The Nevada County picayune., 1918-09-05
NUTi k.

There i-, and ha> been for several Hoaths some misunderstanding EeI tween the medical profession and the taity, as to the fees charged for the doctors services. The doctors of the county themselves have not had a thorough understanding as to the eX act amount they should charge for their services When one doctor charges one thing and another d little more or less there is reason for the people to think that the doctor charg
 ing the most is unfair
 In order to arrive at some definite con ciuSionS. so every one will thoroughly understand the slight advance in our prices, we take this method of explain
 ing the schedule of our minimum charges We are practicing medicine today for the same price that we were when flour was $430 per barrel and everything in proportion We hay' heSitated to advance prices bccauS" there always K some misunderstood iag when prices are changed in any thing. but we simply cannot make ends meet and do our patients justice as We did when our living and operating expenses were les than half what they are today.
 When people stop and think that if our cars get out of repair and we arc forced to call upon the service ear man to take us on our calls, we are charged equally as much and some tunes more than what we get for tine call They can readily see that We deserve more money for our work. our mode of conveyance has changed rom the horse and saddle, which cost ,eSs than $1o0t0 purchase price aad | $l0a0 per month npkeep. h the an- tomohile ranging in purchase price taom S7-0o0 oa up with ap average monthly npkeep of from N5o0o ta >ioo 2e and 8W rt.ea~ ate the sare Wuea NJ caWHar5 tet 3iffeten=e ia etlr price Of drugs daeter- equipment.
 boo. and otbcr things af today and a fa4 yeaf. a-e. and faks fto cen~ld-
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 .aar for hrr wnra ar1-adzauc.u- from 5oc to S3a0 cotton from l. fa 5f0s cotton cloppiug from 1or t5 >- per day peaehcs from 1ae to >l..e pel eaShel. all coming within a#periHd ot tive wears. can We do other than ad vance; We are forced to neglect something somewhere. either office necessities. the giving our patients t6e time aHd attention they naturally reserve. cutting calls of any distance rom home or something
 We take the entire blame upon eas selves for not having made this litre advance long before now. 1t K not necessary to enter into details tue thcr than to state that it takes a higb school education, two years of college work and five years in n medical enl- lege Eleven years in all, and the eN= penditure of from $20o0o0 on up be fore young man can begin the pracs tice of medicine One doctor prac- ticing medicine in Prescott was called ta see the son of T farmer whose mule was also sick. The farmer called the Veterinary surgeon the same time nt called the doctor to see his son When the doctors had finished attending i9i their eases the farmer asked for their respective bills and needless to say the NJ. D received S2 70 for his share, while the Y. S walked away with i &l0O. Again can We he blamed for asking for the following prices which will be in effect from this date
 office consultations with pre-
 s.yipttons Sl.'9 office consultations and dress
 irg small wounds -z---- lto ! Day calls in city hmitS----- @Da ! Night calls in city limits 70 ~elprbope calls and prescr riptoN- 0tStctrie fees looming with
 in the bounds Of our practice it