How to Collect a Doctor Bill

the matter. It will be easy to keep advised as to what he is doing, and when he is expecting to receive money. The time will come sometime when he can pay at least a part or secur

l-to-do clients to run up big bills, and

tly failed to pay, is to loan them some money. This plan is fully c

lment plan. Most physicians are earnestly seeking a safe investment for these small sums of money, but very few have found a plan that appeals to them. Most of the advice one gets from the journals is 'Don't' or to invest in farm mortgages. When he looks around for a farm mortgage he finds that the small amount of money he has to loan will not meet the requirements of the man who desires the loan. Even

small sums, from twenty-five to one hundred dollars, so t

ave found it to prove a success. I learned that most of my poor pay or slow pay patrons were always ready to borrow money, and that they could generally secure me with chattel mortgages, or get good men to sign their notes. The note and

out, and that you will only loan to those who have you

. This may be prevented in a measure by getting a small payment from time to time on account, as the law of limitation

y safe method is to put it up to your client as a debt of honor, and depend upon their inherent honesty and pride. It does no good to sue a man for a doctor bill except in extreme cases. You will

she were the Queen of Sheba, and the off-color lady from the red-light district as you would the President of the Purity Society. The child that is ragged and dirty should receive the same cordial attention as the one in silks. When the time comes that you cannot t

t for much in the practice of medicine,-unless you are a G-U specialist. I have always found that where

of years ago, and it is not recorded that any man was ever hung that lived up to it. After you have done your full duty demand that your patrons do their duty by you. Keep after the money that

less it is gall, and do not forget the injunction of the prophet, "Physician, 'heel' thyself," lest