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Still, it's not a huge industry. There are between 5,000 and 10,000 blacksmiths in the U.S., and of those, only about 10 percent do it professionally â they make things like custom railings or artistic hardware for homes. Back in the classroom, Scott Higgins is learning to punch a hole in metal.
How many female family doctors are there in America? While the Hippocratic Oath looks considerably different today than it did decades ago, NOVA explains that it is practiced far more widely. In fact, while only 24 percent of medical schools administered the oath in 1928, nearly all medical schools do so today. The National Institute of Health explains that a major difference between the modern and original oaths is that the religious references in the original have been removed.