Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... charge C. 0. D.--collect on the delivery of the child. If such an understanding is made, and it can easily be brought up, saying at the engagement that it is the custom to pay when the child is delivered, there will be no valid excuse if, when they fail to pay you the night of the delivery, you ask whether there has not been some financial arrangement made as to payment. This is the best time to bring this matter up, as then mother and father are grateful to you, more so than they ever will be in their lives thereafter; there is money in the home, in most cases, and there will not be any hard feeling engendered, as they appreciate your hard work, etc.; whereas, if you wait until the termination of the case--the child may die meanwhile--all of the money goes to the undertaker; the mother may get up some complication, etc., and some one may blame you for this and that, and many other things may conspire to keep you out of your hard earned money forever. If you do not get paid at this time, then the day before your last visit inform the patient that to-morrow will be your last visit, and this is hint enough to most people. There is no excuse for people failing to have your money ready on the delivery of the child. They have nine long months to prepare for it. It is not like an illness that comes up suddenly, and if they cannot pay for it then and there, there is not much likelihood of their ever being able to pay for it. These remarks, of course, do not apply to people in easy circumstances, or to those owning property. FEES IN OPERATIVE CASES. The rates for operations vary with the localities, but the variations are greater than for medical work. There are few hard and fast rules to guide you. In the absence of any fee table, the rates...
