A luncheon and clinic at the Henry Ford Hospital was arranged for all members of the Detroit Academy of Surgery. Invitations were issued. A very few members accepted. The arrangements were cancelled.
The objections of the Detroit surgeons to the Ford institution were:
"Alleged application of factory methods to the handling of patients. . . "Elimination of the personal relationship between physician and patient. . . .
"Refusal to take charity patients. . . .
"Uniform fees, said to impose burdens upon the poor and to render difficult the collection by private physicians or surgeons,...
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