oring ▁men ▁with ▁cr ushed ▁lim bs ▁and ▁back s ▁in ▁the ▁terrible ▁to ll ▁of ▁the ▁coal ▁mines ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁fin est ▁chap ters ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁medicine ." ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁negative ▁side , ▁with ▁a ▁program ▁of ▁this ▁extent ▁there ▁were ▁phys icians ▁who ▁were ▁not ▁compet ent ▁to ▁provide ▁the ▁quality ▁of ▁service ▁needed , ▁and ▁those ▁who ▁rendered ▁need less ▁or ▁poor ly ▁ad vised ▁services . ▁ ▁Some ▁phys icians ▁had ▁a ▁mon opol y ▁on ▁certain ▁services ▁in ▁certain ▁areas ▁and ▁charged ▁ex or bit ant ▁fe es , ▁while ▁others ▁took ▁advantage ▁of ▁emer gency ▁situations , ▁charg ing ▁coal ▁min ers ▁rates ▁that ▁they ▁would ▁charge ▁their ▁wealth iest ▁clients . ▁ ▁Nevertheless , ▁Dra per ▁wrote ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 3 , ▁the ▁phys icians ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁fund ▁had ▁done ▁a ▁great ▁amount ▁to ▁improve ▁the ▁standard ▁of ▁medical ▁practice ▁in ▁coal ▁min ing ▁areas . ▁▁▁▁▁ ▁Over all , ▁the ▁program ▁was ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁success ; ▁so ▁successful , ▁in ▁fact , ▁that ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁it ▁was ▁given ▁the ▁Albert ▁L ask er ▁Group ▁Award . ▁ ▁While ▁the ▁fund ▁continued ▁to ▁serve ▁min ers ▁for ▁dec ades ▁to ▁come , ▁it ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁give ▁up ▁its ▁hosp it als ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 4 ▁from ▁rising ▁costs ▁that ▁it ▁could ▁no ▁longer ▁control . ▁ ▁In ▁an ▁article ▁that ▁Dra per ▁wrote ▁in ▁the ▁Military ▁Sur geon ▁in