Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1914 — Physicians Rush From One Patient to Another [ARTICLE]

Physicians Rush From One Patient to Another

By Dr. J. P.

WARBASSE of German

Hospital, Brooklyn

THE PATHOS OF MEDICINE IS THAT MOST PHYSICIANS HAVE TO TAKE A GAMB-

LER’S CHANCE AND RUSH FROM ONE PATIENT TO ANOTHER, WITHOUT GIVING FULL ATTENTION TO ANY. IN THE HOPE OF BEING ABLE TO EKE OUT AN INCOME. Physicians are merely business men, MORE CONCERNED .WITH GETTING A LIVING than anything else. The necessity of making a living results in the splitting of fees, in unscientific and poorly paid labor and in quackery. The physician is driven to this by economic conditions.