Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-12
REWARDS OF SURGERY
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Tome They Are Pretty Zig.
conversation with young phvs,
clan recently disclosed a faet new ~ a.
writer Il should like to 90 in for en-
gerry" said the NJ. d., but T can, at
iord 10 do so. Tn dependent on m,
profession, and so, though slroery
would pay best in the long runetbe
very long run i must stick IN wba, ,,;,t
bring me in money at once. You COO
The majority Of surgical cases involve
poor people. who can't paw. It's the
poor woman in the factory who gets
caught In the machinery, or the moor
man who gets crushed in the street..
their cases demand just as good care as
those OF the rich man, but thew cant
pay for 1t. The rich are protected
from the ordinary accidents. and the
proportion OF surgical cases amoro
those VINO can afford to pay for treat
ment IS disproportionate to the whole
number OF surgical cases. Besides the
poor go to the hospitals for surgical
treatment Now there are any guam
tlty OF medical cases, recurring COM
parat-vely little care, but bringing in
constant stream Of small amounts. and
as the Scotch say: Many mickls
makes muckle, and IN looking after
the mickles perhaps nickels' would
be an American translation -hopino tn
get my muckle. Once in a while of
course, rich man requires DANGER
Gus surgical operation, and then. of
course, big fees are paid but can't
afford to wait for that while"
one case, such as the young doctor
spoke Of, was that of well-known
young fellow on whose face had grown
huge. goatee-like excrescence. dis
figuring him frightfully, causing him
great inconvenience, an at last becom-
ing positively dangerous to his health.
At last one OF New YORK big surgeons
undertook to remove it. Two opera
tons were necessary, with long inter
val between them. The surgeon and
his chief assistant performed them, and
the fees, in popular report, ranged
from $4,000 to 100000 for the chief,
and from s.. 900 to $50. 900 for the as
sistant. Yet even the larger amounts
would not have reimburse them for the
study necessary in fitting themselves to
do the operation. As the darby ex-
| planned to his master: II done charge
you fifty Gems fer KILN de cahf, sah
an one dollah fer de know-how" It's
the cost OF acquiring the "know-how"
that keeps many young doctors on the
medical side OF their profession.
In connection with this case, it may
be said that it was great triumph for
American surgery. The young man
had applied to all the best surgeons in
Great Britain and in Europe, and from
each Of them he heard his death SEN
tence: I've can't operate. Any oper-
alton will merely kill you more qu cllly
than the growth itself Go home, put
your affairs in order, and live as long
as you can" He did live as long as he
could; he is living now; and that he Is
is due TO the courage of an American
surgeon in crisis before which for.
eigners sat helpless.
A similar triumph was that won by d
distinguished alienist Of Philadelphia.
The head OF one of the largest insane
asylums of this country, DESTROYS OF
studying the most approved methods OF
treating the insane. went abroad to visit
the foreign hospitals. He called on one
of the greatest European specialists, and
explained his intentions. MY dear
sir" said the Frenchman, go home;
90 home, and go to the Philadelphia
hospitals there you will find a man who
knows more than any of us, whose
methods are perfect, whom call study
and reverence The American went
home and learned that the Frenchmar
was right.
1t may be remarked that both ofthest
distinguished Americans are dead. N
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