The southern aegis. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1857-1862, 1861-06-22


be rated at 5 to 10 cts. each.
Tinctures, Syrups, Elxirs, Fluid
Extracts, Aqueous Mixtures,
z &c. per ounce, 2b to rs
Unguents, per ounce, - rs tel 0e4
Venesection, l.. =. so
Chipping, wet, so cents; dry rs
cents, each. '''
Scarifying the Gums, so
Incisng Small Assesses, so
Blisters Pitch and other Plasters
without regard to size, 50
Vaccination at Patients house,
Zone visit only,) first case, So
Vaccination, each additional case
at patients house, and every
case in Office, So
Attendance upon simple Obstet-
rio Gases, when not detained
over twelve hours, including
one subsequent visit, Invariably 10 90
Attendance upon Preternatural
Instrumental Delivery of the Foe ~ " " "
tus, Is 90 to 80 90
Fee when arriving after the deli
very of the Foetus and Placen-
ia, in the day So 90; at night 90
Detention in Obstetric Cases, over
twelve hours, per hour, SO
Attendance upon Abortions, Zone
visit, requiring manual inter-
ference :. 5 90
Attendance upon Olmplc Adolf
tons, Zone visit,) 3 90
Minor Surgical Operations, COM
prising the dressing of wounds,
the lancing of mammary alb
scesses and whitloes, the extir-
3 patton of small tumors, &c. 90 10 5 90
Gonorrh@a, visits extra, foe in
o1parce 90 to Is 90
nary Syphilis, {" 10 90 to 25 90
ninistering Vaginal and Rec
injections, 90
lille Examinations, per vagi-
- nam or Rectum, ! 90 to- 90
Primary Introduction of Specu-
lum Uteri or Recti, S 90
Subsequent do. do. 2 90
Primary Catheterism of the Blad-
der, 2 90
Subsequent do Except wasn usry
difficult, 90
p.nat,,no, of tso- pie dan~,--- ts no
Operation for Hydrocele 90
Introduction of Pessaries, 90
Reduction of Strangulated Hernia
by Taxis, 90
Operation for Hernia 30 90 to 30 90
Reduction and Dressing of Sim
pie Fractures of the Long Bones 10 90 to Is 90
.sReduction and Dressing Of Com
plicated Fractures of the Long
Bones, rs 90 to rs 90
3eduction and Dressing of Frac-
lures of other Bones, Pr. 5 90 to 10 90
3 Reduction of Dislocatons, 8 90 to 25 90
Tracheotomy, 10 90 to 20 90
Throat, 25 to so
Paracentesss Abdominis or Tho
racis, s. 500 to 10 90
Plugging Posterior Mares, FIs 90
Introduction of Setons and Issues, 90 to 3 90
Operation for Hare Lip, rs 90 to 25 90
Amputation of Thigh, Leg, Arm
or Forearm, 20 90 to 80 90
Amputation Of Fingers and Toes S 90 to 10 90
Trephining, =. 20 90 to so 90
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 90
l.. The foregoing Fee Table is adopted as our
guide, -under the impression that a STANDARD is
necessary, as "a mutual protection and convent
ence to the public and the profession.
Q. Although we regard these charges as the
rule, yet these rates may be increased, according
to the judgment Of the physlcianconeerncd, in all
extraordinary cases. in proportion to the impor-
lance of the case the responsibility attached to ii
and the services rendered. s---.s
8. We will not make any deduction from our
bills except in those cases where the debtor is ac-
tually unable to pay the full amount.
II IL 10 uot ucSlBucu ny lhtee tcb uihlouS W
prevent gratuitous services to those who are in
capable of making remunerations without dis
tressing themselves Oh families.
5. We will not, upon any consideration, rem
der our services to individuals or families by the
year, or for any specified period for stipulated
sum-, - tf;8 IS s5;e.SsG a. t- ~ it'
6. We consider that the payment for our ser
vices is due as soon as they are rendered; and
when not paid at that time, we hold ourselves
pledged TO each other To present our accounts for
settlement (either personally or through q COLI
lectof, every six months, or, at farthest, every
year, as may be most convenient to ourselves and
our patrons. And In those cases where the bills
arc not paid on presentation we will require notes
ofhand, as is customary in other business trans
actions, $50. .si ...s7S ,1,s,iri. 81 ~,
I. We nnqualfedly adopt for our government
the Code Of Ethics Of the AsnGican Medical ALSO
cidtioa tsHts .ilif5S rs fttsE - itrtg ~
In testimony of sonr approyafof the above Fee
Bill and Rules, we hereunto on this first day Of
june, 1861, append our names, with the deter
nlination to practice, henceforth all their p.osi-
4 JOHN SAPPINGToN, N. D. (.