A series of inquiries was set on foot some years ago
by one of our medical journals, and, to the surprise
of all parties concerned, it was found that the average
net inconle of the practicing physician in these United
States was in the neighborhood of twelve hundred
dollars a year; and this, of course, refers only to fully
qualified, registered, graduate physicians. On this
basis it is easy to calculate that if each physician had
a clientele of four hundred individuals paying him
five dollars apiece per annum he would receive as
good an income as he does at present, allowing him
eight hundred dollars for oflSce expenses, carriage,
telephones, etc.
