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Show The Biggest Fee Ever Paid a Physician. "Dr. Charles T. Parkes, a North Side physician, has received a fee which is believed to be the largest ever paid to any physician in this country. And he didn't seek it, either." The gentleman who made this statement continued: "Dr. Parkes, in addition to his practice, prac-tice, is a lecturer in one of the medical schools of this city. His time is, therefore, there-fore, very much ocenpied. A few weeks ago he received a message from San Francisco asking if he could go there to an important case. The patient is a lady of wealth. The disease, cancer on the face. Dr. Parkes replied that he could not go, mentioning his duties, without great sacrifice. This reply prompted another an-other mess sage to him, in which he was asked to name his price. Not caring to go he sent a reply to this to the effect that nothing less than f 10,000 would cause him to make the trip. With this he dismissed the subject from his mind. "On the following day he received another an-other message. This was to the effect that he would be paid $1,000 down and $1,000 per day and expenses as long as the patient was nnder his care. The call was urgent. He wont, and was gone twenty-five days. He has returned, his patient accompanying him. So there is a fee of $25,000 and all expenses. Think of the effort and sacrifice of that woman wo-man to regain her health. What is it that one will not give in exchange for health? And j et how little we appreciate appre-ciate the gift when it is in our possession." posses-sion." Chicago Tribune. |