. Glimpses of medical Europe. f patients have moneythey pay for their treatment. The pricesrange from fifty cents to a dollar a day, ac-cording to the circumstances of the who are poor do not pay. Whetherone pays or does not pay one is put in thesame ward. All are treated absolutely andexactly alike. It might be mentioned. In passing, that allthe medical men we met In Copenhagen wereapologetic. They seemed to think their insti-tutions were inadequate. If you come againin two or three years, you will see our greatnew public hospital that is now being built,they told us. The courte


. Glimpses of medical Europe. f patients have moneythey pay for their treatment. The pricesrange from fifty cents to a dollar a day, ac-cording to the circumstances of the who are poor do not pay. Whetherone pays or does not pay one is put in thesame ward. All are treated absolutely andexactly alike. It might be mentioned. In passing, that allthe medical men we met In Copenhagen wereapologetic. They seemed to think their insti-tutions were inadequate. If you come againin two or three years, you will see our greatnew public hospital that is now being built,they told us. The courteous manner in which we weretreated everywhere in Denmark made us feel 23 MEDICAL EUROPE embarrassed at times. From the humble gate-keeper of a hospital to the chief of service,eYer^i:hing was done that could be done toshow us what we desired to see. The Danes,without exception, will go out of their way toshow a foreigner a favor. You are the guestof the man you speak with. You need noletters of introduction. An unknown Ameri-.


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