Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-12-28
OR. MACKENZIE'S FEES.
Thor Great Size Made tho Poorly
Paid German Doctors Jealous OF
the scotchmau.

IhOfr Great size NJ nae tho IooFIy-
Paid German Doctors Jealous OF
: the scotchmnD.
man who Is connected with the govern
ment of the United States, and who spent all
I last winter In Germany, talked to New
| York so. man dsy or two ago about the
personal characteristics Of Sir Morell Mac
keuzle and DIR. Won Bergman. the rival ply
sicians OF the Emperor Frederick.
~ know Mackenzie and Bergman wcll,n
he SAID. III have been interested In the con-
troversy Oh that account Mackenzie Is n
spare, shrewd, Pswky. and thrifty Scotch
man. His manner Is decidedly professional.
BY this / mean he has a more or less siereo-
ped smile, speaks with great exsctness, and
displays a studied air Of urbsnity. When lie
went To Berlin the German doctors took
tremendous dislike to him for reason
which, ] believe, has not thus far been
printed-the amount OF his fee for attending
the emperor The charges OF the German
doctors are exceedingly moderate. Men like
Hovel, Hartmann, Sweininger, and Krouse
charge from to marks a visit IL a total
stranger should walk into any Of their Offices
he would receive the best OF treatment at the
command OF the physician, and when he
started to 90 the fee would probably be less
than 81. Men OF similar fame In the United
States unhesitatingly charge from $40 TO so
visit In England the regulation fee
is guincss, or $40, for The first visit. and !
guinea for each succeeding visit. This is the
fee received by men Ike Cumberbacb, Cam
| eroD, and Others. When Mackenzie
went TO attend the Emperor at Char.
lottenburg lie placed before the powers
that managed the financial affairs OF the i'm
perial household schedule OF his regular
earnings in London. He stated that the fee
| from Tue emperor ought at least 10 counter
balance the sum that he was losing In London.
These figures Of Mackenzie's were subsequent
ly endorsed, and he received an enormous
salary, considerably over 81, 0J0 a day at the
start, and nearly 200 toward the end of the
emperor's illness. An income of s., 90 day
to German physician Is a dream beyond the
widest fancy OF avarice, and, when they saw
that an Englshrnan was receiving more than
all the German doctors put together the
commercial spirit OF the kaiser's people was
aroused In antsgonism to the shrewd allen.
great deal OF secrecy was always maintain
ed about the remuneration OF Sir MUref
Mackenzie, but the facts leaked out, never
thcless. IL may have been true that Macken-
zle's services were worth in the neigh DO .Ood
OF 81 800 u day, but the Germans did no.
think so. have often been at Mackenzie's
house. near Cavendish square, In London,
and DO not doubt that his income must be
close TO $l00,0 600 year from his practice in
the British metropolis. The house is literally
crowded with people from the moment his
office hours begin until they close.
Contrast with the splendi opulence OF
Mackenzie the surroundings of the German
doctors. We will take Won Bergmann. az he
is the most eminent OF them ALLIES been
surgeon in-chief OF the army, and charges rs
much as any OF the crack German doctors. lie
lives In n floor or fiat overlooking the canal in
the Wilhelm strasse in Berlin. He has a
short, bull neck, square shoulders a heavy,
dark bearded face, beetliog hrows, and thick
set bulky frame His skill is unquestioned,
and SO Is his roughness. Probably The man
fsncies that he has a military manner, but in
point OF fact he is exceeding Rusaue aud
rude at times
~ shall never forget the fret time / called
on Bergman. had sent him letter, of in
PRODUCTION and received q curt note In reply
10 come around on the following day. A man
servant ushered me into The reception room,
here woman lay moaning Oh sofa, with
her husband or escort standing over her, and
trying 10 soothe her Ivy words Of affection
The woman had received q grievious injury
OF some sort Her arm was In sting and
handaged almost to the shoulder. Her face
d been cut and was literally decorated with
court plaster. Both she and the man cried
constantly-she from suffering, he from SYM
patty. DR.. Won Bergman op-uei the door
or should have called him Prof Bergman,
for the Germans are exceedingly touchv about
their titles, and that OF Professor Is more ex-
allied than doctor-and beckoned me to come
10 his room. pointed to the CRYING woman
on the sofa, and said that would walt until
he had treated her. as she appeared 10 be in
agony. He jerked his head pereinptorilv and
poiD ted to the consul ting ROOM and walked
In as had been hidden. Thea lie beckoned
TO the woman, and the man assisted her into
the room. She was a most pitiful sight The
doctor glared at her In sury manner, and
said:
"Nhat have you been doingl"
"Ihe woman was moaning and paid no at
tention TO his question:: but the man said that
she had fallen asleep the night before after
fortv-eight hours OF wakefnlness, aud, IN
turning, had wrenched the bandaees loose
from her arm. He asked Won Bergman to
wrap the arm no again. hut tic doctor threw
open the door and waved them ont.
"'Take her 10 the hospital he said and
have one of the students do it; have no time
now to practice the b & OF SURGERY
THE man said IL would be too late at the
hospital, and then Bergman told him 10 wait
until the next day, and slammed the door in
his face. II was most cruel and heartlcss
proceeding. for a skilled surgeon like Berg
mann c ould have managed the matter in
few minutes. / soon saw, however, that his
manner was more or less assumed, and we be-
came well acquainted within the next week or
two. During that time and throughout my
subsequent stay in Berlin the German doctor
talked with the utmost freedom about the
coings.on at the palace In Charlottcnburg
and abused Mackenzie fiercey at every oppor.
tunity.'