author
Albert V. Harmon
A physician-writer from the early 20th century, he is remembered for a frank, practical book about the business side of medical practice. His surviving work offers a revealing glimpse into how some doctors thought about money, status, and professional success in that era.
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Large Fees and How to Get Them: A book for the private use of physicians
by Albert V. Harmon
About the author
Albert V. Harmon was an American physician who wrote Large Fees and How to Get Them: A Book for the Private Use of Physicians, first published in 1911. The book presents him as an M.D. and shows his interest in the financial and professional realities of medical work, especially how physicians valued their services.
Because reliable biographical information about him is limited in the sources available here, not much can be confirmed about his personal life. What does stand out is the tone of his writing: direct, practical, and very focused on the everyday business concerns of doctors in the early 1900s.
Today, his name survives mainly through that book, which readers still encounter through library catalogs, Open Library, and Project Gutenberg. For modern listeners, his work is less a timeless manual than a historical snapshot of medical culture and professional ambition in its time.