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To: cripplecreek

I have, laying between my arms as I type, a hospital bill incurred by my Aunt in August of 1937. She was treated for appendicitis.

10 days at $4.00 per day, $40.00
Operating room, $15.00
Anesthesia, $10.00
Lab tests, $5.00
Medicines, $2.80
Total, $72.80

Unfortunately, the doctor’s and anesthesiologist’s bills did not survive in our family archives, so I don’t know what they were.

My Aunt lived 45 more years, so the care, at least in this case, was as good then as it is now.


20 posted on 06/10/2012 3:19:11 PM PDT by RobinOfKingston (The instinct toward liberalism is located in the part of the brain called the rectal lobe.)
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To: RobinOfKingston

My sainted mother used to tell stories of making food for and taking it to someone in the hospital. I guess this was common.


22 posted on 06/10/2012 3:39:46 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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