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According to “Doctors of the Old West,” by Robert Karolevitz (Bonanza Books, 1976), this is one doctor’s fee schedule in the Old West, about 1880:

1. Office visit-$1

2. Dressings in office-$1

3. Administration of chloroform-$5

4. Day house call (6 a.m. to 10 p.m.)-$2

5. Night house call (10 p.m. to 6 a.m.)-$5 (additional charges for long travel)