A young doctor moved out to a small community to replace a
doctor who was retiring.
The older doctor suggested that the young one accompany him on
his rounds, so the community could become used to a new doctor.
At the first house a woman complains, "I've been a little
sick to my stomach."
The older doctor says,
"Well, you've probably been overdoing the fresh fruit. Cut back on the
amount you've been eating and see if that does the trick?"
As they left, the younger man
said, "You didn't even examine that woman? How'd you come to the diagnosis
so quickly?"
"I didn't have to. You
noticed I dropped my stethoscope on the floor in there? When I bent over to
pick it up, I noticed a half dozen banana peels in the trash. That was what
probably was making her sick."
The younger doctor said,
"Pretty clever. If you don't mind, I think I'll try that at the next
house."
Arriving at the next house, they
spent several minutes talking with a younger woman. She said that she just
didn't have the energy she once did and said, "I'm feeling terribly run
down lately."
"You've probably been doing
too much for the church," the younger doctor told her. "Perhaps you
should cut back a bit and see if that helps."
As the left, the elder doctor
said, "I know that woman well. Your diagnosis is most certainly correct,
she's very active in the church, but how did you arrive at it?"
"I did what you did at the
last house. I dropped my stethoscope and, when I bent down to retrieve it, I
noticed the priest under the bed."
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