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Tue 06 Jun 2007Lure of the open roadMedical Matters:The house call is, like the corncrake or the consultant's pay packet, an endangered species, writes Dr Pat Harrold.When I started in general practice a house call was all part of the day's work. In fact, there were routine house calls. These were to people, usually elderly, who received a monthly visit.