The southern aegis. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1857-1862, 1861-07-20

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Primary do. 10 miles and over, 10
Subsequent do. !" 50
Mileage, in all cases over miles,
and under 10, per mile, during
the day, 20 cts, at night,
All Visits, 10 miles and over, and
under l5, in the day, including
mileage and medicine, 8,
Detention at Patients house over
2 hours, per hour, -
Rising at Night and Prescribing, 90 to /!
Quinia, rMorphia, Opium, the So
lid Extracts, and other expensive
medicines, to be charged for at
the rate of to 25 cents per
dose, according to quantity. 's.
Pills and Powders, generally, to
be rated at to 10 cts. each.
Tinctures, Syrups, Elixirs Fluid
Extracts, Aqueous Mixtures,
&c, per ounce, Is to
Unguents, per ounce, 25 to l
Venesection,
Chipping, wet, SO cents dry Is
cents, each.
Scarifying the Gums,
Incising Small Assesses,
Blisters, Pitch and other Pasters,
without regard to size,
Vaccination at Patients house,
Zone visit only,) first case, /
Vaccination, each additional case
at patients house, and every
case in office,
Attendance upon simple Obstet-
rio Gases, when not detained
over twelve hours, including
one subsequent visit, in0ariajty 10
Attendance upon Preternatural
Labor, 10 90 to Is
Instrumental Delivery of the Foe
tus, Is 0O'to 80
Fee when arriving after the deli
very of the Foetus and Placen-
ia, in the day So 90; at night, S
Detention in Obstetric Gases, over
twelve hours, per hour,
Attendance upon Abortions, Zone
visit) requiring manual. inter-
ference, s.
Attendance upon Simple Abor-
tions, Zone visit,) 8
Minor Surgical Operations COM
prising the dressing of wounds,
the lancing of mammary alb
scesses and whitloes, the extir-
patton of small tumors, &c. . 90 to S
Gonorrhea, visits extra, fec in
advance, S 90 to is
Primary Syphilis, d" " /" 10 90 to rs
Administering Vaginal and Rec
tai Injections
Tactic Examinations per Vagi-
nam or Rectum, l 90 to 2
Primary Introduction Of Specu-
lum Uteri or Recti, g.
Subsequent do. do. Q
Primary Cathetsrism of the Blad-
der, .
Subsequent do Iezee4t4 apAsa gsye -'--------
- difficult, I
Puncture of the Bladder, 10 90 to 20
Operation for Hydrocele, 5
Introduction of Pessaries, 5
Reduction ofStranguated Hernia
by Taxis, 5
Operation for Hernia, 20 90 to 80
Reduction and Dressing of Sim
pie Fractures Of the Long Bones 10 90 to Is
Reduction and Dressing Of Com
plcated Fractures of the Long
Bones, rs 90 to rs
Reduction and Dressing of Frac-
lures of other Bones 5 90 to 10
Reduction of Disocations, 90 to IS
Tracheotomy, 10 90 to 20
Application of Medicines to the
Throat, 25 to
Paracentesis Abdominis or Tho
racs, 5 90 to 10
Plugging Posterior Mares, S
Introduction of Setons and Issues, 2 90 to 8
Operation for Hare Lip, Id 90 to IS
Ampntation of Thigh, Leg, Arm
or Forearm, 20 90 to so
Amputation of Fingers and Toes, s 90 TO 10
Trephining, 30 90 to so
Subsequent Visits in attendance
upon Fractures, Luxations, Am
putatious, and other Surgical
cases, to be charged for at the
same rates as in medical cases.
Fee from Student for the whole
course of reading, e years,) $50 90 to 200
/. The foregoing Fee Table is adopted as
guide, the impression that a STANDARD
necessary, as mutual protection and conve
ence to the public and the profession.
2. Although we regard these charges as
rule, yet these rates may be increased, accord
to the judgment of the physician concerned, in
extraordinary cases, in proportion to the imp
lance of the case, the responsibility attached tc
and the services rendered
3. We will not make any deduction from
bills, except in those cases where the debtor is
tually unable to pay the full amount
4. 1t is not designed by these regulations
prevent gratuitous services to those who are
capable of making remunerations without I
tressing themselves or families.
5. We will not, upon any consideration, r
der our services to individuals or families by
year, or for any specified period, for stipula
sum.
y. we conSlaer lnat tue payment Ior our
vices is due MS soon as they are rendered; Q
when not paid at that time, VIC bold eursel
pledged to each other to present our accounts
settlement, (either personally or through {
lectol, every six months, or, at farthest, cv
year, as may be most convenient to ourselves o
our patrons. And in those cases where the b
arc not paid on presentation we will require nc
of hand, as is customary in other business ira
actions.
Z. We unqualifedly adopt for our governm
the Code Of Ethics of the american Medical As
citation.
In testimony of our approval of the above
Bill and Rules, we hereun,o, on this first day
June 1861, append our names, with the del
mination to practice, henceforth all their pro
sionS.
JOHN SAPPINGTON, NJ. D.,
SILAS B. SILVER, NJ. D.,
JN0. NJ. FINNEY, M. D.,
GEO. w. ARCHER, NJ. D..
ills w. STUMP FORWOOD, NJ. D
THOMAS THOMPSON,