| Show how to collect a surgeons pee fee when I 1 was the doctors student he be was tile tho surgeon to the board of police and as such was required to take care of all police patients when they were veto under arrest he was required to treat ill all I 1 policemen and all prisoners without charge but was entitled to fees from those who went to the station house for aid one night he was out and I 1 was in the office alone when an officer entered and w dicres tile the doctor vero there is ia an italian sailor down at no who is badly cut up lie ile walked in just now and reported that ho be lid had been attacked in in a s saloon aloon ile he is in a bad shape and needs immediate attention I 1 grabbed a few bandages some plaster and a case of instruments and started to the station house I 1 found the fellow in bad shape but no bones were broken and no vital part was injured I 1 soon had him all fixed except one wound in the side which had bad been made by a stiletto just before I 1 besan began to dress that one of the policemen whispered that he be had plenty of money and that if I 1 made him pay he would have less with which to get into another row consequently I 1 mildly suggested that the bill would be 10 the sailor swore that he be would not pay but said it would be well to collect from the man who had bad done the cutting tile doctor entered as tho the man declined to liquidate ile he said nothing about money but asked me if I 1 had fixed him up in good shape I 1 informed him that lie he was all right except that the stab wound needed dressing with that he asked to look at it and taking a curved probe lie ho in inserted seated it in the wound and remarked dont you think you had tetter better pay the fee me no paya centa replied the man fella what autta he paya but the doctor had not the time to find that fellow instead he be twisted the probe a trifle and again put the question he received the same answer as before but it was delivered in a much higher key again the probe was turned this time with a slight wrenching motion great scott you ought to have heard beard that italian yell the expletives which he poured out could not bo be reproduced but the list last portion of his remarks were entirely satisfactory take it outa be yelled I 1 take it outa ave avemaria maria I 1 gipaya paya anything lie he paid baltimore american IV |
