Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-02-12
PROFESSIONAL INCOMES.
rhe receipts Of Doctors Are Not %
Large as the Majority Of People
Suppose.

able of the so-called professions.
There are more and larger prizes to
be gained by an acute and eloquent
disciple of the legal art than are open
to the medical man or the minister,
saws the Medical Record. In this
country and Great Britain the in
comes OF the foremost advocates and
of attorneys in lucrative practice Tor
the most part .overshadow the yearly
earnings Of the best-lsnown physicians
and surgeons, and to still greater
extent those, of our spiritual advisers.
Occasionally one hears Of very large
fortunes being left by prominent doc
tors-Sir william Gull. Sir Andrew :
Clarke, DR.. Pepper and Sir William
Jenner are cases in point but these
are exceptions, and sums accumu-
lated by medical men cannot be COM
oared either in number or magnitude
to the colossal amounts amasseu py
members Of the legal fraternity
When, however, the average incomes
If these three classes Of the commun-
;tv are considered their relative posi-
a. ~ Great Britain and the United
states will be found to differ. Viewed
Thus in the United Kingdom the cler-
ovman Ia at the top Of the list, the
ervor second and the doctor last,
III. - haro tbs LAWYER or doctor gets
! larger share Of the "loaves and
s.has" and the minister has to be
n ns with the crumbs.
Tha average income Of physician
j. ,aSna c;tiea ON this continent may
~ r,eced NJ ~ 900, in the smaller
- a. q, ZOO and in the rural dis
tricta at $1,000. Two or three New
York physicians are said to make
80 etpo ooo a wear. five or six about
sso oon but the average income. al
tbo,,ab higher than in Chicago or in
~ Ane,icop large cities, does not
oraat,v exceed $4,000 yearly. The
$3.50 overayes in the city perhaps
q, noo 40 In The country certainly
rot more than $500 yearly.
"o r.rords living expenses, both the
:, MAR and minister have an advan-
49, 80 tbe,r professional brother.
r"eS VII c;ty for example, office
- ot,ors suitable to physi-
a.oo LILY narv daar In a GOOD neigh
Innd ao.t;ng not less than $40 or $50
49, a,th which with board and lodg-
- a.har necessary disburse-
lug "" ,,I .o.rasont a sum of $12O
.tb,,, suf1ciently weighty bur-
ihon.y struggling Youthful prac-
III .,.,.nor 70 hear The young minister
si'lon 80 to nav. while the legal
nae ~ aor yegulate his outlay in
neopnS ot accordino 10 the length
'nis .e ,,.ss
: u N W the lot Of the medical
W.. aomnored with that of q
pee.nns nm, . ,,Le situation, has its com
pastor ~ NJ q ~ least more OF
penea ,nSansrdent The minister, on
iesS ,n e. as a rule. permitted
', .ne con b;s own will but to a lin.
70 $3.50 49,. and often is doomed to
i'eu .Sse,,oh 4 lifetime of toll, sub
go .no AZ. csnrices Of censorioui
sssviens J. saaoors An excellent de
! sn-,..,or ~ the trials OF an American
scrlp.,on ' ~ and the various un
! county ..a. v,tb which he has Il
, pleasan H !. ~. hands Of his congre
con .,e 4. s,vsr In "The Damnation o
|. gnso ar va. " the best novel writer
: ihe,on ~. T.-oId Frederic.
|. oy 1ns i =, 4. Md that can be said
: "nen 81 80 a medical practic
= tne nlsS ~ ~ srduous effort. full o
are 49, ~ snS disappointment
I. on, ,n.o a. XDSrev Clarke told d.
: aIe iA's 80. .he vantage ground O
!. osier a. year. az hard work
q more nm ~. striven ten year
can say tnAs -. tor bread an
, for Dread, teh yoaS -