Field's Medico-legal guide for doctors and lawyers / by George W. Field.

  • George W. Field
Date:
1887
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    20 La. An. 291. But meritorious services voluntarily rendered will constitute a valid con- sideration for a promise thereafter made to pay for the same : Davidson v. Davidson, 13 N. J. Eq. 246 ; Grandier v. Reading, 10 N. J. Eq. 370 ] Snyder v. Castor, 4 Yeates (Pa.) 353 ; Lee V. Lee, 6 G. & J. (Md.) 316. § 116. Measure of value of services. The value of the services of a physician or surgeon may depend upon a variety of circum- stances, as upon the nature and character of the disease or other physical or mental affliction of the patient; the amount of knowledge and skill required in the treatment; the circumstances under which the services were rendered; the difficulties and expenses attending them, and the responsibilities devolving upon him : See Com- missioners V. Chambers, 75 Ind. 409 ; Coms. v. Brewingtown, 74 Ind. 7. In a recent case it was held that a physician, claiming for his services, may properly consider the patient's ability to pay. And where a phy- sician claimed $2,000 for services in ox)erating upon a cancerous stricture of the oesophagus.