Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 286, 9 October 1913 — Page 3

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, THURSDAY, OCT. 9, 1913

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DOCTORS OF STATE OPPOSE PRACTICE Indianapolis Physicians Join Crusade Against Fee Splitting.

CALL MEANS BRIBERY

Open Publicity to Sound Death Knell of Vicious Action.

Richmond physicians are much exercised over fee splitting and have begun a quiet crusade to wipe out the practice. That they are not alone in an endeavor to free the skirts of the ' most trusted of the professions" of this evil, is shown by the utterances of a number of Indianapolis surgeons recently in presenting their views to a Palladium representative. Prominent among these was Dr. W. N. Wi shard: "The practice is most dishonest," he said, "and should be abolished. "It is a secret contract entered into between a physician and a surgeon whereby the latter agrees to give to physician a percentage of all fees charged on operations referred. Fundamentally Wrong. "Fee splitting is fundamentally dishonest. It is almost invariably done secretly. If an operation is worth $100 then the operator should receive it just as a man should receive full value for any commodity. If a physician refers a case to a consultant and therein performs certain services he should be paid for them, but should collect his own bill and with the full

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understanding of the patient that it is for services actually rendered. It is a species of bribery for a consultant to offer a division of a fee to a physician who refers a case to him. It is akin to blackmail for a physician to demand a division of fees with the suggestion made tni.t he will refer cases elsewhere if the surgeon refuses. "I am glad to say that the practice is not so prevalent as it was two or three yerrs afro. Free discussion in medical journals and associations has had its erfscts. Open publicity is the best remedy. A patient should demand itemized bill if suspicious and we doctors should endeavor to have a state law passed." Dr. Oliver Peeved. Dr. J. H. Oliver scored the practice in vigorous terms. "Fee splitting is a great evil. It encourages incompetence on the part of surgeons and physicians and enables the incompetent to secure business at expense of the unsuspecting patient. An incompetent man here has done a big business; he is absolutely unfit for surgery and has lost an unusually large number of cases. There was much of it throughout the state a year or two ago but I believe publicity is going to decrease it to a large extent. "Fee splitters will operate on little or no provocation. Young men and incompetent men with a business to establish go around beating up the bushes trying to get surgical business. The practice plays into their hands and enables them to go on slaughtering the innocents. It is a blot on the profession. We must pass a state law to prohibit it. And I believe it would be a good thing if the laymen were to take it up and 'soak' a guilty practitioner or surgeon hard if found guilty." "Fee splitting is a first cousin to manslaughter," exclaimed Dr. Chas. Emerson; "the hapless patient is sacrificed to the doctors' pecuniary interests. The practice, I believe, is widespread throughout the state. The public should know about it and publicity should be kept up until it does." Dr. Edw. Clarke denounced the practice roundly: "There is no argument

for it in any form. There is much i

of it going on but I believe relief is in sight. Publicity and a state law will help."

H, S, WEED IS NAMED

FINANCE

CHAIRMAN

Presbyterian Synod Selects Local Man For State Post.

LAUD SECRETARY AT BOYS' BANQUET

SUPERVISES FINANCES

Yandes Fund for Home Missions to Be Available

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A MARVELOUS ESCAPE. "My little boy had a marvelous escape," writes P. F. Bastiams of Prince Albert, Cape of Good Hope. "It occurred in the middle of the night. He got a very severe attack of croup. As luck would have it, I had a large bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in the house. After following the directions for an hour and twenty minutes he was through all danger." Sold by all dealers. ( Advert iseraeni)

H. S. Weed, formerly secretary of the Richmond Y. M. C. A., was select

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to serve at the next annual session of the Presbyterian Synod of Indiana, Jwt before that body adjourned at Peru, yesterday. The finance committee is one of the most important committees of the Synod and has complete supervision over all monetary affairs. The Rev. Thomas McGuire, pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Newcastle, was appointed district missionary of the Central district, and will have charge of all home mission work in the Whitewater, Crawfordsville and Indianapolis Presbyteries. The Rev. McGuire is very well known in this city, having appeared in local

pulpits many times during the last j few years. The George Yandes fund, which Is to be used in home mission work, j

will become available witmn six months, and it is expected that a considerable portion of the money available will come to the Central district for distribution in the building of new

old ones. Hanover Gets Convention. The eighty-seventh Synod, which met this year in Peru, closed last night after the selection of Hanover as the next meeting place. Among other things the Synod voted to authorize a campaign for a quarter of a mililon dollars for the endowment fund of Hanover college. The meting closed last night with

a sermon by the Rev. C. K. McClure. president of the McCormick Theolo-: gical Seminary of Chicago. j The Synod in the afternoon approv-1 ed the purchase of the Westminster :

house at Bloomington. opposite the

university library, to be used In re-' ligious work among the students of j the university. i

HERBERT PETTIJOHN.

