. Stories of a country doctor . , town or village in the United States, and make asaccurate a calculation as you can of the money expend-. 220 Benevoi^ent ed for the benejfit of the poor by all the people, banks,corporations and charitable institutions of the place andI will oret a fair statement of the charitable work doneby all the physicians of that town, figured by a reason-able schedule of fees, and I will show you that the doctorsdo more charity than all the balance of the city. Somedoctors are no more charitable than other people, butmost of them are. A grocer can refuse food
. Stories of a country doctor . , town or village in the United States, and make asaccurate a calculation as you can of the money expend-. 220 Benevoi^ent ed for the benejfit of the poor by all the people, banks,corporations and charitable institutions of the place andI will oret a fair statement of the charitable work doneby all the physicians of that town, figured by a reason-able schedule of fees, and I will show you that the doctorsdo more charity than all the balance of the city. Somedoctors are no more charitable than other people, butmost of them are. A grocer can refuse food on credit,a clothier may refuse clothing and so may all men inany branch of business, but such are the pressing needsof the poor when they call upon us that we must giveour services. Public opinion (which is another namefor the concurrence of the mob) may overlook the actionof the grocer and the clothier but it will not do it in thecase of the doctor who refuses his services when thepoor body is racked with pain. I started out to say that doctors are sometimesstricken with fits of benevolence. I had such an attackonce myself. It was
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