Telegram-herald., 1889-07-31
CRAP mEDloaa ATTENDANCE.
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A curious novelty q ous-Dess enterpr1ss
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4ork n e A. Association 70 fur1lsE
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c~rs - 'cst- rock prtees aa- svr1 o~lcN
Fer forty cc4ts per Go1tl s1e Association
guarantees CON p<tsuk medical atteacaDos-
A. tts regular cAsrxes Il PHYSICIANS. vary
lnx u course according - t1str Reputation
1Ec sFyle. a iueDth ~ daily visits ~oatl
cost fgon So ~ $50 ~ even S93 fofts
eslls on even tAs smallest eiA "o1i~
leave = me marsia. AnA IE1s insaie1
combine processes 70 have srratkT
msnts made a. good reliable drug stores.
4 a. partS of IOWA, ~ Which pfescti p
tions slli be fi.lsl al a. uniform ooss q
twenty cents esc1. 30 matter wa4t iIgle-
cieuts they may conIzi q. Tor the Associa-
t!ons Raela bers. Nsl. * is oy 10 means
improbable ll.aI a. lAsg price prescriptions
taking tLein as they ruu. would ssill pay
large prchs 10 tie pharmacists, whose
ordinary percentage " profit l. from so 10
SO per cent Hhere are. OF course. some
lev rare chemicals snd costly drugs that
could net 6e made ep ia appreciabls Qaan-
little Repaired. sud doubtless 10 Il under
stood that the Associations physicians
shall n0t call Tor tasm, or II they do. that
they shall strike good general average
by turning In lot Of prescriptions that
viii not cost over a cent each 70 niL Lstin
i a Cue ciOak for such little games. But
al tkis IS Of course mere speculation. The
scheme OF the concern may be honest
enough and It's prsctlcs may have no per
ceptlbie effect IL increasing the bills Of
mortality. Surely some device Is wanted
10 I'll ia between the charity OF the dls-
penssries and the robbery OF fashionable
medical pf actiee. by which people Of med
crate means can have AND pay for medl'
cal attendance when they are sick
Some Hebrew societies have n rather
ingenious system for getting their DOCTOR
bills down 10 "a minimum They CONTRACT
with a physician, by the year. 10 attend
all cases Of illness among members ant
their families for n certain stipulated
sum, which Is paid, whether anyDod,
needs i doctor during the year or not. -
course, Ia sick.y season the physician
might feel that they were rather gettln-
the best OF him. but. after all, be would
only he called upon 20 SKIP around itt4'
] more lively hlQ Dc HlOtS duAAcNo ~ 'bCS
| cures than il he were charging by tL'
/ visit
Indeed, this thing of charging by the
I visit for medical attendance ls the veal
/ point in the relations between doctor anS
patients. IL Is To his interest 10 keel
them sick as long as possible. 30 ciearl,
is this recognized by mauy of our pgacticn
long-headed business meu-who hav
money enough TO enable them to do a
they please-that they now follow th
example of the Hebrew societies ant
engage the services OF their physicians D.
the year, paying whether they and their
are sick Or we'll Accouchments are AS
rule excepted from such contracts. as the
are too good plums for family doctors I
let go iatO a general account. The annua
terms Of such contracts run all the wa
from $50 10 a, 500. 1t is an excellen
arrangement for the doctor, who with
few sucn good contracts Oh his hands ca
be easy about MS income, and 1t Il goo
for the patients as it is clearly 10 IN
interest Of the physician TO keep them d
well as possible To save himself trouble.
The next better thing is the Chimes
system of hiring the doctor by the yea
AMI stopping his salary whenever h
patient Is sick. 1t will be a sad day fC
; druggists and undertakers il that pls
E ever gets a foothold in this country.
, j. H. CONNELLY.