Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-06-06

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neot gave 10 oppaTs11Ity % EsrIty.
vies Pfssidenf Mpselsr's es-sts fsesd
. post-norie-n rhsrgs for slS, 90 for
ras5leal services. asd. a. be had left bis
estate 10 r1Issjons zod charity TIE pay
toeot Of the biii vas orpossd PrssI-
1 dat GMrGe5d's death caused tne most
+ ssriops resisioo Of nsdiess estimates
I Of just fsesL The sssgeoos 10 attend
snos, most Of them Continuously for
some 10 SEEKS. asksd s1.g70 zod re-
csirsd sz7,5 DR.. q. W. Bis pre-
seated bill for SZ5.O01. snd Bas cut
down by Congress TO -, 90. gbIls DR..
Z Agns=1s claim far els, 100 SAs reduced
T. 20 5000 This xzs - years ago. gbsn
the fees Of physicians Eefe more mod
crate losp today; but the charges
ma5s BY tnsss physicians. while ruth
lsssly rszsd b. the bosrd Of audit,
Esds Up Of william LaErsBcs. first
conptfoilsr; W. W. Cpop. secord comp
hoIIsr and James Gillian, treasurer,
we're no larger than mage justified
Jay Could xas 81 this time paying
his rhysieisn, DR.. Mum, $1,000 a
yesr, sIck or yell. frugal arrange.
inert comparable With that which led
Mf. Gould 70 haze lie monogram on
bic yacht the ATLANTA. made removal
vhsnsssr IL aptslred to facilitate a
ssls DIR. George r. Shrsdy, who bad
40 unpiszsanI experience in collecting
bis bill from General Grants estate
records. isS3, il 3 magazine article,
physicians fee Of ~, 600 for attend
Jog a miIiioDsire's daughter for two
mouths, another Of 30. 90 fer attend
anes on yschting cruise Of less than
sir months. aad So, 600 for flying
trip from Ssv York 70 San Francisco.
II tbis bill had been rendered TO
John W. MacKsy ne would not have
paid IL, ~ he contested 10 1888 bill
of sl2. go from the surgeons DR.. Kesney
! snd Dr. Morse, who took 35-eslibfe
J tuIlet ont Of his back, though the 6Tsi
thing be did after be was we'll uss "a
present his acc0uDts as executor Of a
brother millionsire's estate, in which
be bad paid lawyer s26, 800 for pilot
6 ing the will through the various pit
falls which suDdry matrimonial &C
centricities of tbs tsstator had.put IL
, the way OF a successful probate.
{ Perhaps the banner medical fee wa
. paid 10 1853 By Impress Catherine o.
Russia 10 DR.. Dimsdale for inoculat
! ing her With smallpox. so, 600. $1,000
3 for expenses. and pension of q, 80
. for life, worth at his age, IS, sbou
$4,000 more. Professor Zachsrine. o
] Moscow, had $1,000 for two days
Q visit on the car. The physician
] fee who attended Edward VII through
typhoid fever, while still prince, VIA
d go, coo fJr four weeks visits. THIS !
8 trife beside s15O, 600 paid by hi
4 ROYAL higbness the Nawab Rampur 4
y an Anglo Indian surgeon for tire
. months work on bis rheumatism. b.
b the side of this, ZOO and expense
K which Dr. Charcot charged the EN-
peror OF Brazil for going to Milan, o
9 s., 600 charged by DR.. Peters for visit
b ing the King Of Portugal in Brussel
j. seem small
It Sir MorslI Mackenzie was said +
y have received s100, 900 for bis care @
a the Emperor Frederick, but this repor
10 was mere guessvork. When Sir Andrea
IL Clark visited q millionaire at Nice b
y charged s25, 600 for the trip, and mad
10 the matter known by announcing tha
he had kept but one fifth and gIye
10 the rest to two charitable institution
y connected with his profession. In 1873
y discussion which found its way int
Is English medical journals estimate
10 the yearly returns Of Sir Williai
u Jeenes, Sir William Gull and 81
ID Andrew Clark at an average Of $50, 00t
d London physicians fees are, however
" lover than our own. A suit IN 1876
ID showed that the head Of the Wei
r London Hospital, Mr.. Keetley, charge
Or but e2, 600 for surgical trip to Burgol
Or and the Jury cut this to 81. $50. d.
II Shrady, In bis article already quoted
to put the income of three physicians !
80 New York at over 800, 600, Of five {
a 30 fiom go, 600 TO $50, 600, far II
ID move from the semi-annual paymer
or made by Henry Ill in 1916 to b
''sergeant apothecary," Nichola
Feruehan, May 18th, ESQ, 12s. 3D., an
October 18th. eos, 3s. 10d.
"a Tbs growth and increase of oh,
i. sicians' fees Is far from over. ID
" Shrady's estimate Of New York pr
fessionsl incomes would be higher Il
i, day and the charge for single operi
= tons and visits has risen still NOR
=. Dr. b. Il. Robinson. of Msclean,
a. T., a man not widely known. charge
Il wealthy resident sl,0o0 for each
!, 10 visits In July. 1899. A distinguish
~ surgeon In d neighboring city, aft
"a imposing round sum for an operation
-. charged, by previous arrangement
10 81. 800 day for each Of three days
re special attendance in family who
" means were nut large. Fees fro
oI sl,CU0 to 5000 for a single operate
o. are no longer Unusual. though the phi
VI slciaus who car charge them are.
o. Pension News.
q The pension bureau has passed ii
nd following pension certificates to da
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