New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-04
POPULAR OBSERVATIONS
INyALIDS AT SUMMER RESORTS.
Advised TO MAKE DEFINITE ACHIEVEMENTS |
WITH THE PHYSICIANS WHO MAY BID


CALLED 10 ATTEND THEM.
TO tho Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The season having set in for the great amman
pilgrimage of invads, well as pleasure seekers, 10
our health resorts It seems to an opportune time
TO offer a suggestion through your columns winch many
persons may find productive Of advantage TO them
selves.
This IS to arrive at the point briefly that It VIII be
found wise precauon for lnyalds who are torceo 10
employ the services of resident physicians al tfe 10
sorts at which their maladIes render them guests "
have clear understanding in advance "a to "hV tei'
OF compensation the patients to be responsible io
That is TO say, the patient should for his or her o"
protection ascertain before employing the local piysE
clan what fee he proposes TO charge for MS Services
There many practitioners at great and HUE hea1
resorts who practically live by the compensation uney
receive exact from persons whose ainctiohs uoia
medical care during a summer period Many VI O"es0
practitioners are competent and no DOUBT hoh"dOi0
men-only too many however, belong to class WHOM
our loose system of medical license places In the posi-
on 10 prey upon the afflicted and 10 levy an extoruoh
ate tribute ON the suferings Of helpless humanity
raat many pe0ple have been laughing over the STORY
n unyscian OF this city who received the following
communication from rural practitioner;
Dear dock, hav pashunt who's phlsicoi SHES
shoes that the wtndppe has liberated OF, ana leer
his stumick tube is gon. I hav Civ him evry thihg
yyitbout efeokt His father is welthy, Onerable and
ipauenshial he is an active member OIL the VI. H.
ch,rseh and god nose don't want 70 loose hym' what
sbaI due and buy returne male yOnrs IN needle
T,ss NAV be q funny story on It's faOe but 1t Is q
verv serious matter that IL involves. have hysen
tecn trea ted at well known health resort IN Ems o'1e
Inv a licensed physician who spelt symptoms WIN an
aip and city, with two ts." was last summer ad-
,ed Inv my family physician to try series Of baths,
benq mt that time helpless cripple from the worst
sorn Of r.peirnatsm My treatment in the hands OF
the local practitioner such that had to be removed
from fine resort in question and from his mercuA caro-
70 save my life. The charge to WHOM was puu Ior u''
nntreatment That nearly eXting1ished the Itue FIVs
| had left when terminated my stay was Iour "io'
az much Der visit rs his usual fee to local PATIENTS
mt was n hotel guest had employed this person,
no heinz the prvscan connected with the hotel IN my
state OF inoessant anguish, bodily and mental hau
made no inquiry as 10 his charges until too au anu 80
paid the penalty in full. This distinction between Oo
ho& and the local patient Is almost universal 40 uV'0
places whore nvallds are forced to conslesa'o' III"
principle or lack Of principle, upon when IL Is paSsu
seems to be that sick people who can afford To I'VE az
summer hotels can afford to be g0leed. Inc I"ct'
however Is that the majority OF nvads at heai re-
sorts mon whom these Vltures fatten are not persons
OF large means Wealthy men and women nave tneIr
own sumner honses can afford TO mfe them ana ~
provde for the professional attention and ADVICE ueT
affections require. 1t Is the great nld1e oItss "Ltn
l. forced to resort to the hotel for relief from the Guy
In simmer and often at the cost OF the most grinding
economies 10 pay these preyers upon their pidable
condition their extOrona6 fees for share OF service
Women and especially women OF mature years, women
10 whom the rldest labOrer and the most aggIessve
Songh" Of Nc7y-Yo would render service gladly, be
cause they recognize their heplessness and pain are
as ptilessly heeced by these bandits who carry mostly
an Hiinenrncd diploma as shield. Indeed, the rlle
seems to be that the weaker the Victim is the stronger
he or she can be safely mucted. ! make my case On
illustration AS being believe, typical Of many. The
evil exists rs far as learn, all over the country,
and the only safeguard the summer seeking invalid mas
against the bleeding bills Of these rural nothngs Is
to begin the employment Of the local medical ieeches by
finding Just how much the extraction OF each drop
of blood is going 10 cost. NlOI1h'
New York, July I, 1891.