The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-05
SICK AND TAKEN IN.
HELPL-S3 HOTEL GUESTS fLEECEp
eY BIG DOCTORS FEES.

Many S.Ttii In the .Sts Metropolis and In
Chieaso Are In League with Cunscience-
les. Member, OF the Medical Profession.
To Exrort sEonry.
Every large hotel III The city %uor5aday1
has "A physician resident il the building.
His presence in the hotel is one of the
proofs Of the completeness of the modern
host"iry. 50 FIR as the provision and com
fort nI the q { Is concerned. The II a
Of having a doctor within instant call is
beyond all question an excellent me-. but
il seems that ii has Of late been subject
10 crave abuse. The fact has got out
that sume of the hotel physicians make
use of their position to levy e~xtortiollate
charges for the treatment Of guests who
have been luckless enough to fall i'll
among strangers.
Complaint il made that far from being
"a blessing 10 the guest, the ease with
which medical attendance can he secured
has III such eases become a source Of
genuine dread to visitors to the big city
who have to stop at hotels. The guests
fear even Ii triiiing illness while in the
hotel. because if they make the fact
known that they want to see a doctor
they will be charged a fee out of all pro-
portion to the service rendered by the
doctor. whose chief clam to patronage
is that Ire is always near at hand"
Complaint has been made against the
doctors charges in two of the best known
hotels in the town to a prominent con
sulting physician.
sNN'l.. n.,, al,,, .,.I. "a A. l-A.l
the other night" one of the complainants
said. II asked the head clerk to send me
DR.. s."
DIR. S." said the clerk in seeming
establishment. IL never heard of him.
But we have IA competent physician in
the hotel whom | will send to your
room"
The hotel doctor did go tn the room in
response to the request Of the clerk. He
made several visits during the night, al
though the guests didn't want and didn't
need more than one visit. a fee of 81
was charged III the bill, and the guests
had To pay it. Subsequent investigation
made il clear that the reason for this
high fee WAS that the hotel physician
had made an arrangement with the ho-
-.
tel proprietor by which the latter got IA
third of this big fee. The guests also
learned that this sharing of the fee hal
oetii i''e custom III 'he hotei i"r Il very
ION" 'tilt' ma '.Ht' guests supiiliti"i 10
II rainier 'l'i'h nave ANY Wr"ilsie al the
ci,IAS acsh over 'IlarSoS' II ihiiIS lh"t
"H r.Sp''''HS persons il''urtiiy drela
ANA VIM "'o'' wen "ncfu 'ie ciiirSe Is
d hiahiiest IMPOSITION. II ABUSE mas
''crh''S "i,i"C'e" inc a''eh'iph Oh tie
lr"ieNS'o",'iS' VINO 40 ii"t pr'c'lce III mo-
'e'S' ana mas evoked. IN earnest protest
ail! i u.Eit.d ior reform.
iHG -i'"'t1' ''rcu.i' uiider '.!e mead
ing D"sloIS ana il"tsia' ialIai"' the
supJ,tt IL ''li' vigorous style:
livery )" -9"h "a ",iisit'Fe morals ana
Il 600" MANY "i'ii onty every t"y Seiiai-
oii'''eS, N"'ia ne shosNs'' II lie Niioie
s'"rs u Inc ro'',ioiis "i 'octor' iioieis
WIRE "ft'Ien. ithrr Is Il la'lii'iiibie
i,''.'S III 'iiS i""h where ihe hote4
DOCTOR '''tF"e' >, Il 'iSit' ana mere Is u"
o'S' reason Tor oeiiGF.nS Una the hla'
hhS itl'.i"ra Gelsa = Of II. 1t Is stated
son' al''iiofltN ,'iat III many notes
t!ie "'''l''i doe'or Is ~ I" gave NJ
from "ie-i'th 10 ohe-thlri 81 ms charges
!" 'h' business amusement ie"id"
who are taken III III hoteis must nave
''o'to' ana are nor ulsi'"ae' 10 question
aD"hi terms. i'es 40 not iilid WHAT
these are "htii ties settle the blil, ana
'iirh eNp9s'1ialiol Is too 'ate.
II Is ohiS Jh't 10 say liiat al .he motel
ihs 9'c!a'is are NOT parties I" TINS mean
'oil Oh s"i'ia,iiiS. Many ot them are
!hysic''''s o' iiSh repnte VINO I'VE AT the
notes ana pay Tor 'heir board II iods-
''le sails as any olher guests ana
na'e d regular ana lesi'iihate schedule
.. charges BASED upon the market value
u 'iieir professional services. In eases
'here Is "ulvvy the
.'s'"S' "Ao "a I ioo"ee" idte.
.na ha a.. h;,.h g. 1922,
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