A REMARKABLE FEE A young lad who was on holiday with his parents in a. country district had the misfortune to dislocate his jaw. His mother took him to the local doctor, who, after a good deal of trouble, nut it right. The mother than asked him his charge. The doctor, not knowing exactly what to charge in cases of this sort, looked up a medical book of charges, and read: “Dislocation of the jaw, one to three guineas.” Knowing that even the smallest of these charges was not likely to be got in this iustance, the doctor asked: “Was the boy's jaw ever dislocated before?” “Aye, wanco,” answered the mother. “And what did the doctor charge you then?” “Wan-an 5 -sixpence!” said the woman. ' “Did you not—er—consider that rather a remarkable charge for such an operation?” asked the doctor. “Aye, we did that!” replied the woman, decidedly, “but we just peyed it without grumblin'l”
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12613, 25 November 1926, Page 9
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155Untitled New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12613, 25 November 1926, Page 9
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