In 1700, graduated physicians' dues were ten shillings, licensed doctors, six shillings eight pence. A surgeon's fee was twelve pence per mile, be his journey long or short, and five shillings for setting a bone or dislocated joint, one shilling for bleeding, and five pounds for an amputation. All after attendance extra. ANECDOTE OF JAMES COYTHIER. This jolly doctor was employed by Louis XI., and was said to have sponged immense sums from his royal master, beyond a regular salary. "He wrung favor upon favor from the king, and if he resisted the modest demands of his physician, the latter threatened him with speedy dissolution. On this menace, the king, succumbing to the fear of death, which weakness characterized his family, would at once surrender at discretion." Finally, to rid himself of such despotic demands, the king ordered the executioner to behead the physician. The requisite officer waited on Coythier, and in a courteous and considerate manner, as became the occasion, said to him,-- "I deeply regret, my dear sir, the circumstance, but I must kill you. The king can stand you no longer, and here are my orders." "All right," replied the doctor, with surprising unconcern; "I am ready whenever you are. What time would you find it most convenient to perform the little operation?" While the officer was trying to decide, Coythier continued,-- "But I am very sorry to leave his majesty only for a few days; for I have ascertained by occult science that he can't survive me more than four days." The officer stood struck with amazement, but finally returned and imparted the astounding information to the king. "O, liberate him instantly. Hurt not a hair of his head," exclaimed the terrified monarch. Coythier was of course speedily restored to his place in the king's confidence--and treasury. A LONG FEE. Here is what may be called a _long fee_:-- An English surgeon, named Broughton, had the good fortune to open the commerce of the East Indies to his countrymen through a medical fee. Having been sent from Surat to Agra, in the year 1636, to treat a daughter of the emperor Shah Jehan, he had the great fortune to restore the princess. Beyond the present reward to the physician for his great services, the emperor gave him the privilege of a free commerce throughout the whole extent of his domains. Scarcely had Broughton returned than the favorite nabob of the province--Bengal--sent for the doctor to treat him for a very dangerous disease. Having fortunately restored this patient also, the nabob settled a pension upon the physician, and confirmed the privilege of the emperor, extending it to all Englishmen who should come to Bengal.