less than normal strength, he shall
report him to the court, and besides he shall give his advice to the
poor without asking for any compensation. A physician shall visit
his patient at least twice a day, and at the wish of his patient
once also at night, and shall charge him, in case the visit does not
{422} require him to go out of the village or beyond the walls of
the city, not more than one-half tarrene in gold for each day's
service." (A tarrene in gold was equal to about thirty cents of our
money. Money had at least twenty times the purchasing power at that
time that it has now. At the end of the thirteenth century,
according to an Act of the English Parliament, a workman received 4d
[eight cents] a day for his labor, and according to the same Act of
Parliament the following prices were charged for commodities: A pair
of shoes cost eight cents, that is, a day's wages. A fat goose cost
seven cents, less than a day's wages. A fat sheep unshorn cost
thirty-five cents; shorn, about twenty-five cents. For four days pay
a man could get enough meat for himself and family to live on for a
week, besides material out of which his wife could make excellent
garments for the family. A fat hog cost twice as much as a fat
sheep, and a bullock about six times as much.--J. J. W.) "From a
patient whom he visits outside of the village or the wall of the
town, the physician has a right to demand for a day's service not
more than three tarrenes, to which maybe added, however, his
expenses, provided that he does not demand more than four tarrenes
altogether.

"He (the regularly licensed physician) must not enter into any
business relations with the apothecary, nor must he take any of them
under his protection nor incur any money obligations in their
regard." (Apparently many different ways of getting round this
regulation had already been invented, and the idea of these
expressions seemed to be to make it very clear in the law that any
such business relationship, no matter what the excuse or method of
it, is forbidden.--J. J. W.) "Nor must any licensed physician keep
an apothecary's shop himself. Apothecaries must conduct their
business with a certificate from a physician, according to the
regulations and upon their own credit and responsibility, and they
shall not be permitted to sell their products without having taken
an oath that all their drugs have been p