Abstract
Those present were Mr. George W. Whiteside, Counsel for the Medical Society of the State of New York; Mr. H. V. Wanvig and Dr. Weston of the Aetna Insurance Company; Dr. Byron C. Darling, Chairman; Dr. H. M. Imboden, New York City; Dr. Charles Eastmond, Brooklyn. Besides these there were present as invited guests Dr. M. J. Sittenfield of New York and Dr. Henry Schmitz of Chicago. The subject for consideration was the state of professional liability insurance for physicians using the X-ray for diagnosis and therapy, and radium for therapy. Mr. Whiteside explained how the insurance company had had about fourteen unsettled X-ray suits, which was estimated to be about fourteen times the usual percentage of suits for all practitioners. The insurance company had therefore required a rider for this work, with an increased rate, to be continued for two or three years in order to get experience statistics, and the results of the suits now pending. The increased premium will call the attention of the general profes...
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