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Show THE LAWS of New York do not give a physician a lien for his fees upon the corpse of a patient, but they furnish him with an excuse for undertaking to enforce one in certain cases. The doctor who attended the late Commodore Nutt had an unsettled claim for $25 against the deceased dwarf, and cunningly refused to give a certificate as to the cause of death until he got his pay. Consequently, the body could not be removed to New Hampshire, as the late Commodore's friends desired. He was outwitted, however, by the coroner, who proceeded to an investigation and summoned him as a witness. Rather than waste any more time the doctor certified and the remains were removed. |