The most serious feature about' the. epidemic of swindling the Government which has broken out at Marseilles is that it has involved professional men of standing. Oac of the prisoners awaiting examination is a professor of anatomy at the University of Marseilles, a man 68 years of age, who occupied
society. Among the other accuse prominent position in local are a medical man who is a n phew of the professor and another. who was formerly a member of Parliament. The exposure of one of them came about in a curious way. One of his ex-soldier patients was in a.condition necessitating an operation, for which doctor made arrangements with a surgeon, who generously promised not to ask for payment. The doctor, however, charged the patient Frs. 600 which he said was the surgeon's fee. Some months after the operation, the patient, happening to meet the surgeon in the street, said he was not feeling well and feared he required another operation but could not afford it. The surgeon, who had made no charge for his services, pricked up his ears and asked for further particulars. The result was that surgeon and patient went off to see the doctor, and told him that he would be exposed if he did not immediately refund the Frs. 600, which he did.
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