Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 157, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1910 — Paying the Doctor. [ARTICLE]

Paying the Doctor.

Some American doctors are in favor of the contract system for medical service, but they are still a long way from the Chinese scheme of stopping

the doctor’s salary when the patient falls ill. The writer knows a New Yorker who says that If ever he is threatened with an operation he will ask the surgeon what It Is going to cost. Then he will hand him the amount at once with the assurance that the fee goes whether the operation comes off or doesn’t. He reasons that the doctor will then have no possible temptation if it comes to a toss up whether to operate or take a chance.—New York Press. ,/