▁century , ▁attempts ▁to ▁den y ▁rights ▁for ▁the ▁other ▁compet ing ▁prof essions ▁in ▁the ▁health ▁field ▁made ▁it ▁seem ▁like ▁medical ▁do ctors ▁wanted ▁to ▁mon opol ize ▁medical ▁care ▁and ▁seek ▁their ▁own ▁interests ▁rather ▁the ▁public ▁w elf are . ▁ ▁Engine ers ▁ ▁Engineering , ▁as ▁it ▁became ▁a ▁profession , ▁had ▁fewer ▁restrictions ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁As ▁it ▁did ▁not ▁have