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Posted 12:35 PM, January 7, 2009, by jaruizIn the years following the 1895 discovery of the X-ray when radiology was beginning to develop as a specialty, some radiologists charged less for a negative result than a positive one. In 1896, radiologist Dr. William James Morton at New York City Hospital wrote the following after examining a patient referred to him for a possible kidney stone: "Like all physicians' services a negative result is harder to charge for than a positive one." Because he did not find a kidney stone, Dr. Morton reduced his fee by $25 (Technology in the Hospital by Howell, J; Baltimore, Maryland: John Hopkins University Press, 1995: 128).
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