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a normal fee later on. The first two or three specialists I called I had to ask them to come as an act of charity. I couldn't pay them. The man I called in this case was Dr. Irving Pardee. He was a young man, but well-established as a neurologist and psychiatrist. We were very honorable with each other. I called him on the telephone and told him I wanted him to answer a hypothetical question, to give expert testimony, and to say what he honestly believed. He could examine the patient if he wanted to, but that was all. I was not going to influence him in any way.

So he asked to have the patient sent to him. The patient was sent to him. I explained to him that he would have no fee. He said that was all right. He testified that you couldn't avoid the conclusion that there was a connection between the accident and the present condition. The man was disabled as a result of his accident and so we paid the case. There was nothing to appeal from, because there was the same testimony.

I established the same practise with regard to certain cases of osteomyelitis, bone injuries and so forth. For that I got Dr. Armitage Whitman. He was Dr. Royal Whitman's son. Royal Whitman was a great orthopedist. Armitage was a younger man and I said to him, “This is an act of charity. No fee. I just want your honest opinion. No one will influence you.”