FEE TABLE AND RESOLVES
ADOPTED BY THE
WORCESTERJftEDICAL  ASSOCIATION ;
WITH A
CATALOGUE OF THE MEMBERS,
JANUARY 1ST, 1854.
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   We, the physicians of Worcester,  being  desir-
ous to maintain the dignity and honor of our pro-
fession,  to promote good  fellowship among  its
members ;  and to adopt  an uniform, and  an in-
creased rate of charge for our professional  servi-
ces, in some proportion to the  increased  expenses
of living  since the adoption of  the present medical
tariff,
   And, believing that these results will be promo-
ted by the adoption of a strict code of medical
ethics, and a new fee table,
   We are therefore
   Resolved, To adopt the  code of ethics of the
American Medical Association  as a rule of action
in all cases, and we  are also
   Resolved, To  adhere in all charges after Jan.
1st, 1854, to the following fee table :—
                                  1° 
jfee   Cable.
For an ordinary visit,                     $ 1 00
For a first consultation visit,                 3 00
For any consultation after the first,          2 00
For ordinary office fee,                        75
For rising in night and prescribing at office,  100
For rising in night and visiting patient,      2 00
       and night shall extend from 10 P.
       M., to 6, A. M., or to sunrise, when
       it takes place after 6.
For consultation in night,                   4 00
For Midwifery, the fee is left discretionary,
       from Six to Ten  Dollars ;  and the
       fee is expected at the  conclusion  of
       labor.
For  an obstetric  operation, Five  Dollars
       shall be added to the fee for ordina-
       ry delivery.
For  midwifery, when accoucheur  is late,
       (providing it is not his own fault,)
       and the child is born, he shall charge
       whole or half fee according  to cir-
       cumstances. 
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For any case of midwifery where a second
       physician is called in  consultation,
       both the  attending and consulting
       physician shall charge at least the
       usual fee for delivery ;  except where
       the consulting physician is not de-
       tained in attendance  on the   case,
       then he shall charge a consulting fee
       only.
For vaccination at office,                      75
For vaccination at residence, One Dollar,
       and  an addition  may  be made for
       each additional patient.
For reducing fracture or dislocation of large
       bones, Five Dollars or more.
For reducing fracture or dislocation of small
       bones, opening abscesses, dressing
       small wounds, &c, One Dollar or
       more.
For introducing catheter, from Two to Five
       Dollars.
For cases of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis,  a re-
       retaining  fee  of Five Dollars for
       Gonorrhoea, and Ten Dollars for Sy-
       philis shall be demanded, and the 
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       usual charges made for  subsequent
       treatment.
For  all cases where  the  patient  resides
       more than a mile from the centre of
       the city, an addition of Twenty Five
       Cents a mile shall be made to the
       ordinary fee for every mile after the
       first, and any fraction of a mile shall
       count as a mile.
For any case of office practice,  the fee  may
       be demanded in advance.
Clergymen shall  be charged as  other pa-
       tients.
All bills shall be  considered as due at the
       end of the attendance for which they
       are made, and may be presented im-
       mediately after attendance ceases, or
       at the end of the quarter. 
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  It is understood that nothing in  the foregoing
Rules is to prevent our  rendering any gratuitous
services which may be dictated by humanity; nor
are they to deter us from making extra charges in
any case of unusual  responsibility,  difficulty or
delay.

           Signed,
               JOHN GREEN,
               BENJ. F. HEYWOOD,
               J. J. BASSETT,
               WILLIAM WORKMAN,
               ORAMEL MARTIN,
               DEAN TOWNE,
               A. J.  EATON,
               JOSEPH SARGENT,
               EDWARD LAYNG,
               BENJ. HEYWOOD,
               GEORGE A. BATES,
               RUFUS WOODWARD,
               SAMUEL  FLAGG,
               P. B. MIGNAULT,
               C. W. WHITCOMB.
               HENRY CLARKE,
               JOHN  E.  HATHAWAY.