APPREHENSION OVER

WOMAN'S

CONDITION

Mrs. Will Parrish Struck By Car May Be Seriously Injured. Apprehension over the condition of Mrs. Will Parrish, 221 North Twentieth street, injured yesterday when she stepped in the path-of the belt car with her four-year-old grandson, Harold Sweet, has been expressed by attending physicians, who say there is a possibility of a fracture at the base of the brain. Young Sweet is also under care of physicians, although he shows little outward effects from the accident. Mrs. Parrish has been resting easily and rallied slightly today. The injuries to the boy were also about the head. Other injuries on the bodies of the victims will not prove serious, it is believed. Both were badly bruised other than their bodies.

the message which he left with the boys. Keeps Boys Laughing. The first thing "Sunshine Hawks" did after being introduced was to have every person present say "Thank you" fo Secretary Pettijohn and the women who served the banquet. Mr. Hawks, the boys' favorite, kept them laughing for many miifcites with his characteristic stories, each of which carried a

bit of wisdom as seasoning for the fun. After announcing that he would talk on "Milk," Mr. Hawks changed and gave his message on "Boys and Books." "Pick out something worth while to do," he urged. "You may not be able to do what someone else has done, but there is something you can do better than anyone else has ever done it. "The world needs good books, and needs to study good books. I came all the way from Hannibal, Missouri to say this to you boys, read the book, the Bible. The more you study it the more you will love it. "Read and study the Bible, then go out with it in your heart and live the Bible." Mr. Hawks concluded with his motto, "After all there are only three things in the world worth while, to be good, to do good ar..: always to smile." Giles Presents Diplomas. In presenting the diplomas Superintendent Giles said he did not believe the only purpose the boys had in working for them was to get the paper and frame, but to get something to help them. Their aim in studying the Bible, he said, was to learn to decide between the right and the wrong, and to give them principles on which to live their daily life. The average grade of the 173 boys to receive diplomas was 91 per cent. Ninety-four of the boys made an average of 90 per cent and over. A few made a perfect mark. The Richmond

Association's rank was second in all three of the classes. All American Honor Roll. All Association Honor Roll, and American Boys' Honor Roll. To give each boy the physical strength that will enable him to pass future examinations with a mark of 100 per cent is the aim of Physical Director Pearse, he said. whn he presented the Iroquois basketball team with the loving cup. The teams record for the year was fourteen games won and two lost. He also presented the monograms to the boys who broke records. To Consider Everything. The boy's gymnasium work, his attitude toward tht association, his services and hi general behavior ar taken into consideration, said Charles W. Jordan of the Commercial Club, when he presented the medals to Clarence Porter. lxx:an Keelor and Fivd Van Allen. As he faced the future citizen of Richmond. Mr. Jordan said he had no uneasiness for the city's future. They are bound to make Richmond a greater city, he said. Announce Class Honors. Bible Class honors were announced as follows by Secretary Kllis M. Lear

ner: Athenians, largest enrollment. $: Iroquois, total attendance. 1005; Iroquois, largest number of diplomas. 35; Iroquois, hishest average grade. 94. Among the older classes. Delphian, number of diplomas. IS; K. K.. highest average grade 92S; Delphian, largest enrollment 55; Delphlans. total attendance. 715. Secretary Learner uregd the boys to co-operate with the officers of the association. eo everything would run smoothly and a larger association could be built up. He announced the first Y. M. C. A. public to be held in the gymnasium Monday evening to v.liich the boys and their parents are invited. IVforo making his announcements Boys" Secretary' Ptttijohn. set the goal toward which the boys" should work this year as 500 .-prolld In the Bible study classes. He outlined the growth of the Bible study department from 1 190S wlun the total enrollment wag 1 156 to 354 last year. The attendance la Ithat year was 2.1 with 6.30S this ! var " The Richmond association

ieads all others in the state as regards thr greatest total attendance. Rvansville Wing second with 3.023.

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The first test of a truly great man la bis humility. -Buskin.

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Geo. T. Richardson. M.D.: In ray opinion IX D. 1 should be applied tn all cm of skin disease an Immediate relief to the Itch, a calm to excltd nerves, soft, soothing, yet a powerful ayent. a strength to the general system." Dr. Unra Holmes: T. D. P. Is as near a specific for eczema and the dreaded psoriasis as Is quinine for malaria. I constantly prescribe rt. D. 1. also for salt rheum, tetter, barber's Itch, pimples, all forms of itching eruptions, scales, sores." Dr. Ira T. Gabbert: "I freely admit that D. D. D. reaches cases, and permanently cures ttvera. more efficaciously than mine." Dr. Gabbert's words are of special significance. He is known as one of the first akin specialists tn the state

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